Justice League of America #32 for Sale - First Appearance of Brain Storm - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #32
Publication date: December 1964
Key date: 1964-12-00
On-sale date: 1964-10-22
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Brain Storm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Axel Storm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fred Storm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	Attack of the Star-Bolt Warrior!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, Batman, Brain Storm First, The Flash, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Clark Kent, Axel Storm First, Superman, Bruce Wayne
1	Children of Tomorrow!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Attack of the Star-Bolt Warrior!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Brain Storm First, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Ray Palmer, Axel Storm First, Fred Storm First, Superman
3	Metamorpho the Element Man	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp
4	Drag... Haul... Pull...	comic story	0.5	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; letters: Milt Snapinn
7	Follow the Adventures of Batman and Robin	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	-	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
12	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs
13	Special Silver Anniversary Issue!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America #111	1974	On eBay ›
Justice League of America Archives #5 ISBN 1-56389-540-4	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #2 ISBN 1-4012-1203-4	2007	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6660-8	2016	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-8061-1	2018	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #3132 of 261#33 ›

Sources

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

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