{"id":258,"date":"2023-01-08T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T18:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyguy.com\/comicshistory\/superheroreviews\/?p=258"},"modified":"2023-01-08T10:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T18:59:41","slug":"retro-review-of-the-first-justice-league-comic-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historyguy.com\/comicshistory\/superheroreviews\/retro-review-of-the-first-justice-league-comic-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Review of the First Justice League Comic Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Retro Review\u00a0 Video of the First Justice League Comic Book: Brave and the Bold #28<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So Many Comics: Reviewing the 1st Appearance of the Justice League of America\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14Y8L-c8Lk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Justice League First Appearance: Brave and the Bold #28<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">March, 1960<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">First superhero team with multiple heroes in DC\u2019s Silver Age of Comics<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Writer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gardner Fox<\/span><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Penciler: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Sekowsky (cover and interiors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Inkers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bernard Sachs, Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Letterers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gaspar Saladino<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Editor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Julius Schwartz<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Justice League Roll Call for Brave and the Bold #28<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Aquaman<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Wonder Woman<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Green Lantern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Flash<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">John Jones (The Martian Manhunter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Superman<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Batman<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Superman and Batman really only have cameo appearances here. Clearly, they were added for marketing purposes. This did allow the other heroes to have more visibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Who ARE The Heroes in the Justice League?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Aquaman- hero from DC\u2019s Golden Age<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in <i>More Fun Comics<\/i> #73 (Nov. 1941)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Wonder Woman- hero from DC\u2019s Golden Age<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in <i>All-Star Comics<\/i> #8\u00a0 (Dec 1941)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Superman-the original hero from DC\u2019s Golden Age<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in <i>Action Comics<\/i> #1\u00a0 (June, 1938)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">From the Golden to the Silver Ages, his powers did change quite a bit as writers kept adding to his abilities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Green Lantern<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in Showcase #22 (October, 1959)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A new hero adapted from an older, Golden Age Hero also called Green Lantern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Batman-A major hero from DC\u2019s Golden Age<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in <i>Detective Comics<\/i> #27\u00a0 (May, 1939)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>The Flash<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in Showcase #4 (October, 1956)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A new hero adapted from an older, Golden Age Hero also called The Flash<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The 1st Appearance of this rebooted Flash marks the start of DC Comics\u2019 Silver Age<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>The J&#8217;onn J&#8217;onzz: <\/b><b>The Martian Manhunter<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1st Appearance in Detective Comics #225 (November 1955)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A new hero created in the grey space between the Golden and Silver Ages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The Villain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Starro the Conqueror<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>1st Appearance in Brave and the Bold #28 (March, 1960)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>A new villain created to face the new JLA<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b>Alien creature from the planet Hatorei<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><b><\/b><b>Starro is a recurring DC comics villain, and made his live-action movie debut in 2021\u2019s <\/b><b><i>Suicide Squad<\/i><\/b><b> film<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retro Review\u00a0 Video of the First Justice League Comic Book: Brave and the Bold #28 &nbsp; &nbsp; Justice League First Appearance: Brave and the 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