All-Star Squadron #33 [Direct]
(May 1984)

DC, 1981 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Janice Race (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Awesome Origin Issue! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Rick Hoberg (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
C-665
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [Black Condor; The Ray; Uncle Sam; Phantom Lady; Doll Man]
Keywords
World War II

The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Times Two! (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Rick Hoberg
Inks
Bill Collins
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
David Cody Weiss

Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Black Condor; Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; Uncle Sam; Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]]; All-Star Squadron [Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Robotman [Robert Crane] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (flashback); Wonder Woman (Earth-2) (flashback)]; Rick Cannon (flashback); Neptune Perkins; Tsunami [Miya Shimada] (intro, villain); Baron Blitzkrieg (cameo); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (cameo)
Synopsis
Uncle Sam and the heroes he brings from Earth-2 try to stop a Japanese attack on Santa Barbara on Earth-X.
Keywords
battleship; Earth-X; Japanese Navy; Japanese Zero; Santa Barbara CA; submarine; World War II

Indexer Notes

Re-intro Neptune Perkins (from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #68 and #81). Intro and first Tsunami. Both later appear in Young All-Stars (DC, 1987 series). This story describes events leading to the formation of the Freedom Fighters from the World War II-era Quality characters. Story continued from previous issue; story continues in next issue.

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

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

Script
Mindy Newell (signed as Mindy)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Brian Pearce (All-Star Squadron illustration)
Inks
Brian Pearce (All-Star Squadron illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1559
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Robotman [Robert Crane]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Liberty Belle; Dr. Mid-Nite; Plastic Man; Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mart Nodell (comic book artist), Dale Roberts, Peter Gutierrez, Leigh Steak, and Roger Myers reviewing All-Star Squadron #28.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Awesome Origin Issue!
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Times Two!
    All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Squadroom
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore