Dates
- Cover date
- December 1971
- On sale
- October 26, 1971
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Private War of Johnny Dune! · 24 pages
Returning war veteran Johnny Dune discovers that he has the mutant power to control people with his voice. Though he tries to use this ability for his own advancement, a confrontation with the Justice League leads him to make a grave sacrifice.
- The Origin of Dr. Mid-Nite · 8 pages
Blinded by a mobster's bomb, Dr. McNider gives up the practice of medicine to write articles for crime magazines. But a chance accident, with an owl crashing through the former doctor's window during the night, allows McNider to discover that he can see in the dark (as well as in the daylight with special infra-red goggles he creates), so he decides to adopt the secret identity of Dr. Mid-Nite to round up "Killer" and bring him to justice for his crimes.
- The Origin of... Doctor Fate · 6 pages
In 1920 young Kent Nelson and his father explore the mysteries of the pyramids, there Kent meets Nabu the Wise, an exile from the planet Cilia, who helped build the pyramids. Nabu trains Kent in the mysteries of the universe until Kent assumes the role of Dr. Fate.
Reprinted in
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (2005), Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2017), Justice League of America: The Last Survivors of Earth (2019)