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All-Star Squadron 1

ALL-STAR SQUADRON #1

Cover Date: September 1981
Cover Price: $0.50

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rich Buckler
Inks: Dick Giordano
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The World on Fire!" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoy Thomas
PencilsRich Buckler
InksJerry Ordway
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsCarl Gafford
Associate editingMike W. Barr
EditingLen Wein

Feature Character(s):

Atom (Al Pratt; last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Batman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Doctor Mid-Nite (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Hawkman (Carter Hall; last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Johnny Quick (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Johnny Thunder (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Liberty Belle (last in Justice League of America #193/2; origin retold briefly in flashback)
Plastic Man (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Robin (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Robotman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Sandman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Shining Knight (last in Adventure Comics #76/3; origin briefly retold in flashback)
Spectre (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Starman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Superman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Wonder Woman (last in Justice League of America #193/2)

Guest Star(s):

Rod Reilly (last in Justice League of America #193/2; next in issue #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Danette Reilly (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Tubby Watts
Slugger Dunn
Winged Victory (last in Adventure Comics #76/4)
Tom Revere

Villain(s):

Per Degaton (last as voice only in Justice League of America #193/2)
King Bee (last in flashback in #3; returned to 1943)
King Bee's drones
Alchemist (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Sky Pirate (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Solomon Grundy (last in Justice League of America #193/2)
Wotan (last in Justice League of America #193/2)

Other Character(s):

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ed Simmons (an FBI agent)
J. Edgar Hoover
Harry Hopkins
Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles football teams (including Sammy Baugh)
football fans at Griffith Stadium
Admiral Blandy
General Brody
Various military personnel in Hawaii and Washington, DC (many die in attack in Pearl Harbor)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Seven Soldiers of Victory (flashback of all)
Crimson Avenger
Green Arrow
Star-Spangled Kid
Vigilante

Location(s):

Earth-2
Gotham City
near Salem, MA
New York City, NY
JSA Headquarters
Philadelphia, PA (Liberty Bell)
San Francisco, CA
Warsaw, Poland (in flashback)
English Channel (in flashback)
Washington, DC (White House)
Hawaiian Territory (Pearl Harbor, Oahu)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the evening of December 6 and early morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941.
This story is continued from Justice League of America #193/2 and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: All-Star Squadron #1 (April 2012)

Solicitation:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempts to contact the Justice Society in hopes of using them to retaliate against the Axis forces for bombing Pearl Harbor. But when the team doesn't respond and appears missing, it's up to Hawkman, the Atom and Dr. Mid-Nite to form a new team in their place!


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