All-Star Squadron #1 [Newsstand]

(September 1981)

The World on Fire! (Table of Contents)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Rich Buckler

Inks:

Jerry Ordway

Colors:

Carl Gafford

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

J-7253

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

All-Star Squadron [Plastic Man; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle; Robotman [Robert Crane]]; Justice Society of America [Superman (Earth-2); Batman (Earth-2); Robin (Earth-2); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson; Nabu]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan (Earth-2)]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]]; Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Crimson Avenger; Star-Spangled Kid; Green Arrow (Earth-2); Speedy (Earth-2) (all as flashback as told by Shining Knight); Shining Knight]; Firebrand [as Danette Reilly] (intro); Per Degaton (villain); Professor Zodiak (villain); Solomon Grundy (villain); Sky Pirate (villain); Wotan (villain); King Bee (villain, death); Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (apparent death); Harry Hopkins; Slugger Dunn (apparent death); Sammy Baugh; Ed Simmons; J. Edgar Hoover; Tubby Watts; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Synopsis:

As the 3 non-missing JSA members (Hawkman, Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite) join up with Plastic Man, Robotman, Liberty Belle, Johnny Quick, Shining Knight, and Danette Reilly in Washington, D.C., they meet with President FDR, who creates a new group, the All-Star Squadron. Their mission: find the missing JSA'ers and stop the scheduled bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 before it's too late. Meanwhile, the missing JSA'ers have been captured by Per Degaton and made aware of his plans, helpless to stop him.

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: All-Star Squadron (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Features the apparent death of Rod Reilly (Firebrand) and the intro of his sister Dannette, soon to be the new female Firebrand. Story continued from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #193 (August 1981); story continues next issue.

An Open Letter to the Readers of All-Star Squadron #1 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-826