Justice League of America #113 Twin Cities pedigree (DC, 1974) CGC NM 9.4 White pages....

Auction amount: $203.15

Sold: Mar 4, 2012

Justice League of America #113 Values

Publisher: DC, 1974

About Justice League of America #113

Justice Society of America crossover. 100 page issue.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Creature in the Velvet Cage!; The Case of the Patriotic Crimes!; The Cavern of Deadly Spheres!

Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman ; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]]; Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Sandy (as sand monster); Black Canary

Pencils: Nick Cardy (signed)

Inks: Nick Cardy (signed)

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Creature in the Velvet Cage!

Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Elongated Man; Batman]; Justice Society of America [Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Wonder Woman; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; Sandy (as sand monster); Horned Owl Gang (villains, cameo)

Synopsis: After the JLA and JSA capture the Horned Owl Gang on Earth-2, a silent alarm is triggered inside of Sandman's old lab. When both teams arrive, they discover a sand monster has escaped. After further explanations by Sandman, it's revealed it was once his former partner, Sandy, who had been struck accidentally by an energy beam in his lab, that changed his body into pure silica. Both teams eventually reel him in, but the reason for his escape was that he was trying to quell several severe earthquakes that were about to occur, since in his new form he felt them.

Pages: 20.000

Script: Len Wein

Pencils: Dick Dillin

Inks: Dick Giordano

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Only single-issue JLA/JSA team-up. Story explains why Sandman re-adopted his original Golden Age costume by the time he was participating in the annual JLA/JSA team-ups.

Title: The Freedom Train

Characters: Justice League of America [Superman; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman]

Synopsis: The Leaguers relate the story of the real-world Freedom Train and its travels in 1947, the real-life inspiration for the reprinted Justice Society story in this issue.

Pages: 2.000

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Title: The Case of the Patriotic Crimes!

Characters: Justice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman; Dr. Mid-Nite]

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Alex Toth

Inks: Alex Toth

Notes: splash page introduction

Title: The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! [Part I]

Characters: Justice Society of America [Black Canary; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; The Injustice Society of the World [The Wizard; The Fiddler; Sportsmaster; Huntress; Icicle] (villains); Harlequin

Synopsis: The famous Liberty Train mysteriously disappears and Black Canary calls a meeting of the JSA. But they have disappeared because they are the prisoners of the New Injustice Society. The Canary finds the Harlequin at JSA HQ and, before they know it, the Icicle freezes them both and takes them to the gang's HQ. Harlequin uses her special glasses to hypnotize the JSA back to their old selves, and when they return to their senses, they discover that the Injustice Society plans to steal four of America's greatest treasures. The JSA vows to stop them from doing so.

Pages: 11.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Title: The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! Part II

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Injustice Society of the World [Sportsmaster; The Wizard; The Fiddler; The Huntress; Icicle] (villains)

Synopsis: Hawkman attempts to stop the Wizard from taking Old Ironsides, but is stopped by a snapping noise, putting him under the villain's control. At Liberty Hall, the Fiddler steals the Freedom Bell, and stops Dr. Mid-Nite and Wonder Woman in the process. The Huntress manages to use circus elephants to load Plymouth Rock into a truck, but the Flash and Atom stop her getaway. However, she manages to put the pair back into their mind-eraser state. The Icicle uses a super ram-jet to haul away the Washington Monument and put GL back into a trance.

Pages: 12.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! Part III

Characters: Justice Society of America [Black Canary; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman]; The Injustice Society of the World [Wizard; Huntress; Sportsmaster; Icicle; Fiddler]; Harlequin [Molly Maynne]

Synopsis: Harlequin and Black Canary discover the Freedom Train stashed in a tunnel, but are over-powered by the Wizard. They are taken to the crook's HQ, where Harlequin is unable to restore the JSA with her glasses, and all are lowered into a mine to die. The Injustice Society takes the ram-jet to Gotham Stadium and removes the stadium to an area where the treasures are stored so the crowd can vote on the best crime, the winner to be the group's leader. The JSA shakes off the mind-eraser and confronts the villains for final battle. Later, at JSA HQ, Black Canary is made a member of the JSA.

Pages: 9.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Irwin Hasen

Title: The Cavern of Deadly Spheres!

Characters: Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Snapper Carr; The Maestro (villain); Jerry Thomas

Synopsis: The Maestro uses mind-control music to orchestrate his crimes and capture the JLA, but he overlooks one tiny thing...the Atom!

Pages: 24.000

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Story across 25 pages in three chapters of 11.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 6.67 pages. Jerry Thomas is character whose name is a combination of Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Guy H. Lillian III (credited)

Pencils: Dick Dillin ? (logo illustration)

Inks: Dick Giordano (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: letters from: Bob Rodi, Andy Whitehead, David Dasch, Robert Arangua, Kenny Scott, Randy Emenhiser

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

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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
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	6	5	8	10	20	20	8	0	0	87
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
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Restored	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
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	6	5	8	11	20	20	8	0	0	89

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