All-Star Comics #4

(March-April 1941)

For America and Democracy! (introduction) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard

Inks:

Everett Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America [Spectre; Dr. Fate; Sandman; Flash; Hawkman; Green Lantern; Hourman; The Atom]

Synopsis:

The JSA is given an assignment by the FBI chief.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

FBI chief also appears in All-Star #9.

For America and Democracy! (chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard

Inks:

Everett Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash

Synopsis:

The Flash heads to manufacturing centers in Michigan and Wisconsin to put a stop to insideous work stoppages brought about by a group known as the Grey Shirts, who work for a mastermind named Fritz Klaver, who lives in Toledo, Ohio.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

The Flash Wins and Becomes the Next Quarterly Like Superman and Batman! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard (illustration)

Inks:

Everett Hibbard (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash

Synopsis:

The Flash wins the contest announced in All-Star #3 and gets a magazine of his own. Readers are asked, by writer Gardner Fox & artist E. E. Hibbard, for a cash prize of $25 and/or free copies of All-Star #5, to create a title for that new comic magazine.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

For America and Democracy! (chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Martin Nodell

Inks:

Martin Nodell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern; Irene Miller

Synopsis:

Green Lantern and Irene Miller investigate radio transmission interruptions, believed to be caused by foreign agents. Irene is captured and held aboard a giant dirigible commanded by a man known as the Baron.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

For America and Democracy! (chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Spectre

Synopsis:

The Grim Ghost travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to investigate sabotage of munitions factories there.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Craig Delich.

For America and Democracy! (chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hourman

Synopsis:

Hour-Man heads for Oklahoma to disrupt the plans of a Captain Erdner, who is planning to dynamite all oil wells within that state.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Craig Delich.

For America and Democracy! (chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Sherman

Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

Dr. Fate; Sandman (cameo); The Flash (cameo)

Synopsis:

Dr. Fate is ordered to New England to look for sabotage at the naval yards along the Atlantic Seaboard.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Craig Delich; confirmed by Howard Sherman.

For America and Democracy! (chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman; Dr. Fate (cameo)

Synopsis:

Sandman heads for El Paso to help out the editor of a newspaper there, who has been receiving threats because he dares write editorials criticizing dictator nations.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Craig Delich; confirmed by Chad Grothkopf.

A Fortune Teller's Fortune (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines ?

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer (illustration)

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling

Synopsis:

Daisy insists that Johnny go with her to a fortune-teller named Mogi, the Marvelous.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

Indexer Notes

A statement of ownership appears at the bottom of page two of this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer (illustration)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

For America and Democracy! (chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman; Shiera Sanders

Synopsis:

The Flying Fury travels to California to prevent spies from stealing the designs of a new speedy plane being developed at an aviation plant.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

For America and Democracy! (chapter 8) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Ben Flinton

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Atom

Synopsis:

Atom heads for Tri-State College to prevent foreign students, being sent there by enemy nations, from indoctrinating American students.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

For America and Democracy! (conclusion) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard

Inks:

Everett Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America [The Atom; Johnny Thunder; The Flash; Spectre; Dr. Fate; Hawkman; Sandman; Green Lantern]; Fritz Klaver (villain)

Synopsis:

The JSA closes in on Fritz Klaver, who threatens to blow up everyone rather than be captured.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard (head-views of members)

Inks:

Everett Hibbard (head-views of members)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America

Synopsis:

Preview of the story found in All-Star #5.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6