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Issue: All-Star Squadron #1
Publication Date: September 1981
 
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Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/26/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (credited); Mike W. Barr (associate editor, credited)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Public Catalog, Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) online (http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First) retrieved 15 August 2015. Registration date: 21 May 1984. Copyright registration number: TX0001369702.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Who Will Be the Heroes of the...All-Star Squadron

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rich Buckler
Dick Giordano
Tatjana Wood
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
All-Star Squadron
All-Star Squadron [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Atom [Al Pratt]]; Wildcat [Ted Grant] (photo); Shining Knight (photo); Winged Victory (photo); Green Arrow (Earth-2, photo); Phantom Lady ? (photo); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (photo); Batman (Earth-2, photo); Robin (Earth-2, photo); Star-Spangled Kid (photo); Stripesy (photo); Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (photo); Crimson Avenger (photo); Johnny Thunder (photo); Thunderbolt (photo); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (photo); Plastic Man (photo); Robotman [Robert Crane] (photo); Dr. Fate (photo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (photo); Liberty Belle (photo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (photo); Tarantula (photo); Superman (Earth-2) (photo); Flash [Jay Garrick] (photo); Wonder Woman (Earth-2) (photo); Captain Triumph (photo)
Hawkman, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Atom look over photos of the other heroes.
Reprinting
FlagL'Escadron des Etoiles #1 published March 1982
as L'Escadron des Etoiles [Illustration on Cover, Front]Modifiée [Edited]
FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Squadron #1 published June 2012
as All-Star Squadron #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Inks credit from The All-Star Companion Vol. 2; inks previously credited to Rich Buckler. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Unleash a Darda Demon.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Darda Toy Company
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for toy friction motor cars.
On inside front cover.
The World on Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roy Thomas (credited)
Rich Buckler (credited)
Jerry Ordway [as Jeremiah Ordway] (credited)
Carl Gafford (credited)
John Costanza (credited)
Subject Matter
superhero
All-Star Squadron
All-Star Squadron [Plastic Man; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Robotman [Robert Crane]]; Justice Society of America [Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2) (flashback); Batman (Earth-2) (flashback); Robin (Earth-2) (flashback); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson; Nabu] (flashback); Spectre [Jim Corrigan (Earth-2) (flashback)]; Starman [Ted Knight] (flashback); Johnny Thunder (Earth-2) (flashback); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (flashback); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2) (flashback); Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]]; Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback); Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (flashback); Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton] (flashback); Green Arrow (Earth-2) (flashback); Speedy (Earth-2) (flashback); Shining Knight [Justin]]; Winged Victory; Firebrand [as Danette Reilly] (intro); Per Degaton (villain); Professor Zodiak (villain); Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold] (villain); Sky Pirate (villain); Wotan (villain); King Bee (villain, death); The Monster (villain, death); Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (apparent death); Harry Hopkins; Slugger Dunn (apparent death); Sammy Baugh; Ed Simmons; J. Edgar Hoover; Tubby Watts; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The only three Justice Society of America members who have not gone missing -- Hawkman, Atom, and Dr. Mid-Nite -- join up with Plastic Man, Robotman, Liberty Belle, and Johnny Quick in Washington, D.C. where they meet with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who christens them the All-Star Squadron. Their first mission: find the missing JSAers and stop the rumored attack on San Francisco on December 7, 1941 before it's too late. Meanwhile, the missing JSAers, along with Shining Knight and Danette Reilly, have been captured by Per Degaton and though aware of his plans are helpless to stop him.
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FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Squadron #1 published June 2012
as The World On Fire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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J-7253
Story continues from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #193 (August 1981); story continues in the next issue.

Rod Reilly, the costumed hero Firebrand, is injured and sidelined in this story, allowing his sister Danette to later become the new female Firebrand.
Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste.

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Subject Matter
Bubble Yum
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for bubble gum.
On first page between pages 4-5 of story.
We Are Looking for a Few Good Boys and Girls

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Subject Matter
Grit
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top of second page between pages 4-5 of story.
Can't Find DC Comics on the West Coast?

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Superman
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for independently owned comics shops in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Brought to you by The Funny Pages, Berkeley, California.
On bottom of second page between pages 4-5 of story.
Fruit Pies for Magpies

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Curt Swan
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl; Hostess Fruit Pies
Batgirl
A group of female crooks disguises themselves as a song and dance act called the Magpies, in order to steal from nightclub patrons. But Batgirl distracts them with Hostess Fruit Pies and captures them.
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from Continental Baking Company.
Between pages 8-9 of story.
Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors!

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Life Savers
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Life Saver logo premiums, including flashlight, sleeping bag, and knapsack.
Between pages 13-14 of story.
Write Right Now!

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Charles Atlas
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Miscellaneous
1
Ads in classified format for comics, toys and novelties, body building, martial arts training, poems set to music, the March of Dimes, and more. Sanford Schwarz & Co. agent.
Between pages 17-18 of story.
You Are Earth's Only Hope!

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Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Attack of the Mutants
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for role playing games from Yaquinto Publications.
Between pages 21-22 of story.
An Open Letter to the Readers of All-Star Squadron #1

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roy Thomas (credited)
typeset
Subject Matter
Roy explains his vision for this series, how it came to be, and some things the reader will see in future issues.
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Miscellaneous
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Olympic Sales Club
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for sales people for greeting cards and gifts.
On inside back cover.
Join the Icee Bear Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Icee drinks
Icee Bear
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for membership club and Icee branded merchandise.
On back cover.

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