Dates
- Cover date
- August 1986
- On sale
- May 1, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #253 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893055508 · shared with another edition
Source ↗ - Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.
Barcode 0709893055508 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Publisher’s description
Despero will rule Gotham City unless the JLA can stop him! And for the first time—the origin of Despero!
Reprinted in
Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus (2017), DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025)