Comic Title: Justice League of America #3
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1961
On Sale Date: December 22, 1960 Newsstand Date December 22, 1960
Source: House Ad, Sugar and Spike #33, Page 9

Copyright Date December 22, 1960
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961


Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Slave Ship of Space"
Pages: 26

Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America #48 (1966)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #15 (1981)
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 1 HC (1992)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Justice League of America Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2014)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #2; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• Superman (last appearance in Superman #143; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23)
• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #115; next appearance in Detective Comics #288)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #118; next appearance in Flash #119)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #120; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #4; next appearance in Green Lantern #5)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Detective Comics #287; next appearance in Detective Comics #288)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #280; next appearance in Showcase #31)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (last appearance in Justice League of America #2; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)

Villain(s)

• Kanjar Ro (dictator of planet Dhor; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• Hyathis (queen of planet Alstair; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• Kromm (king of planet Mosteel; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• Sayyar (emperor of planet Llarr; next appearance in Mystery in Space #75)
• A gang of bank robbers (no further appearances)

Comments:
Batman and Flash’s JLA signal devices are incorrectly shown in their belts, rather than in their insigniae, in this story.

The Justice League and Adam Strange battle Kanjar Ro in Mystery in Space #75 soon after this story. That adventure, in which the JLA members first encounter Adam Strange, must occur between this story and Justice League of America #4 because Flash proposes Adam Strange as a candidate for JLA membership in Justice League of America #4.

Synopsis:
Kanjar Ro, dictator of the planet Dhor of the star-sun Antares, paralyzes everyone on Earth with the vibrations of his Gamma Metal Gong. To free them, the Justice League must aid Kanjar in overcoming his three rival planetary rulers. With Batman and Snapper left in the Secret Sanctuary as bait in a trap for Superman, the villain takes the members on his hyper-spatial Cosmic Boat to Antares.

J’onn J’onzz captures Kromm of Mosteel; Wonder Woman and Aquaman team up against Hyathis, queen of Alstair; Flash and Green Lantern subdue Sayyar of Llar. Kanjar Ro has said that only the unique vibrations of his three foes pronouncing his name simultaneously will free the people of Earth from his spell, and when he tries to renege on the agreement, the Justice League members surprise him with recordings they have made of his rivals’ voices.

Superman, Batman, and the paralyzed Earthlings are freed, and Kanjar Ro and his three enemies are exiled to an artificial planetoid created by Superman.