All-Star Comics #34

(April-May 1947)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Three Mouseketeers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Wiles of the Wizard! [Introduction] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Irwin Hasen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; The Wizard [William I. Zard; aka W. I. Zard] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

At JSA HQ, the members read an offer from a Mr. W. I. Zard: $1 million in cash as a reward for their battle against crime. They cannot accept the money, but realize that the money would be a tempting target for a new criminal called the Wizard! Then their HQ turns into a boat, taking them to the Wizard's abode, where he states that, since they refused the reward, they must be criminals plotting a major crime, and he wants to be a part of it. When the JSA refuses, he gives them a list of five crimes he's planned and challenges them to stop them, lest their reputation be impugned.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Daily Post; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

The JSA meeting place moves from New York City to Gotham City.

Ed Krause (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Mrs. Eberley; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Wizard's unnamed assistants (villains, waiters)

Synopsis

Hawkman heads to the Eberley Mansion to protect Mrs. Eberley's diamond necklace and arrives as the Wizard's minions strike with a gas that knocks all the people out. Hawk bowls over the two "waiters", then the Wizard appears, taunting the Feathered Fury that he's really a crook. Then the Wizard throws a powder at Hawkman, who is transported to a world of ice. Hawkman uses his wings as protection from the cold, and burns a few feathers to keep warm. The fire melts the ice, then he suddenly finds himself back at the mansion, nabs the two waiters, and recovers the loot.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Eberley Mansion; Gotham City

Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 2] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Mid-Nite; Justice Society of America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Mollon (villain); Mollon's Gang (villains)

Synopsis

Dr. Mid-Nite stops the efforts of a crook named Mollon to have he and his gang simultaneously cash checks for $50,000 each in a bank where Mollon had deposited $50 grand, and thereby walk out with $200,000! Before they can leave, the Man of Night takes them on. Suddenly, floating paper forms into The Wizard, and then he motions at a pair of cutlasses on the wall, which fly off and pin the Man of Night's cape to a door, after which they change into ropes, which binds him. Dr. Mid-Nite is then thrown into the bay to drown, but he gets loose and captures the thugs.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Blackout Bomb

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 3] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Richards (scientist, death?); The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); two safe-crackers (villains)

Synopsis

Two safe-crackers plan steal a valuable formula from an engineering lab, and as they do so, the Flash whizzes on the scene and stops them. But the Wizard appears, telling the Flash he's as crooked as the thugs he's stopped, places him in a glass cylinder and into a giant oven to die. As they loot the safe's formula, the Flash rotates inside his glass enclosure, stamps down, forcing the tube to violently exit the oven. He chases after the car the thugs fled in and pushes the car fast enough to cause it to disintegrate. He takes them to jail, returns the formula and returns to HQ.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 4] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Harry Lampert

Inks

Harry Lampert

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Al Pratt]; unnamed Ace Fur drivers; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Wizard's unnamed thugs (villains)

Synopsis

The Wizard's gang of thugs hijacks a valuable cargo of platinum fox furs near a drawbridge, but the Atom swings down from a plane to intercept them. Unfortunately, the Wizard appears, binds the Atom, and swings him over the edge of the drawbridge, intending to sever him in two. The Mighty Mite twists his body at the last moment, and the bridge severs his ropes, then the Atom rounds up the thugs and locks them in the truck with the furs.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Ace Fur

Fate Laughs Last! (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Cliff Rhodes (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

This text story was NOT reprinted in the Archive.

[Snowball Fight] (Table of Contents: 11)

Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ow!

Genre

teen; children

Characters

Cotton-Top Katie; Perfessor

Synopsis

A simple snowball fight escalates into a major production.

Indexer Notes

This strip was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 5] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Mr. Farnsworth (model train enthusiast); The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); unnamed thugs of the Wizard (villains)

Synopsis

As a Mr. Farnsworth plays with his model trains, when several men enter the room and want to see the special electronic switch he has invented. Green Lantern enters as the thugs attempt to steal the switch, which suddenly a model train rolls by with the Wizard inside. He shrinks the Green Gladiator in size, whose power ring falls off, and places him tied on a railroad track with a train bearing down on him. The ring makes contact with G.L., who uses it to stop the train and restore him to proper size. He then stops the thugs and recovers the switch.

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Power Ring

Indexer Notes

Oddity: On page 5, panel one, Green Lantern's name is engraved on the inside of the ring's band.

[The Wiles of the Wizard! Conclusion] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Irwin Hasen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AS 34

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Johnny Thunder; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain, origin)

Synopsis

Johnny Thunder, mad because the Wizard didn't give him a case to work on, is complaining to Wonder Woman when the JSA arrives. From a vase of flowers appears the Wizard, who once again charges the JSA with being master criminals. He explains his background as a gunman who went to Tibet to study magic arts and taught himself the black arts, and now they are under his post-hypnotic influence and are aboard his ship. Sending grotesque creatures at them, a blackout bomb makes them all disappear as does the Wizard: into a vat of acid. Still, the Flash muses, is the Wizard really gone?

Reprints

• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Keywords

Black Magic; Blackout Bomb; Power Ring

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Gahoon / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)