Justice League of America #70 for Sale - First Appearance of Lucian Crawley - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #70
Publication date: March 1969
Key date: 1969-03-00
On-sale date: 1969-01-23
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 Lucian Crawley - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mind-Grabber Kid - 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	The Creeper vs. the Justice League of America	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, Batman, The Creeper, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Jack Ryder, Superman, Bruce Wayne
1	Versus the Creeper!	comic story	21.83	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sid Greene	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Lucian Crawley First, The Creeper, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Mind-Grabber Kid First, Ray Palmer, Jack Ryder, Superman, Bruce Wayne
2	She's All Girl... She's All Super... She's Supergirl!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
4	JLA Mail Room -- Extra	letters page	0.67	script: Julius Schwartz
5	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
6	The Accused... Superman! The Accuser... Batman!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America Archives #8 ISBN 1-56389-977-9	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-2184-3	2009	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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Series context

‹ #6970 of 261#71 ›

Sources

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

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