Comic Title: 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-17
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1973
On Sale Date: March 13, 1973 Newsstand Date March 13, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #94

Copyright Date March 13, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Card Crimes of the Royal Flush Gang"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted From:
Justice League of America #43 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #42; next appearance in Justice League of America #44)
• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #155; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #156)
• Batman (last appearance in Batman #179; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #156)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #159; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #65)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Teen Titans #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #44)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #12; next appearance in Hawkman #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (appears as the Joker in this story; last appearance in Justice League of America #41; next appearance in Justice League of America #44)

Villain(s)

• Professor Amos Fortune (becomes the Ace of Clubs in this story; last appearance in Justice League of America #14; next appearance in Justice League of America #54)
• Royal Flush Gang (next appearance in Justice League of America #54)
• King (aka King of Clubs; next appearance in Justice League of America #54)
• Queen (aka Queen of Clubs; next appearance in Justice League of America #54)
• Hi-Jack (aka Jack of Clubs; next appearance in Justice League of America #54)
• Ten (aka Ten of Clubs; real name Mike Bailey revealed in Wonder Woman #252; next appearance in Justice League of America #54)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Hawkman #12; next appearance in Hawkman #13)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Professor Amos Fortune (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Justice League of America #6)

Synopsis:
Several Justice League members are victimized by members of the Royal Flush gang, criminals in the guise of playing cards. The Jack of Clubs causes Hawkman and Hawkgirl to argue, the King distorts Flash's vision, and the Queen halves Wonder Woman's Amazon powers. All this is accomplished using cards treated with the stellaration energy discovered by Professor Amos Fortune, secretly the gang's leader, the Ace. Joined by Superman and Batman, the heroes confront the card criminals again, only to become their victims once more. Batman is forced to betray his comrades, Wonder Woman becomes very ill, and stellaration from a red sun robs Superman of his powers.

With the League on the verge of total defeat, Snapper Carr deliberately provokes the argumentative Hawkman into recreating Fortune's stellaration energy in his lab and charging Snapper with it, enabling him to cure the afflicted members. The League then battles the Royal Flushers again, taking Snapper (as "the Joker") along as their secret weapon. With their honorary member countering the criminals' every move, the heroes are able to defeat their foes.