COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Justice League of America 41 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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John G. Fantucchio
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Certification #:
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0304632019
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
issue #41 features the origin and first appearance of the Key, who drugs Snapper Carr and conditions him to put an psychotropic drug in the punch bowl of a JLA meeting. Under the influence of the drug the JLA decide to disband and destroy their base and resume their solo careers. Another effect of the psychotropic drug is that they are unable to see the Key's henchmen.
So as the various JLA members stop other criminals, the Key's men can enter and leave the scene of the crime and take what they want without being seen or noticed by the JLA members. However, the Key did not figure the various heroes sidekicks into the equation, as when Hawkman and Hawkgirl battle the Monarch Butterfly Gang, Hawkgirl spots the Keymen and is curious enough to find out what happened.
Curing Hawkman of the effects, Hawkman and Hawkgirl use the Absorbacon to learn the secret identities of the other JLA members so that they too can be cured. With the group restored to normal they track down the Key and work together to shut down his operation. Fighting through all his traps, the JLA make short work of the Key and take him into custody.
Unlike Issue #40, Issue #41 is one of the easiest to find in high grade with eight 9.8s in the census. Our WP 9.8 comes from the John Fantucchio Collection. Fantucchio was a well-known artist in '60s fandom, drawing covers for RBCC and the Comic Buyers Guide (including the #1 cover), and even worked as an illustrator for the CIA from 1963 to 1988. During this time he amassed full runs of Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Charlton, ACG and Dell, among others, keeping them locked away and untouched, which resulted in uniformly high grades and near perfect cover inks. After his passing in 2016, the family auctioned the collection through Comiclink. Even though the books have no distinctive markings, many were CGC graded.
We acquired the book from the 3/2/2022 CL Auction.
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