Justice League of America #31 for Sale - First Appearance of Super-Duper - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #31
Publication date: November 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-09-10
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Super-Duper - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joe Parry - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Riddle of the Runaway Room!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, Batman, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
2	Riddle of the Runaway Room!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Snapper Carr, Arthur Curry, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Katar Hol, J'Onn J'Onzz
4	80 Page Giant Magazine; The Flash	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
8	Honesty Is the Best Policy!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	-	cartoon	0.25	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph)
12	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
15	-	comic story	0.67

Plus 7.57 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America #67	1968	On eBay ›
Strange Adventures #227	1970	On eBay ›
Justice League of America Archives #5 ISBN 1-56389-540-4	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #2 ISBN 1-4012-1203-4	2007	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6660-8	2016	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-8061-1	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #3031 of 261#32 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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