All-Star Squadron #20 [Newsstand]

(April 1983)

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All-Star Squadron / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Jerry Ordway (credited)

Inks

Jerry Ordway (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

J-8518

Genre

superhero

Characters

All-Star Squadron [Tarantula; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Steel [Hank Heywood]; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Liberty Belle]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Dr. Mid-Nite; Dr. Fate; Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (flashback); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (flashback); Batman (Earth-2, flashback); Robin (Earth-2, flashback); Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Superman (Earth-2, flashback)]; Brain Wave [Dr. Henry King] (villain, origin); Sir Lancelot (illusion); Attila (illusion); Kulak (flashback); Joker (flashback); Doiby Dickles (flashback); Professor Able [Dr. Elba] (flashback); Lex Luthor (flashback); Robin (flashback)

Synopsis

The All-Star Squadron fails to free the captive Justice Society and all face death. But Green Lantern is able to defeat the mental projections of Brain Wave, freeing everyone.

Reprints

• in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (mai 1987) [Premières [First] pages], #11 (juillet 1987) [pages 5;7-23]

Keywords

Japan; Perisphere; tank; time travel; World War II; Zero

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue. Spotlight on Green Lantern. References All-Star Comics #2, #8, #15, Superman #17, Batman #11, All-Flash #4, Green Lantern #4, and All-Star Squadron #17.

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Script

Roy Thomas (credited as R.T.)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1214

Indexer Notes

Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #14 and #15 from T. M. Ahorn, Kevin Pratt, Mike Sopp, and Anthony Cardno. Also corrections from the editors, of errors in All-Star Squadron #14, #15, and Justice League of America #207, #209.

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