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ALL-STAR SQUADRON #9
Cover Date: May 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Kubert (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Adrian Gonzales, Don Heck |
| Inks | Jerry Ordway |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Carl Gafford |
| Associate editing | Mike W. Barr |
| Editing | Len Wein |
Feature Character(s):
- All-Star Squadron:
- Atom (Al Pratt)
- Commander Steel (Hank Heywood; also in flashback following Steel, the Indestructible Man #5 and preceding last issue)
- Firebrand II (Danette Reilly)
- Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders; last in All-Star Comics #11)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall; last in Flash Comics #29/6)
- Johnny Quick
- Liberty Belle
- Robotman
- Shining Knight
Villain(s):
- Baron Blitzkrieg (also in flashback to 1940 as "the Butcher" and origin as the Baron; next in issue #32)
- Zwerg (next in ???)
- Adolph Hitler (in flashback to 1940)
- Heinrich Himmler (in flashback to 1940)
- Nazi soldiers (in flashback to 1940)
- Black Assassin (also in flashback to February 1940; dies; see Comments)
- Kung (in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Winston Churchill (also in flashback to February 1940)
- Antoni Ludcek (in flashback to February, 1940; probably dies)
- Mike (in flashback to February, 1940; probably dies)
- Concentration camp inmates (in flashback to February, 1940; one killed in retaliation for throwing acid on the Butcher)
Location(s):
- Earth-2:
- London, England
- Ottawa, Ontario Canada
- Washington, DC
- Tczew, Poland (in flashback to February 1940)
Comment(s):
- Main story takes place on December 31, 1941/January 1, 1942 with flashbacks to February 1940 a few months after.
- The flashbacks to February 1940 in this and the last issue incorporate pages intended for the unpublished Steel, the Indestructible Man #6, but presented in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2. The pages were re-inked, re-lettered, and partially re-drawn and re-written.
- Story continues in next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents: All-Star Squadron #1 (April 2012)
Solicitation:
- Steel reveals to the All-Star Squadron, President Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill how he was taken prisoner by the Nazis and witnessed the incident that led to the creation of Baron Blitzkrieg!