Comic Title: Justice League of America #53
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1967
On Sale Date: March 14, 1967 Newsstand Date March 14, 1967
Source: House Ad, Adventures of Jerry Lewis #100, Page 9

Newsstand Date March 14, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #191, Page 32

Copyright Date March 14, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., Apr., July & Oct.; (semi-monthly, Nov.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Secret Behind the Stolen Super-Weapons"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 7 HC (2001)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 3 TPB (2008)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #51; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Batman (last appearance in Batman #191; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #169; next appearance in Wonder Woman #170)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #71; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #70; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #101; next appearance in Superman #196)
• Atom (last appearance in Atom #30; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #170; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman #33; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #74)

Guest Star(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #70; next appearance in Atom #31)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (last appearance in Justice League of America #52; next appearance in Justice League of America #57)

Villain(s)

• The Mastermind (a criminal collector of art treasures; no further appearances)
• Johnny Marbles and his men (a gang of crooks; no further appearances)
• The Doodang, the Monster of Leeds, the Ring-Tailed Roarer, Paul Bunyan, and Babe the Blue Ox (statues of fictional characters brought to life by the Mastermind; no further appearances)

Comments:
Green Arrow is the chairman of the JLA meeting in this story.

Superman and Flash learn Hawkgirl's secret identity in this story.

The Justice League joins forces with Supergirl in Action Comics #350 following this story.

Synopsis:
Incredibly, the special weapons of the JLA members are stolen and replaced with counterfeit substitutes, including Batman's utility belt, Green Arrow's shafts, and Wonder Woman's lasso, as well as a rare coin belonging to Hawkman. Using a radiation detector, the heroes trail their missing weapons to the cavern hideaway of a collector of art objects, who has created a matter-transporter device. He then animates statues of various folklore characters against them, which they defeat, only to find themselves becoming invisible and intangible due to the effects of the transporter's radiation.

With Hawkgirl's aid, Superman, Flash, and Atom again take up the radiation trail, which now leads them to Johnny Marbles and his fellow mobsters, who have stolen the transporter device from the collector. The crooks use the device to paralyze the heroes, but Hawkgirl frees herself using the radiation detector, and defeats the gangsters. The heroes whose weapons were stolen are then returned to normal.