All-Star Squadron #60 [Direct]

(August 1986)

The End of the Beginning! (Table of Contents: 1)

All-Star Squadron; Justice Society of America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited) (co-plotter)

Pencils

Mike Clark (credited) (pages 1-7); Arvell Jones (credited) (pages 8-22)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited as Colletta); Tony DeZuniga (credited as DeZuniga)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited)

Letters

David Cody Weiss (credited)

Job Number

G-2423

Genre

superhero

Characters

All-Star Squadron: Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Amazing-Man [Will Everett]; Aquaman [Adam Waterman]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Dan the Dyna-Mite [Daniel Dunbar]; Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Occult; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robotman [Robert Crane / Paul Dennis]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Sargon the Sorcerer [John Sargent]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Tarantula [John Law]; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Uncle Sam; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Wing [Wing How]; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
Harbinger [Lyla Michaels] (flashback) (cameo); Adolf Hitler (cameo); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Charles Grayson; Mekanique (villain); Admiral Higby; Gootsden (villain)

Universe

DC : mainstream; DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Synopsis

The missing JSA'ers return to Earth-Two from hyperspace and loose ends from Crisis are tied up. Mekanique explains her mission to the All-Stars, who aid her, not knowing that it would change the future she came from to the benefit of the villain who created her. Robotman realizes the truth, but before he can act reality shifts and the post-Crisis universe replaces the Earth-Two universe. With history revised by the change, Robotman's knowledge is lost along with the world's memories of the existences of Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman.

Reprints

• in Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [January 2019])

Keywords

FBI; Perisphere; time travel; Trylon; World War II

Indexer Notes

Wraps up the "Shanghaied into Hyperspace" story started in #50 (based on All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) # 13. Includes pin-up pages of the All-Star Squadron as part of the story, one is after Mekanique's changes take place (page 22, without Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, but with Human Bomb, The Jester, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Uncle Sam, The Ray, and Plastic Man in their place in center), and one is BEFORE her changes take place (page 16, with Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman in center). Also of note, Green Arrow (Earth-2) and Speedy (Earth-2) were erroneously in both portraits before the edict was made that they also were no longer part of pre-Crisis continuity, as stated by Roy Thomas in a later issue of All-Star Squadron, since they also had doppelgangers (Silver and Golden Age versions pre-Crisis). Last true Squadron story before Young All-Stars (DC, 1987 series) #1 and post-Crisis continuity. Issue #'s 61-67 origin stories (as fillers).

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Pérez

Inks

George Pérez

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Richard Howell (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]

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

Secret Origins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano; Marshall Rogers

Inks

Terry Austin; Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Ad for Secret Origins #6.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

With the DC checklist for titles on sale the week of May 29.

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited as R. T. and as Roy Thomas)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2406

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Jeffrey Albrittoon, Robert T. Jeschonek, Dale J. Roberts, Randy Freeman, and Jonathan Gilbert reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #55, as well as an announcement that due to the Crisis on Infinite Earths ending, this issue will be the last to feature an ongoing storyline for All-Star Squadron in continuity. The series will continue with origins of many All-Stars which would not make it into the the Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) series for a couple of years.

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-4786

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lex Luthor

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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils

Denys Cowan

Inks

Dick Giordano

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Hugo Strange