Justice League of America #69 for Sale - First Appearance of Headmaster - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #69
Publication date: February 1969
Key date: 1969-02-00
On-sale date: 1968-12-12
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 Headmaster - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Arrow, Clark Kent, Ray Palmer, Oliver Queen, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
1	A Matter of Menace!	comic story	22.17	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sid Greene	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Arrow, Headmaster First, Clark Kent, Ray Palmer, Oliver Queen, Superman, Abel Tarrant, The Tattooed Man, Bruce Wayne
2	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
3	He's Coming Your Way!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	Robin Beware!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Gaspar Saladino
5	The Big One Is Here!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6	Reaction -- Red Tornado	letters page	0.67	script: Julius Schwartz
7	#2 [The Golden Age Green Lantern]	text article	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustrations); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America Archives #8 ISBN 1-56389-977-9	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-2184-3	2009	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6660-8	2016	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Bridge Between Earths #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-837-7	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #6869 of 261#70 ›

Sources

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

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