Justice League of America #97 Values

Title: The Day the Earth Screams

Characters: Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (flashback); Superman; Wonder Woman (flashback)] (origin); Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo); Starbreaker (villain)

Synopsis: Starbreaker arrive on Earth and easily defeats the League's most powerful members, which causes despair among the team. Hawkman gives them a pep talk that leads them to review the circumstances of their first case, which then inspires them to fight on.

Pages: 37.000

Script: Mike Friedrich (pages 1-14, 27, 29-37); Gardner Fox (pages 15-26, 28)

Pencils: Dick Dillin (pages 1-14, 18 (first panel), 21 (first panel), 24 (first panel), 27, 29-37); Mike Sekowsky (pages 15-26, 28)

Inks: Joe Giella (pages 1-14, 18 (first panel), 21 (first panel), 24 (first panel), 27, 29-37); Bernard Sachs (pages 15-26, 28)

Letters: John Costanza (1-14, 27, 29-37); Gaspar Saladino (15-26, 28)

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Most of the story from issue #9 is retold here; some of it redrawn, some pages reprinted directly (15-26, 28 in this issue; from pages 6-17, 19 in the original). The story was changed slightly; for instance in the original the final creature was turned into a "pile of slivers and splinters" by Wonder Woman (Flash says "destroyed"), while in the updated story it was "planed down to its bare essence", still clearly intact.