Justice League of America #203 - First Appearance of Ace of Spades, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #203
Publication date: June 1982
Key date: June 1982
On-sale date: February 9, 1982
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.60; 0.20 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Ace of Spades - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Jack of Spades - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of King of Spades - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Queen of Spades - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Ten of Spades - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Joe Carny - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Mona Taylor - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Wanda Wayland - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Wild Card - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Jack of Spades, Joe Carny, King of Spades, Mona Taylor, Queen of Spades.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Justice League of America vs. the Royal Flush Gang!	cover	1	pencils: George Pérez; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, Firestorm, Clark Kent, Princess Diana, Superman, Wonder Woman, Ace of Spades First, Joe Carny First, Jack of Spades First, King of Spades First, Queen of Spades First
1	Shuffle and Deal... with Death!	comic story	25	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, Firestorm, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Ace of Spades First, Joe Carny First, Hector Hammond, Jack of Spades First, King of Spades First, Queen of Spades First, Mona Taylor First
2	Double Dynamite!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Pat Broderick, George Pérez; inks: Dick Giordano, George Pérez; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3	Some People Think We Publish Batman Twice a Month!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Jim Aparo, Ross Andru; inks: Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	-	letters page	1	script: Tamsyn O'Flynn

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0709893055506

Where to read it

Collection	Year
DC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-2450-9	2010	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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