Comic Title: Justice League of America #45
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1966
On Sale Date: April 26, 1966 Newsstand Date April 26, 1966
Source: House Ad, Batman #181, Page 29

Newsstand Date April 26, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #181, Page 31

Copyright Date April 26, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

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

Title: "The Super-Struggle Against Shaggy Man"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 6 HC (2000)
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 Doom Patrol #104; next appearance in Justice League of America #46)
• Superman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #104; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #158)
• Batman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #104; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #158)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #162; next appearance in Flash #163)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #45; next appearance in Green Lantern #46)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #104; next appearance in Metal Men #21)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #44; next appearance in Justice League of America #50)
• Atom (last appearance in Atom #25; next appearance in Atom #26)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #14; next appearance in Justice League of America #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (last appearance in Justice League of America #44; next appearance in Justice League of America #49)

Villain(s)

• Shaggy Man (a monstrous android; next appearance in Justice League of America #104)
• The "Moon-Creature" (an intelligent planetoid-being; no further appearances)
• Shaggy Man II (a duplicate of Shaggy Man; next appearance in Justice League of America #186)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Andrew Zagarian and Professor Abner Michaels (the creator of Shaggy Man and an astronomer; no further appearances)

Comments:
Green Lantern and Superman appear only briefly in this story.

Synopsis:
Due to the crash of a mail plane, the Justice League receives two letters requesting their aid two years after the letters were sent. Investigating, they discover the existence of Shaggy Man, a giant android with the ability to regenerate damaged body parts, and a compulsion to attack anything that moves. In the absence of the super-heroes, the creature has been subdued by its inventor, but the arrival of the JLA accidentally frees it, and Flash, Hawkman, and Green Arrow are unable to stop its rampage.

Meanwhile, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Atom, answering the second letter, find themselves battling an intelligent rock-creature intent on sapping Earth's natural resources. When this menace also proves unbeatable, Flash hits on the solution of pitting the two threats against each other.

Trapped in a deep pit, Shaggy Man knocks the rock-creature to fragments. The Justice League then places a duplicate of Shaggy Man in the pit for the original to battle. Since neither can be totally destroyed, they will battle on endlessly, and if the rock-being reassembles itself, both Shaggy Men will unite to destroy it again.