The Golden Age #1

([September] 1993)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Golden Age / credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Paul Smith ?

Inks

Paul Smith ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Two-page title page with credits, indicia and a b&w background illustration of a nuclear explosion. Sub-titled "A Different Look at a Different Era" below main title.
Inside front cover and first page.

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

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Blank page, colored red.

The Golden Age, Book One of Four (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script

James Robinson

Pencils

Paul Smith

Inks

Paul Smith

Colors

Richard Ory

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The early '40s.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Thunderbolt; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Uncle Sam; Ray [Happy Terrill]; Sargon; Shining Knight; Johnny Thunder; Midnight; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Mr. America [Tex Thompson]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Blackhawk; Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Tarantula; Captain Triumph; Plastic Man; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Justice Society of America [Starman [Ted Knight]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Sandman [Wes Dodds]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]]; Doll Man; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; TNT; Dan the Dyna-Mite; Mr. America [Ultra-Humanite]; Parsifal; Icicle [Joar Mahkent]; Bob Daley; Harry S. Truman

Synopsis

After the war, as most costumed heroes settle into private lives, Tex Thompson returns from Europe to begin a political career and makes plans to create a super-hero to defend against the Soviet threat. After Al Pratt is deemed unsuitable, Thompson seeks out the former Dan the Dyna-Mite for the job. Meanwhile, Paul Kirk returns from Europe haunted by his dreams, and is now the man being hunted.

Reprints

• in The Golden Age (DC, 1995 series) ([September] 1995)
• in JSA: The Golden Age (DC, 2005 series) (1995 [July 2005])
which is reprinted
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #72 - JSA - The Golden Age ([Juni 2016])
• in JSA: The Golden Age - The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) ([May] 2017)

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

The Golden Age / credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Paul Smith ?

Inks

Paul Smith ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

DC company credits. Same background illustration as title pages at front of book.
Last page and inside back cover.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Smith

Inks

Paul Smith

Letters

typeset

Characters

Robotman [Robert Crane]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Tarantula; Starman [Ted Knight]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Tigress [Paula Brooks]; Captain Triumph; Dynaman [Adolf Hitler]; Mr. America [Ultra-Humanite]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Miss America [Joan Dale]

Indexer Notes

Illustration of the main cast with short blurb about this issue on the back cover. The illustration is repeated on each back cover, though the blurb changes.