Justice League of America #37 for Sale - First Appearance of The Atom - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #37
Publication date: August 1965
Key date: 1965-08-00
On-sale date: 1965-06-10
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 The Atom - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Barney Judson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Bill Gore - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Flash - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Race Morrison - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Lantern - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Monk Loomis - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Martian Manhunter - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Eddie Orson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Ripper Jones - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: The Atom.

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	The Earth--Without a Justice League!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Joe Letterese	The Atom, Doctor Fate, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, Kent Nelson, Al Pratt, Alan Scott, Terry Sloane, Thunderbolt
2	Earth--Without a Justice League!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, Barry Allen, The Atom, The Atom First, Batman, Batman First, Doctor Fate, Dr. Erdel, The Flash, The Flash, The Flash First, Jay Garrick, Bill Gore First, Green Lantern
8	-	cartoon	0.25	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
12	We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
14	Hawkman; Detective Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
16	10 Issues of Justice League for Only $1.00	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
17	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz

Plus 9.24 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Crisis on Multiple Earths #[1] ISBN 1-56389-895-0	2002	On eBay ›
Justice League of America Archives #5 ISBN 1-56389-540-4	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1718-1	2008	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 ›
Crossing Over ISBN 978-1-77950-753-2	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #3637 of 261#38 ›

Sources

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

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