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All-Star Squadron 50

ALL-STAR SQUADRON #50

Cover Date: October 1985
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Ordway (signed)


Story: "Crisis Point!" (38 Pages)
"Chapter I: Shanghaied into Hyperspace"
"Chapter II: Worlds in Collision"

Credits:

StoryRoy Thomas
PencilsMike Harris, Arvell Jones
InksVince Colletta, Tony DeZuniga
LetteringDavid Cody Weiss
ColorsCarl Gafford
Associate editingJanice Race
EditingRoy Thomas

Feature Character(s):

All-Star Squadron:
Amazing-Man (Will Everett; in between issues #47 and #53)
Atom (Al Pratt; last in issue #64; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5; next in issue #57/2)
Black Condor (in between issues #35 and #60; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Blackhawk (next in Military Comics #13; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Commander Steel (last in issue #38; next in Young All-Stars #9; is sent to Earth-1)
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; last in More Fun Comics #84/2; also in flashback between issues)
Doctor Mid-Nite (last in All-American Comics #42; appearance in this issue is the same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5)
Doctor Occult (next in issue #53)
Doll Man (last in Feature Comics #57; next in issue #60; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Firebrand (Danette Reilly; last in issue #64; appearance in this issue is the same as Crisis on Infinite Earths #1)
Firebrand (Rod Reilly; last in issue #13; next, Pre-Crisis, in Freedom Fighters #11; next, Post-Crisis, in JSA #42)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; last in All-American Comics #42)
Guardian (last in Star Spangled Comics #12; next in All-Star Squadron #54)
Hawkgirl (as Shiera Sanders; last in issue #64)
Hawkman (Carter Hall; last in Flash Comics #34/6; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5; next in issue #52/2)
Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in Adventure Comics #75/4)
Human Bomb (last in Police Comics #12/8; next in All-Star Squadron #60; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Jester (last in Smash Comics #36; next in issue #60; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Johnny Quick (last in issue #64; marries Libby Lawrence)
Johnny Thunder (last in Flash Comics #38/3; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5; next in All-Star Squadron #58/pgs 43-48)
Liberty Belle (last in issue #64; marries Johnny Chambers)
Manhunter (Dan Richards; last in issue #32; next in Young All-Stars #8; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Midnight (last in issue #32; next in Smash Comics #33/6; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Phantom Lady (last in Police Comics #10/6; next in issue #60; see Comment; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Plastic Man (last in Police Comics #12; next in issue #60)
Ray (last in Smash Comics #34; see Comment; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X; next, Post-Crisis, in issue #60)
Robotman (in between issues #64 and #53)
Sandman (Wesley Dodds; last in issue #64; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5)
Shining Knight (last in Adventure Comics #78/4; next in issue #53)
Spectre (last in More Fun Comics #84/6; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5)
Spider (last in Crack Comics #30; next in flashback in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)
Starman (Ted Knight; last in Adventure Comics #79; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5)
Tarantula (in between issues #47 and #53)
Uncle Sam (last in Uncle Sam Quarterly #4/5; next in National Comics #25)
Wonder Woman (last in Wonder Woman #2; appearance as part of the Justice Battalion in this issue is concurrent with All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5)

Guest Star(s):

Harbinger (last in New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13; appearance in this issue is the same as Crisis on Infinite Earths #1; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #194)
Thor, the Thunder Dog (last in ???; joins Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X)

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory
Tubby Watts
Inza Cramer (last in More Fun Comics #84/2; in flashback between last issue and this; next in More Fun Comics #85/2)

Villain(s):

Adolf Hitler (in flashback)
Professor Gootsden (last in #; also in flashback)
Herr Hansen, Friedrich and Wilhelm (Nazi agents who kidnap the JSA; first appearance of all)
a Nazi scientist (first appearance; dies)
Nazi soldiers
General Samara (a Japanese officer; first appearance; in flashback)
a Shadow Demon

Other Character(s):

Brad Farley
Fiorello LaGuardia
Cara (a "rich society girl;" also appears in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Monitor (behind the scenes; Gootsden had bought technology prior to this story)
Gloria Farley (in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth-2:
New York, NY
Berlin, Germany
Boston, MA
Salem, MA (Fate's Tower; in flashback)
A farmhouse in New Jersey (used by the Nazis to launch the JSA into space)
Earth-X
Earth-1:
Berlin, Germany
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, of various other dimensions

Comment(s):

Story takes place on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 and is a retelling of All-Star Comics #13 (October-November 1942) "Shanghaied into Space!" The story continues next issue.
Due to the effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the histories of some of the characters listed -if not the characters themselves - were removed from continuity.

Solicitation:

Eight JSA members are captured and shot into space in eight separate rockets--but the sudden appearance of Harbinger sends them all to eight separate dimensions!


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Feature: "Golden Age Gallery" (1 Pages)


Credits:

Roy Thomas (script)
Rich Buckler (pencils)
Jerry Ordway (inks)
Janice Race (associate edits)
Roy Thomas (edits)


Comment(s):

Features a re-drawn page from the All-Star Squadron's debut in Justice League of America #193/2, replacing the Shining Knight with Starman (Ted Knight) .


 

Feature: "Golden Age Gallery" (1 Pages)


Credits:

Roy Thomas (script)
Rich Buckler (pencils)
Jerry Ordway (inks)
Janice Race (associate edits)
Roy Thomas (edits)


Comment(s):

Features a re-drawn cover of All-Star Squadron #1, with Starman (Ted Knight) replacing Captain Triumph in the photos, as Triumph would not appear until 1943, on Earth-X.