Justice League of America #172 (1979) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	"I Accuse!"	cover	1	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; Justice Society of America [Power Girl; Flash [Jay Garrick]]
1	I Accuse...	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Zatanna; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Flash
3	-	letters page	1	script: Mike W. Barr
4	Volume 79 Issue 33 - Week of August 6, 1979	in-house column	0.8	script: Bob Rozakis; editing: Bob Rozakis	Madame Xanadu; Batman; Commissioner Gordon
5	-	comic story	0.2	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck	Flash; Zatanna

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	barcode 3055511
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Crisis on Multiple Earths #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-2623-7	2010	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-77951-016-7	2021	On eBay ›
Countdown to Crisis ISBN 978-1-77952-176-7	2023	On eBay ›

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