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Justice League of America #191

DC · Series began 1960 · June 1981

Dates

Cover date
June 1981
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #191 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition50¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

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  • Newsstand edition50¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893055506

    This edition’s page
  • UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Rich Buckler, Curt Swan, Dick Dillininks: Dick Giordano, Pablo Marcos, Vince Collettacolors: Anthony Tollin, Carl Gaffordletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Gerry Conway, Bob Rozakis

Stories

  • The Key Crisis of the One-Man Justice League! · Justice League of America · 25 pages

    The Key finds Amazo drifting in outer space and retrieves him, using his power-siphoning abilities to drain the Justice League's super-powers. After the villains are defeated, Zatanna confides in the Atom that her own magic powers have been cut in half for some reason unrelated to Amazo.

Publisher’s description

Zatanna contacts the Atom for help when she seems to be losing her magical powers (a gradual development from previous issues), but the affliction appears to be widespread, as other JLA members on individual cases also find themselves bereft of their super-abilities, including the Flash, Black Canary, Elongated Man and the Atom himself. The culprit is the android Amazo, reactivated against his will by the Key, who is stealing the League members’ energies for his own use and to cure the Key of his dwarf state (suffered as a side effect of his previous cure in issue #150). With Hawkman’s aid, the superheroes track down and defeat Amazo, while Zatanna magically cures the Key of his affliction. In the aftermath of the battle, the Atom learns that Zatanna’s power loss is a separate phenomenon, caused by her overuse of her skills in previous cases, and that her powers are permanently reduced as a result.

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Zatanna (1980)

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