All-Star Squadron #40 [Direct]
(December 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
1984-09-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (president; publisher); Dick Giordano (credited) (vice president; executive editor); Janice Race (credited) (associate editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor); Pat Bastienne (credited) (editorial coordinator); Bob Rozakis (credited) (production manager); Joe Orlando (credited) (vice president editorial director); Paul Levitz (credited) (vice president of operations); Bruce Bristow (credited) (marketing director); Arthur Gutowitz (credited) (treasurer)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Amazing Man vs. Real American (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Arvell Jones (credited) (signed as Am Jones)
Inks
Aubrey Bradford (credited) (signed as Bradford)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Amazing-Man; Robotman [Robert Crane] (photo); Liberty Belle (photo); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (photo); Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (photo)]; Real American
Keywords
newspaper; race riot; racism

Indexer Notes

A portion of the cover from All-Star Squadron #39 is used as a newspaper photograph in the background.

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The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire! (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Richard Howell (credited)
Inks
Bill Collins (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
David Cody Weiss (credited as Cody)
Job Number
G-1542
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thar she blows, Lantern-- Detroit!
Genre
history; superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Amazing-Man; Robotman [Robert Crane]]; Real American (villain); Monitor (cameo); Lyla [Harbinger] (cameo); The Phantom Emperor (villain)
Synopsis
The Squadron faces off vs. the "Real American," who is destroyed and revealed to be an android. The true face behind the racist group is revealed. He then calls up the Monitor to ask for a replacement for the android, but is refused.
Keywords
Detroit MI; Earth 2; race riot; racism; white supremacist; World War II

Indexer Notes

Conclusion of the Real American story-line which uses racism in World War II-era Detroit as a springboard. Story continues from the previous issue.

Non-advertised, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths mini-series, three-panel-sequence-cameo with The Monitor (only hand, shown with voice) and Lyta.

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

All-Star Squadroom / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited as R.T.)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1755

Indexer Notes

Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #35.

Letters from Dale M. Houstman, Jay Elliott, Jr., and David Newman.

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

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

Script
Sal Amendola (credited) (signed as Sal Amendola)
Letters
typeset

Golden Age Gallery (Table of Contents: 4)

Justice Society of America / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited) (signed as STATON [long N])
Inks
Bob Layton (credited) (signed as Layton)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice Society of America [JSA; Atom [Al Pratt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2)]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis
Pinup of Golden Age JSA members breaking through a wall to rescue a bound Wonder Woman from a pistol-wielding Adolf Hitler.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Amazing Man vs. Real American
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire!
    All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Squadroom
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  5. 4. Golden Age Gallery
    Justice Society of America
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