Justice League of America #88 (DC March 1971) RAW 4.5-5.5 Neal Adams Cover Art

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View Justice League of America #88 (DC March 1971) RAW 4.5-5.5 Neal Adams Cover Art with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Graded5.0 Very Good/Fine. She crossed over from Earth-2 after the death of her husband Larry Lance in. His inking is a large part of why Adams's pencils reproduced as well as they did on cheap newsprint. Justice League of America #88 (DC, March 1971) — a Neal Adams cover inked by Dick Giordano , with the attribution confirmed from editor Julius Schwartz's own records rather than guessed from style. Graded 5.0 Very Good/Fine . Key Debuts and Story Milestones Adams and Giordano, Documented: Neal Adams pencils over Dick Giordano inks — and the credits index notes something unusual: the attribution was confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records . Cover credits of this era are frequently guesswork; this one comes from the editor's paperwork. Adams and Giordano are one of the great pairings in American comics, together across Green Lantern/Green Arrow , Batman and Deadman . Black Canary as a Leaguer: She is on this cover as a Justice League member, and in March 1971 that was still new. She crossed over from Earth-2 after the death of her husband Larry Lance in Justice League of America #74 — fourteen issues and two years earlier. Behind the Scenes and Quirky Details Giordano Ran DC Later: He became DC's Executive Editor through the 1980s, overseeing Crisis on Infinite Earths and The Dark Knight Returns . His inking is a large part of why Adams's pencils reproduced as well as they did on cheap newsprint. 115 Consecutive Issues: Dick Dillin drew this and every other issue of the title from #64 in 1968 until his death in 1980, without a fill-in. Inks by Joe Giella, letters by John Costanza, script by Mike Friedrich. The People of Mu: "The Last Survivors of Earth!" brings in the lost-continent civilisation DC returned to periodically, alongside the full early-Bronze roster — Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Aquaman, Black Canary, the Atom and Green Arrow, plus Hawkwoman and Mera. The Season the Code Broke: This book reached readers the same season Marvel published the Amazing Spider-Man drug storyline without Comics Code approval, at the US Department of Health's request. It sold, nothing bad happened, and the Code was revised within months. This DC book still carries the seal in the corner. Condition: FRONT Bottom-right corner — fold at the apex with a crease running up into the pale blue-grey of Batman's cape. Conspicuous because it sits on a light field — MED impact to the grade. Black cover field — scuffing throughout — MED impact to the grade. Remaining corners — blunted, small nick at the bottom-left apex — LOW impact to the grade. Yellow DC/JLA corner box — clean and bright — No impact on the grade. SPINE Structure — intact, no split, no roll , cover flush on the page block. Confirmed on both raking-angle views — No impact on the grade. Fold — rubbing along the length with a little paper showing through. Wear only; the fold is continuous and the cover is not lifting — MED impact to the grade. Staples — visible along the fold, intact and holding, no rust — No impact on the grade. BACK Top edge — foxing, rust-toned specks running across the white field, heaviest at the two top corners. An ageing process rather than handling — MED impact to the grade. Bottom-right corner — fold — MED impact to the grade. Remaining corners — blunted — LOW impact to the grade. White field — general soiling — LOW impact to the grade. INTERIOR Page quality — Cream to Off-White Pages — complete, no tears, writing, cut coupons or water damage — No impact on the grade. Staples — intact, no rust migration onto the paper — No impact on the grade. Graded 5.0 Very Good/Fine , range 4.5–5.5. An honest, complete mid-grade Bronze Age DC. The structure holds up — spine intact and unsplit under both raking angles, staples sound, all 36 pages present. The grade comes from accumulated wear rather than one bad event: a creased front corner on a pale field where it shows, matching wear on the back, foxing across the top of the white back cover, and the scuffing black 1971 DC covers always carry. Grading is my own opinion on a raw, uncertified book. Photos are of the actual comic you will receive, including close-ups of all eight corners and a raking-angle view of the spine. Shipped bagged and boarded in a rigid mailer. Condition: Good. Category: Collectibles › Comic Books & Memorabilia › Comics › Comics & Graphic Novels.

Series Title

Justice League of America

Character

Superman, Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Black Canary, Aquaman, Mera, The Atom, The Flash

Genre

Superhero

Artist/Writer

Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Mike Friedrich, Dick Dillin, Joe Giella, John Costanza

Publisher

DC Comics

Superhero Team

Justice League of America

Publication Year

1971

Format

Single Issue

Era

Bronze Age (1970-83)

Type

Comic Book

Grade

5.0 Very Good/Fine

Tradition

US Comics