COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Justice League of America 31 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4713030001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #31 is a mini-key as it features the entrance of Hawkman into the JLA. In the story following Hawkman’s initiation, the JLA encounter a small time crook named Joe Parry, who stumbled upon an alien device which could grant whatever he wished. Ordering it to kill the Justice League by getting rid of their air, the device causes the JLA's meeting room to shoot up into space. Quick thinking by the Green Lantern and new member Hawkman allows for the JLA to survive the attack.
Tracking the attack to its source, the JLA try to capture Parry. However, he creates a creature that's a combination of different parts of each of the JLA members he's facing (Head of Wonder Woman, wings of Hawkman, upper body of Batman, legs of the Flash and arms of Green Lantern). While the other JLA members are knocked unconscious, Hawkman feigns being knocked out by the creatures power ring (in actuality, since it was created from a yellow energy which Green Lantern's power ring could not effect, the duplicate power ring was in in fact powerless), and with his anti-gravity devices make it look like the JLA are being shot into space again.
However, when the other JLA members revive, they drop on the creature crushing it to death. When Parry attempts to use the device again to defeat the JLA, they learn that the device has run out of power and is useless and Parry is quickly turned over to the police. The JLA takes the device and puts it in their trophy room.
Presumably because of the black cover, the highest graded copies of this issue certified by CGC are only 9.4s, making this the rarest book in high grade after Issues #3 and #4. We acquired our copy in the 9/6/2011 CL auction.
2026 Update: Finally after 15 years, we upgraded, this issue to a 9.6, as the first one appeared in the 6/26/2026 Heeitage Auction. The book comes from The Jack and Joan Homkow Private Collection and, as of this writing, is the only 9.6 ever certified by CGC, we will see how long it reigns!
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