All-Star Comics #6

(August-September 1941)

The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (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 [Dr. Fate; Sandman; The Atom; Hourman; The Flash (leaves); Spectre; Hawkman; Green Lantern]; Johnny Thunder

Synopsis:

As the Flash can no longer attend JSA meetings since he was elected an honorary member, the members decide to put Johnny Thunder to the test to see if he is an appropriate replacement.

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Indexer Notes

After being a guest in #3-4, Johnny Thunder replaces Flash as a member.

The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder

Synopsis:

After having been shown a phony newspaper about a Killer McPanzee, Johnny heads out to capture the phony felon, unaware that the criminal element has also seen the newspaper and decides to take advantage of the situation.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard

Inks:

Everett Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash; Johnny Thunder; Green Lantern (cameo)

Synopsis:

The Flash is contacted by Johnny's Thunderbolt that his pal is in desperate need of assistance from drowning at the hands of a counterfeiting gang, and he turns the tables on the crooks.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (interlude) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder; Inza

Synopsis:

Saved from drowning by the Thunderbolt, Johnny is once again pursued by a criminal element, and wishes that a pretty girl would come to comfort him. Inza appears and now Johnny wishes that Dr. Fate was also there.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; superhero

Characters:

Dr. Fate; Inza; Thunderbolt

Synopsis:

By the time Dr. Fate arrives, Johnny has disappeared and Inza has been left behind, so Fate takes Inza with him to search for Johnny, and runs into more crooks.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (interlude) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder

Synopsis:

Johnny had hid in the trunk of Inza's car when the crooks stole it and entered a garage where Dr. Fate had tailed the crooks. Johnny accidently falls down a laundry chute into the midst of walking skeletons and asks for Sandman to help him.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sandman; Johnny Thunder; Hourman (cameo); Hawkman (cameo)

Synopsis:

Sandman discovers Johnny in the Playhouse of Horrors and shows Johnny that the skeletons are only actors! However, Sandman discovers that crooks having been trying to extort protection money from the Playhouse, and wades into them.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 5) (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hourman; Spectre (cameo); The Atom (cameo)

Synopsis:

Back at JSA HQ, several members wonder where Johnny is since other members have been unable to locate him. So the Hour-Man heads downtown and notes a movie theatre showing a film on Africa, and reasons Johnny may be at the movies. What he finds instead is a group of felons disguised as gorillas, trying to heist the day's receipts!

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (interlude) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder

Synopsis:

Johnny meanwhile is dejectedly walking down the street, not believing himself worthy of JSA membership, when some fellows offer him a chance to gamble and win some big money. Johnny loses and calls the men cheaters, and gets kicked out.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 6) (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; Thunderbolt

Synopsis:

The Thunderbolt tells Al Pratt what happened to Johnny, so he heads for the gambling den to search for Johnny. Noting that the gamblers are using marked cards, Al leaves the room and returns as the Atom to clean up!

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 7) (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Spectre

Synopsis:

The Spectre now heads out to find Johnny and is suddenly attacked by a man with no head! After dispatching him to the outer realms, the Man of Darkness decides to track down the evil genius behind these headless creatures.

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[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

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 8) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Irwin Hasen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern

Synopsis:

Deciding to look for Johnny himself, the Emerald Crusader sets off to seek out crime and runs into a team of truck hi-jackers!

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Dr. Mid-Nite Thinks Fast (Table of Contents)

Dr. Mid-Nite / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Charles Reizenstein

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer (illustration)

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer (illustration)

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?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

super-hero

Characters:

Dr. Mid-Nite

Synopsis:

"Snakey" Scarlotti decides to get his revenge on the blind Dr. McNider, who has written some disparaging things about the gangster in one of his articles.

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Indexer Notes

The last half of page 2 is an ad for All-American Comics #29, with an illustration by Howard Purcell.

The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (interlude) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder

Synopsis:

After being thrown out of the gambling den, Johnny wishes for an airplane to whisk him away from the scene, and the Thunderbolt complies.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (chapter 9) (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman; Thunderbolt; Shiera Sanders

Synopsis:

The Thunderbolt tells Hawkman that Johnny now faces another peril, and the Winged Wonder races off to help. Meanwhile, Shiera learns she has inherited a fortune, and is kidnapped, forcing Hawkman to save her.

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The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder (conclusion) (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard (p. 1); Stan Aschmeier (p. 2)

Inks:

Everett Hibbard (p. 1), Stan Aschmeier (p. 2)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America [Johnny Thunder (joins); The Flash; Sandman; The Atom; Spectre; Hourman; Hawkman; Green Lantern]

Synopsis:

The Thunderbolt finally rescues Johnny and returns him to JSA HQ where he is approved for JSA membership.

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[Membership Survey] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

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Indexer Notes

The readers are invited to vote for a JSAer to receive his own magazine and become an honorary member (since the JSA by-laws only allow eight active members at a time), as well as name his replacement, in exchange for the chance for a free copy of All-Star Comics #7.

[Preview for All-Star #7] (Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Everett Hibbard

Inks:

Everett Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America

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Indexer Notes

Preview for the story in All-Star #7 concerning the raising of $1,000,000 for the war orphans of Europe and Asia.