Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #96

The Coming of-- Starbreaker / The Origin of 'Tick-Tock' Tyler the Hourman / The Monkey's Circle

1st app. Starbreaker (Luciphage)
Release: Feb 1972
Cover: Feb 1972
DC Comics

Carried to Rann by a Zeta Beam, several of the Justice Leaguers are in peril when Superman arrives, having followed their trail, and helps them defeat the mechanized attackers. The robots turn out to be drones of Starbreaker who has also sent duplicates of himself to Rann to absorb as much energy as they can.The duplicates are defeated by the League who return to Earth once the Zeta Beam wears off. Starbreaker re-absorbs his duplicates and pledges vengeance against the League.

Creators
Writer Gardner Fox | Mike Friedrich
Artist Bernard Baily | Bernard Krigstein
Cover Artist Neal Adams
Penciller Dick Dillin
Inker Joe Giella
Letterer Ben Oda | Bernard Baily
Editor Julius Schwartz

Characters
Superman Kal-El / Clark Kent
Green Lantern Hal Jordan
Flash Barry Allen
Wildcat Ted Grant
Hawkman Katar Hol
Adam Strange
Hourman Rex Tyler
Starbreaker
Hiram Skinner

Details
Age Bronze Age
Format Comic
Series Group Justice League
Genre Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes
No. of Pages 48
Country USA
Language English