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All-Star Squadron 58

ALL-STAR SQUADRON #58

Cover Date: June 1986
Cover Price: $0.75

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Arvell Jones (signed)
Inks: Tony DeZuniga (signed)


Story: "I Sing the Body Robotic!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

PlotRoy Thomas, Dann Thomas
StoryRoy Thomas
PencilsArvell Jones
InksVince Colletta
LetteringDavid Cody Weiss
ColorsCarl Gafford
Associate editingJanice Race
EditingRoy Thomas

Feature Character(s):

All-Star Squadron:
Amazing-Man
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
Firebrand II (Danette Reilly)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in issue #54)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders)
Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Johnny Quick
Liberty Belle
Robotman (also in flashback to the night before as Paul Dennis)
Sandy
Superman
Tarantula

Supporting Character(s):

Gernsback (last in issue #54)
Joan Carter (in flashback to the night before)

Villain(s):

Mekanique (last in flashback in issue #60)
Rotwang (mentioned)

Other Character(s):

Sam Fenner (a garbageman)
Larry Katz (a police patrolman)
Dorothy Wilson (a young woman)
Alma Mae Wilson (her sister)
a sailor and a soldier (their dates)
Buzzy Jackson (a drunk)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Justice Society of America:
Atom (Al Pratt; flashback image)
Doctor Mid-Nite (flashback image)
Hawkman (Carter Hall; flashback image)
Johnny Thunder (flashback image)
Sandman (Wesley Dodds; flashback image)
Spectre (flashback image)
Starman (Ted Knight; flashback image)
Wonder Woman (flashback image)

Location(s):

All-Star Squadron Headquarters (Trylon and Perisphere, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY)
Queens, NY

Comment(s):

The story begins about 5:30 am on a day in April 1942.


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Second Story: "Shanghaied into Hyperspace! Interlude Seven" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoy Thomas
PencilsMike Clark
InksJerry Acerno
LetteringDavid Cody Weiss
ColorsCarl Gafford
Associate editingBarbara Randall
EditingRoy Thomas

Feature Character(s):

Justice Society of America:
Johnny Thunder (last in issue #50 / All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5; appearance in this issue is the same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 43-48; next in issue #60 / All-Star Comics #13 pages 55-56)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (last in Flash Comics #38/2; appearance in this issue is the same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 43-48; next in issue #60)

Villain(s):

Two "Hungry Ones" ("ant-eater" creatures on Mercury; one dies)

Other Character(s):

Two "Mercury-bugs" (large, sentient spider-like creatures; Natha named)

Location(s):

Mercury (of an alternate universe)

Comment(s):

Story is adapted from All-Star Comics #13 (October-November 1942) "Shanghaied into Space!" by Gardner Fox and Stan (Joseph) Stan Aschmeier.


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