All-Star Comics #57

(February-March 1951)

New -- And Great! Big Town (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! [Part I] (Table of Contents: 2)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Frank Giacoia; Art Peddy (splash page only)

Inks

Frank Giacoia; Bernard Sachs (splash page only)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan (Honolulu Police Chief); Mustapha Hakim (Turkish detective); Jacques Durand (Paris Surete detective); Bill (audience member); The Key [also as Detective Drew Dawes of Scotland Yard] (villain)

Synopsis

Four famous detectives are invited by the JSA to Civic City to attend a meeting at the Civic City Palace Auditorium, wherein the crime detection methods used in their various nations will be used to "solve" a crime committed in their presence. After solving the staged crime, the four detectives disappear mysteriously, with the clue of a silver skeleton key left behind. When the JSA receive urgent telegrams from their home nations to return home to solve a mysterious crime, the All-Stars realize a master criminal is at work and set out to find the detectives as quickly as possible.

Reprints

• in Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue (DC, 2000 series) ([July] 2000)
• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([April] 2005)
• in Justice Society of America: The Demise of Justice (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
• in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])

Keywords

Civic Center; Civic City

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part II (Table of Contents: 5)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Chief Inspector MacReady; unnamed bank watchman; unnamed Frenmch Surete Commissaire; Bert (villain); Harry (villain); Pierre (villain)

Synopsis

Dr. Mid-Nite meets London's Chief Inspector McReady at a bank where Police officials found the vault emptied, and a silver skeleton key left at the scene. Dr. Mid-Nite chases the crooks into a dense fog, and they then board a train, where he captures them with a Blackout Bomb. Meanwhile, the Flash meets the Parisian Commissaire of the Surete, who explains that the famed gargoyles atop the Notre Dame Cathedral have been disappearing. The Flash sets a trap, follows the crooks to a club where the crooks are emptying the treasure-filled gargoyles, and turns all over to the Surete.

Reprints

• in Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue (DC, 2000 series) ([July] 2000)
• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([April] 2005)
• in Justice Society of America: The Demise of Justice (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
• in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])

Keywords

Apaches; Blackout Bomb; Charing Cross Bank; Le Club Attila; London; Notre Dame Cathedral; Paris; Surete; Trafalgar Square

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

Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Build a Periscope (Table of Contents: 7)

Justice Society of America Laboratory Notes / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]

Synopsis

Dr. Mid-Nite tells readers how to build a simple periscope out of cardboard.

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT reprinted in the Archive.

Artist credits by Craig Delich.

Lucky Block (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part III (Table of Contents: 9)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Frank Giacoia

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Emir of Kashdan; Colonel Masir (Istanbul Police official); F. Fred Wallis; unnamed Captain of the Laronia; Honolulu Police Captain Tom Lim; fake Emir (villain); The Great Gordoni (villain)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman decides to employ Turkish psychology to round up a fake Emir who has made off with 300 pounds of gold, leaving a silver skeleton key behind. Using her invisible plane, she spots a submarine and brings it ashore, rounding up the crooks. In Honolulu, multi-millionaire J. Fred Wallis has had his "short-snorter" $100,000 bill, signed by celebrities, stolen, so Green Lantern hurries aboard, and using Harry Wan's methods of not hunting for the criminal but making the criminal come to him, rounds up his suspect, turns him over to the police, and then hurries back to Civic City.

Reprints

• in Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue (DC, 2000 series) ([July] 2000)
• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([April] 2005)
• in Justice Society of America: The Demise of Justice (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
• in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])

Keywords

Golden lasso; Laronia; Robot Plane; short-snorter bill

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich. Pencil credit originally tentatively given to Art Peddy.

[Daniel Majeske, Sylvia Dee] (Table of Contents: 10)

In the Groove / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

Colors

?

Letters

Stookie Allen

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Daniel Majeskee; Sylvia Dee; Wayne Shepard; Dick Hayes

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT in the Archive.

The filler contains facts about music.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part IV (Table of Contents: 14)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan; Drew Dawes; Jacques Durand; Mustapha Hakim; The Turtleneck Gang (villains); The Key [also as Inspector Drew Dawes] (villain)

Synopsis

When the JSA arrive back at the now deserted Civic City Arena, Black Canary tells them that she, Hawkman and Atom discovered a phony cellar below the arena stage, where they were attacked by a gang. After turning them over the the Police, the JSA discovers clues dropped by the missing detectives, follow them, and find the men around a table in a trance in a mansion. An image of Dawes suddenly appears on a screen, who then unmasks, revealing the true face of the Key. The JSA watch him attempt to flee in a cable car, but Wonder Woman stops it and the Key jumps 1000' to his death!

Reprints

• in Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue (DC, 2000 series) ([July] 2000)
• in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([April] 2005)
• in Justice Society of America: The Demise of Justice (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
• in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])

[The Divided Old Glory] (Table of Contents: 15)

Flag Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel (signed)

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #10 (February-March 1957)

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT in the Archive.

Letterer credit by Craig delich.

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The Last Dictator (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

The Lady of Mars (Table of Contents: 20)

Johnny Peril's Surprise Story / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Johnny Peril

Indexer Notes

This story was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)