Justice League of America #45 for Sale - First Appearance of The Shaggy Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #45
Publication date: June 1966
Key date: 1966-06-00
On-sale date: 1966-04-26
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 Shaggy Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Professor Andrew Zagarian - 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	Super-Struggle Against Shaggy Man!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Ray Palmer, Oliver Queen, The Shaggy Man First, Bruce Wayne
1	Dynamite's Coming!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
2	The Super-Struggle Against Shaggy Man!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Snapper Carr, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Ray Palmer, Oliver Queen
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.3	letters: Ira Schnapp
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
7	Your Free Trip Around the World!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	Scooter? Who He?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	For the Most in Thrills...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: various; inks: various
11	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America Archives #6 ISBN 1-56389-625-7	2000	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 ›
DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Bridge Between Earths #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-837-7	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #4445 of 261#46 ›

Sources

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

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