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TAPED SPINE
Murphy Anderson cover; 1st solo series; 1st app of Despero; Letter to the editor from Roy Thomas; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)


Justice League of America #1 hit the newsstands in 1960 shortly after the super team's short but successful run in The Brave and the Bold — although DC was still worried about overexposing Batman and Superman by including them on JLA covers. The two titans are still a big part of "The World of No Return," which is a typically wild tale from Gardner Fox. There's also the first appearance of Despero, who tricks the Flash into a rigged game that sends his fellow heroes to bizarre alien destinations. The memorable Murphy Anderson chessboard cover was an instant classic that has since been parodied and copied repeatedly over the years. There's also more of Snapper Carr, of course, who's brought into the book as a swinging teen sidekick styled after Edd Byrnes' success as "Kookie" in the hit TV series 77 Sunset Strip.
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