Justice League of America (JLA) 29 Page 10 by Sekowsky/Sachs
Artists: Mike Sekowsky (Penciller) , Bernard Sachs (Inker)
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'58 Plymouth Suburban Station Wagon (right color, one year older than ours)
Comic Book Vending Machine and Write-up
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DescriptionIt’s the summer of 1964; I was 8. My extended family decided to take our first and only trip to Mexico. We are going to drive to Saltillo and Monterey from Houston. At the time, that was a twelve hour drive (now it’s about 8 ).There were 9 of us in a six seat, 1959 Plymouth station wagon (see Additional Images). My dad had retrofitted the car with seat belts, but only six. Front row: Dad, little sister (almost 4), Mom Middle row: Aunt Margaret, cousin Carter, Granny The luggage area (no third row): me, my brother, cousin Katie. The luggage was in a long wooden box on top of the car and covered in a tarp. Do you have the vision? Oh, yeah. No A/C. Windows to circulate air and damp towels were all we had. Great trip and I could tell about it for a long time, but let’s skip to the end. We’ve run out of time, but, more importantly, we’ve run out of cash! This is important because credit cards could not be used to buy gas. Yes, we were nearly stranded! Seriously. I had a couple of dollars and Granny had no more than five. We both gave that to my dad. We thought/hoped that that would be enough to get us to Brownsville where the gas credit cards would work! We made it and stopped at a HoJo (Howard Johnson’s was the only real national chain at the time. They all had restaurants and we stopped for a meal.) After eating, my brother and I started to explore. We found a comic book vending machine! I’d never seen one before and saw only one other also at a HoJo somewhere between Houston and Knoxville, TN.) The machine sold comics for 15 cents. In it was JLA 29 with so many characters on the cover. It was too cool! I ran back and asked my dad for 15 cents of my money; he didn’t need it now that credit cards worked. Bill and I bought that comic and studied it harder than we ever studied anything in school. I loved it. It started a life long hobby. When I started collecting, I never thought I'd find a page from that first comic and then in short order, I found six. Kathy and I had gone to NYC and that Sunday the Comic Art Con in Secaucus. While there I saw 5(!) pages from that comic. One really stuck with me, but it was expensive. Time passed and my wonder wife bought that page for me! P.S. Latter Kathy had a 3D Shadow Box made of the cover of this comic. Check it out by clicking the image below:  .P.P.S. Still later, she hired Scott Shaw! to do a version of the JLA 29 cover using his characters Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew and the Justa Lotta Animals. Click to see it in all its glory.  P.P.P.S. I saw one more comic book vending machine. It was somewhere between Houston and Knoxville, TN. I bought DD #1 from it. Sadly, I didn't think it could really be a first issue and didn't take care of it. Sigh... :) P.P.P.P.S. Don Mangus on FB provided a picture and write-up. It's not the same type of machine as the one that I used, but it's similar. See the Additional Images. P.P.P.P.P.S. The page previous to this is on the CAF in the gallery of Arnie Grieves, you can see it here. Social/Sharing |
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Will Gabri-El 
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 6/11/2010
Much as I enjoyed this page it ended up in the right hands..!
Crees Tyler
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 6/11/2010
Great, Great page... Congrats Alex !!! and superb gift ;)
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 6/11/2010
A page from this or the first "Crisis" story remains ever on my dream list, so a big congratulations to you and your wonderful wife. Though I mostly read his stories as reprints, Sekowsky's art fascinated me when I was younger for reasons I could never quite put my finger on and this story was a particular favorite.
michael dunne
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 6/11/2010
As always you have a wonderful wife, those early JSA-JLA stories were the highlight of my youthful summers.
Aaron N.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 6/11/2010
There is something sublime and unimproveable about this page, maybe the whole issue. I think I might have to find a copy. Congrats.
Joseph Serpico
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 7/11/2010
Alex, you preceded me by 5 issues. JLA 34 being the first comic I can ever remember reading. A right page from that book for me would be a grail I would take to my grave. That being said, I can relate to your joy and envy you. It's this kind of stuff that makes collecting so special. BTW, the page is a great representation of M.S.'s art on the JLA from that period. Thanks for posting with the back story. Congrats !!
Mike W
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 8/5/2010
It’s always nice to see a fellow collector post a page with such sentimental value. And a birthday present to boot!! Congratulations!
Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 12/3/2010
Very cool page. A big congratulations to getting a page from your first comic. I started a little later so finding a page from Daredevil 200 was not quite as difficult:)
Don Raskin
Member Since 2010
Posted on 1/4/2011
Can't beat some classic JLA. One of my favorite comics back in the day. I always liked the crossovers with the JSA that they did; some great stories featuring extra heroes and villians to make it an "event". Some cool Sekowsky and Sachs art here with Ultraman and the Flash.
Shannon Weathers
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 2/3/2011
Congratulations-great page (and great wife). It is truly wonderful to have a page from your first comic.
Bryan Stroud
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/20/2011
Great Scott! I'm pea green with envy! Congrats on a terrific and historic piece.
Don Raskin
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 10/18/2012
Ahh, some glorious JLA art from Sekowsky and Sachs. Really nice art from one of my favorite comic series.
Mark Geier
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 12/22/2013
It's always great to get pages from your first book. Mine was JLA 111 and I've got a few pages from that one now. But this is a classic from the classic JLA/JSA crossovers.
THIEFAR art
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 2/26/2016
I know exactly that feeling causes getting a page about your first comic. And more if yours has been a gift from your wife. Congratulations and enjoy it with good health.
Timothy Guerrero
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 1/24/2018
Your wife is the best wife ever! Can my wife meet her to get some tips from her on how to gift her husband? lol
CJ Design
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 11/18/2025
Alex Great page, But an even more Fantastic story...these are the things that never leave us...our family had many similara adventures but it was a Studebaker Hawk and a 1968 Impala Wagon..
Al Gordon
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 11/18/2025
Very cool< Thanx!
I really hated Mike's work when I was little... it looked like Kirby on Acid. Then in my second year working in comics, I Inked him on his and Mark Evanier's Radar... and it was tough. A lot of sketchy "Dirty Sock" Soft-Lead kinda pencils. But I sure learned a lot and REALLY started appreciating his crazy stuff.
Al Gordon
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 11/19/2025
Al Gordon wrote:
Very cool< Thanx!
I really hated Mike's work when I was little... it looked like Kirby on Acid. Then in my second year working in comics, I Inked him on his and Mark Evanier's Radar... and it was tough. A lot of sketchy "Dirty Sock" Soft-Lead kinda pencils. But I sure learned a lot and REALLY started appreciating his crazy stuff.
I REALLY need to say that Bernie Sachs was truly amazing. He was wonderful over Mike... but DC's Romance books are a real mystery. A lot of them have stories clearly inked by Bernie, but it's almost impossible to tell who the Pencilers are. There are stories where almost every panel on the page looks like it was penciled by a different artist. Wild stuff.
I've sat down with guys that are pretty knowledgeable about this period, Leialoha, Evanier, Mario Hernandez, and others, and it's really a trip.
Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 11/18/2025
This is pure Sekowsky Gold! Congrats on owning it.
Joyce Miller WAS the MOD Wonder Woman! What a great historical photograph.
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