Justice League of America #85 (DC, 1970) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $384.00
Sold: Jul 4, 2023
Justice League of America #85 Values
Publisher: DC, 1970
About Justice League of America #85
Murphy Anderson cover. Mike Sekowsky art. Featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Felix Faust; Green Arrow; Aquaman (inset); Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (inset)
Pencils: Curt Swan ?; Murphy Anderson ?
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes: Pencils credit is disputed. Curt Swan has been suggested, as has Murphy Anderson. Swan pencils per Nick Caputo, noting in particular Felix Faust's face and the Flash and Batman's poses. David B believes the pencils to be Anderson’s, having analyzed the cover without finding evidence of Swan’s work. Credit for originating this attribution may belong to Mark Gruenwald, who, in “The Justice League Reader” (published in Amazing World of DC Comics #14), listed the credit as “cover by Anderson” (1977, 14). More recently, DC Comics, in three different reprintings of the cover, has credited only Anderson with “cover” or “cover art,” or as “cover artist”: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 5 (2011, 2); Justice League of America Archives Volume Ten (2012, 3); and Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1 (2017, 5). However, a subsequent reprinting in Justice League of America: The Last Survivors of Earth in 2019 credited the cover to Swan and Anderson. That collection corrects other known JLA cover credit errors that appeared in The Bronze Age Omnibus and other earlier reprintings. Since DC deliberately changed the credit from Anderson to Swan/Anderson, it lends credence to the fact that DC believes that Swan was involved with this cover.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Snapper Carr; Felix Faust (villain); Demons Three [Abnegazar (villain); Rath (villain); Ghast (villain)]; the Lord of Time (villain); the Timeless Ones (flashback)
Synopsis: Felix Faust learns that the Demons Three -- Abnegazar, Rath, and Ghast -- can only be freed from a spell involving the Red Jar of Calythos, the Green Bell of Uthool, and the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath, which were hidden long ago by their jailers, the Timeless Ones. Meanwhile, the Lord of Time unleashes warriors of the past and future on the present to steal for him. As the League tries to stop him, they disappear one by one and find themselves under the control of Felix Faust, who orders them to retrieve the items needed to free the Demons Three.
Pages: 25.000
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Bernard Sachs
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Story across 26 pages in three parts of 7.67, 7.67, and 9.67 pages.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
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