([November] 1983)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1983-07-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

The publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office was listed as 12 July 1983 in the Public Catalog, Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) online (http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First) retrieved 15 August 2015. Registration date: 21 May 1984. Copyright registration number: TX0001357255.

Newsstand editions were released later than the Direct-Sales editions at this time.
This issue has variants:

[The Ultra War!] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
?
Job Number
C-439
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron: Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
All-Star Squadron: Phantom Lady
Brain Wave; Infinity, Inc. [Jade; Brainwave, Jr.]; Deathbolt; Vulcan; Cyclotron
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Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron Annual (DC, 1982 series) #2 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron Annual (1982 series) #2 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron Annual (1982 series) #2 [Canadian]
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The Ultra War! (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jerry Ordway
Inks
Jerry Ordway
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited as Cody)
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron: Commander Steel [Hank Heywood]; Firebrand; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Liberty Belle; Phantom Lady; Robotman; Tarantula; Wildcat [Ted Grant]
Amazing-Man; The Mist; Franklin Roosevelt; Infinity, Inc. [Brainwave, Jr.; Silver Scarab; Northwind [Norda]; Nuklon [Albert Rothstein]; Fury [Lyta Trevor]; Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Jade]; Justice Society of America [Robin (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Batman (Earth-2); Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Starman [Ted Knight] (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2, flashback); Johnny Thunder (Earth-2, flashback); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (flashback); Dr. Mid-Nite (flashback); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (flashback); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (flashback)]; Ultra-Humanite (villain); Deathbolt (villain); Cyclotron (villain); Rag Doll (villain); Monocle (villain); Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden] (villain); Vulcan, Son of Fire (villain); Charles Grayson; Henry Wallace; Harry Hopkins; Terri Curtis (intro, Nuklon's mother)
Synopsis
The combined might of the JSA, the All-Star Squadron and Infinity Inc stop the Ultra-Humanite and his super-powered assistants from placing the Ultra-Humanite's brain in the body of Robotman. The Atom absorbs some of the power of Cyclotron, which later inspires him to use Cyclotron's costume.
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Keywords
Mount Saint Helens; New York City; Supreme Court; time travel; Washington DC; White House; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story continues from All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #26; also tied to Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #195-197. Includes the birth of Nuklon's mother.

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

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

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

Justice Society of America / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America: Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Justice Society of America: Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
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Indexer Notes

Pin-up is a re-creation of the cover of All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Gardner Fox; Roy Thomas (blurb)
Pencils
Jack Burnley
Inks
Jack Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America: Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder
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Indexer Notes

Page from All-Star Comics #11 showing the JSA members deciding to enlist.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Ultra War!]
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. The Ultra War!
    All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Justice Society of America
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Justice Society of America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dave Marchand
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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