Justice League of America #71 for Sale - First Appearance of Commander Blanx - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #71
Publication date: May 1969
Key date: 1969-05-00
On-sale date: 1969-03-13
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 Commander Blanx - 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	Death-Orbit!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Martian Manhunter, Ray Palmer, Oliver Queen
1	...And So My World Ends!	comic story	21.83	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sid Greene	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Commander Blanx First, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, I-Ching, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Martian Manhunter
2	Super... Special...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3	A Shocker	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	#7: Detective Comics #27 (May, 1939)	text article	1	script: Mark Hanerfeld; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang
5	A Saga of Sword and Sorcery!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6	There's a New Excitement about Adventure Coming!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Mike Esposito
7	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
8	We're Having a Happening!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Gaspar Saladino
9	Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That--	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America Archives #9 ISBN 1-4012-0402-3	2005	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

‹ #7071 of 261#72 ›

Sources

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

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