Dates
- Cover date
- March 1987
- On sale
- December 26, 1986
- In stores
- December 2, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #5 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 0709893177403 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0709893177403 · shared with another edition
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Story arc: Legends
This is part 25 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Batman (1940) #401
- Detective Comics (1937) #568
- Legends (1986) #1
- Legends (1986) #2
- The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
- Justice League of America (1960) #258
- The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
- Secret Origins (1986) #10
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
- Legends (1986) #3
- Justice League of America (1960) #259
- The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
- Blue Beetle (1986) #9
- Warlord (1976) #114
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
- Legends (1986) #4
- Justice League of America (1960) #260
- Blue Beetle (1986) #10
- Superman (1987) #3
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
- Warlord (1976) #115
- Action Comics (1938) #586
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
- Legends (1986) #5
- Justice League of America (1960) #261
- Legends (1986) #6
- Secret Origins (1986) #14
- DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
- DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn
Publisher’s description
Demagogue G. Gordon Godfrey's message of hate against the heroes continues to take hold of the populace while Flash, Black Canary, Shazam and more face off against the super villains of the world.
Reprinted in
Legends: The Collection (1993), Legends 30th Anniversary Edition (2016), DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025)