All-Star Squadron #1 [Direct]

(September 1981)

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All-Star Squadron / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Rich Buckler (credited)

Inks

Jerry Ordway (credited as Jeremiah Ordway)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

J-7253

Genre

superhero

Characters

All-Star Squadron: Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Robotman [Robert Crane / Paul Dennis]
Justice Society of America: Atom [Al Pratt]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (flashback); Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (flashback); Starman [Ted Knight] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback); Johnny Thunder (flashback); Thunderbolt (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (flashback)
Seven Soldiers of Victory: Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (flashback) (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback) (cameo); Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper] (flashback) (cameo); Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton] (flashback) (cameo); Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback) (cameo)
Per Degaton (villain); Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (apparent death); J. Edgar Hoover; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold] (villain); Tubby Watts; Winged Victory; Wotan (villain); Professor Zodiak (villain); Sky Pirate (villain); King Bee (villain, death); The Monster (villain, death); Harry Hopkins; Slugger Dunn (apparent death); Sammy Baugh; Ed Simmons

Universe

DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Synopsis

The only three Justice Society of America members who have not gone missing -- Hawkman, Atom, and Dr. Mid-Nite -- join up with Plastic Man, Robotman, Liberty Belle, and Johnny Quick in Washington, D.C. where they meet with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who christens them the All-Star Squadron. Their first mission: find the missing JSAers and stop the rumored attack on San Francisco on December 7, 1941 before it's too late. Meanwhile, the missing JSAers, along with Shining Knight and Danette Reilly, have been captured by Per Degaton and though aware of his plans are helpless to stop him.

Reprints

• in L'Escadron des Etoiles (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mars 1982)
• in Showcase Presents: All-Star Squadron (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)

Keywords

football; Japanese Zero; Pearl Harbor; San Francisco CA; Washington D.C.; White House; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #193 (August 1981); story continues in the next issue.

Rod Reilly, the costumed hero Firebrand, is injured and sidelined in this story, allowing his sister Danette to later become the new female Firebrand.

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Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-826

Synopsis

Roy explains his vision for this series, how it came to be, and some things the reader will see in future issues.

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