Justice League of America #40 for Sale - First Appearance of Super-Hip - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #40
Publication date: November 1965
Key date: 1965-11-00
On-sale date: 1965-09-16
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-Hip - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tadwallader Jutefruce - 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	Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, J'Onn J'Onzz, Clark Kent, Martian Manhunter, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman, Princess Diana
2	Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Arthur Curry, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, J'Onn J'Onzz, Clark Kent, Martian Manhunter
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson, Bernard Sachs; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	The Hip Way to Learn!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
11	There's Always Something New Brewing at DC!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	Super-Hip	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp	Tadwallader Jutefruce First, Super-Hip First
14	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America #115	1975	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 ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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