All-Star Squadron #57 [Canadian]
(May 1986)

DC, 1981 Series
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Price
0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-02-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893111105
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Janice Race (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #24.
This issue is a variant of All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #57 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Spotlight on the Atom, Starman, and Wonder Woman (Table of Contents)

All-Star Squadron / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Clark (signed)
Inks
Jerry Acerno (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Justice Society of America [Atom [Al Pratt]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-2, headshot); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (headshot); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (headshot); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders] (headshot); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (headshot)]]
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Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #57 [Canadian] Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron (1981 series) #57 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron (1981 series) #57 [Newsstand]
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Kaleidoscope (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Mike Clark (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Amazing-Man [Will Everett]; Tarantula [John Law]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Occult; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Sandy the Golden Boy [Sandy Hawkins]; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo flashback); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo flashback)]
Synopsis
Dr. Occult is called in to search for the still-missing JSA'ers by the Squadron, and finds three of them (Wonder Woman, Atom, Starman) before his powers are overloaded. The Squadron now has hope that they are still alive even as the red skies continue to exist on Earth-2.
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Keywords
Perisphere; time travel; Trylon

Indexer Notes

This serves as a 4 page framing story which takes place in "current" time (April 1942), while the other stories in this issue are three JSA in Hyperspace chapters. Crisis Cross-over, though no banner appears on cover. Story continued in part from previous issue; story continues in part in next issue.

["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Four] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Gardner Fox (credited) (original story)
Pencils
Rick Hoberg (credited); Joe Gallagher (credited) (original art)
Inks
Rick Hoberg (credited); Tim Gula (credited); Joe Gallagher (credited) (original art)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America [JSA; Atom [Al Pratt]]
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Keywords
Mars

Indexer Notes

Atom's chapter. Story adapted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #13. Tim Gula credited in letters page of #62.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Five] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Gardner Fox (credited) (original story)
Pencils
Arvell Jones (credited); Jack Burnley (credited) (original art)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited); Jack Burnley (credited) (original art)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America [JSA; Starman [Ted Knight]]
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Keywords
Jupiter; robot

Indexer Notes

Starman's chapter. Story adapted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #13.

["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Six] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Gardner Fox (credited) (original story first draft); William Marston (credited) (original story re-write)
Pencils
Richard Howell (credited); Harry Peter (credited as H. G. Peter) (original art, credited)
Inks
Richard Howell (credited); Harry Peter (credited as H. G. Peter) (original art, credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America [JSA; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2)]; Aphrodite (cameo)
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Keywords
Venus

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman's chapter. Story adapted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #13. Story continues in next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

All-Star Squadroom / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (signed as R. T.)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters reviewing recent issues of All-Star Squadron.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spotlight on the Atom, Starman, and Wonder Woman
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. Kaleidoscope
    All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. ["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Four]
    Justice Society of America
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  5. 4. ["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Five]
    Justice Society of America
  6. 5. ["Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Six]
    Justice Society of America
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Squadroom
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