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Cover: Dick Dillin & Frank McLaughlin

Justice League of America #169

Aug 1979 · DC · 0.40 USD
“The Doomsday Decision”

In "The Doomsday Decision," the Justice League faces a high-stakes trial at the UN World Court over the detention of Ultraa, a move that puts the team’s integrity on the line. As tensions rise, Ultraa uncovers a deeper conspiracy when he realizes his own defense attorney may be an alien manipulating events to trigger chaos and environmental upheaval. Written by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Dick Dillin, with inks by Frank McLaughlin, colors by Jerry Serpe, and letters by Ben Oda, the issue’s cover by Dillin and McLaughlin captures the gravity of the moment.

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writer Gerry Conway · artist Dick Dillin · inker Frank McLaughlin · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Ben Oda · cover Dick Dillin, Frank McLaughlin

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Full credits

colorist Jerry Serpe
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils Dick Dillin
cover inks Frank McLaughlin

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Five Leaguers are placed on trial in the UN World Court for the illegal detention of Ultraa (which took place in issue #158). However, Ultraa discovers that his attorney is an alien attempting to cause a distraction while his fellow aliens carry out a plot which is causing riots and unnatural environmental disturbances.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).