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The Justice Society of America Raises $1,000,000 for War Orphans!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Johnny Thunder; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (Honorary Member, inset); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Honorary Member, inset); Superman [Clark Kent] (Honorary Member, inset)]; two orphans

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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Introduction

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Justice Society of America [Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]

Synopsis: New JSA Chairman Green Lantern returns from war-torn Asia and Europe, announcing that things are very bad over there, and immediate financial aid is needed. Hawkman recommends that each member raise $100,000 towards that end, but Johnny offers to raise $300,000 himself!

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Notes: This is the last story in All-Star that Dr. Fate wears the full helmet.

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 1

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Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Felix Doon [also as Matthew Doon] (business tycoon, mentally unstable); Matthew Doon; Tommy (villain); other un-named crooks (villains)

Synopsis: Green Lantern decides to pick Doiby's brain as to how to raise his share of the money. Later, a man named Doon enters Doiby's cab, followed by people trying to kidnap him, and Doiby is taken prisoner. The man claims to be a wealthy individual who would gladly donate $100,000 to G.L. providing he is rescued. He is rescued, but then goes batty. Asylum attendants taken him into custody as Green Lantern turns over the thugs to the Police. Suddenly, the sane brother of Doon appears and writes a check for the $100,000, and the Emerald Crusader breathes a sigh of relief.

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 2

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Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Killer Kratzer (boxer); Kratzer's manager; Swami Ikthask (fortune teller); un-named thieves (villains, one dies)

Synopsis: The Spectre, in order to raise his funds, fights a boxing match, captures some crooks, plays the stock market, aids a fortune teller, stops a strike at a munitions plant and secures some buried treasure.

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 3

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt] [aka Domino, The Masked Demon]; un-named Dean of Calvin College; Joe (Al's boxing manager); two un-named gamblers (villains)

Synopsis: At the request of Calvin College's Dean and trustees, and a $50,000 guarantee, The Atom assumes the role of The Masked Demon to uncover a gang of men betting on college sports. He successfully wins his match that he is supposed to throw, rounds up the gamblers and turns them over to the Police, who then provide the Mighty Mite with the $50,000 reward (giving the Atom $100,000 in raised funds).

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 4

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Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Cramer; un-named banker; The Crime Writers League [Birdy; rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis: Dr. Fate seeks out the advice of Inza to raise money and she suggests writing an article on crime that pays $25,000 to the winning entry. Inza wins for her bank robbery idea, but is kidnapped by the men sponsoring the contest as they are seeking out sure-bet crime scenarios, and this appears to be one to them. Fate saves her and is rewarded with his $100,000 share by the banker involved.

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Notes: Oddity: Dr. Date has no cape in panel 6 on page 3, and panels 3 and 4 on page 6.

$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 5

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Will Harring (newspaper publisher); gang of racketeers (villains)

Synopsis: The Flying Fury aids a newspaper editor being threatened and bullied by people who disagree with his hard-hitting editorials. When the owner refuses, the gangsters begin destroying the delivery trucks and bullying the newsboys. Hawk and the owner agree on a sum of $100,000 to be paid to the JSA in return for allowing the Tribute's owner to accompany the Hawkman as he rounds up the crooks responsible.

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 6

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Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Mu King [aka Chinatown Charlie] (villain); Roughhouse Rogan (villain); Sharpie Slocum (villain)

Synopsis: Wesley Dodds consults Dian Belmont on how to raise his needed share of the money and she suggests visiting Police HQ and pulling down a few wanted posters whose rewards total his $100,000 goal. They select three crooks, whose rewards offer that much money, and, with Dian driving the car, Sandman rounds up his intended bad guys and turns them over to the Police, collecting his reward.

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Secret Airport

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Genres: aviation

Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Ikky; Prop Wash; Sampson (airport grease-monkey); group of spies (villains)

Synopsis: A group of spies get Hop to take off in his new secret bi-plane, hoping to be able to capture it or shoot it down first.

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Feature(s): All-American Flying Club

First Line: Here's more good news for members of the All-American Flying Club!

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 7

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Character(s): The Hour Man [Rex Tyler]; Arthur Wonders; Killer Blaine (villain); Blaine's thugs [Tony; other un-named] (villains); un-named taxi driver (villain); The General (villain); Pedro (villain)

Synopsis: Rex Tyler is visiting the Wonders Expedition and hears about an Aztec treasure being sought. However, two opposing groups of crooks are also after the treasure: Killer Blaine and The General. Hour Man must, with some difficulty, defeat both groups, and when he saves the day for the expedition and uncovers the treasure, he is rewarded with a check for $100,000.

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Notes: No doubt the letterer of this story was the same as those appearing in the Hour Man stories in Adventure Comics. That individual, possibly Baily, separated "Hour" and "Man" into two words, thus it's listed that way here.

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Feature(s): All-Flash Quarterly

First Line: Thanks a million, boys and girls...

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Important Announcement!!

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics

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Notes: Announces the Green Lantern as the next character to receive a solo title and Dr. Mid-Nite as his replacement in the JSA.

$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Chapter 8

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Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt; Hotfist (villain, bank robber); Joey (villain, Hotfist's pal); phony Atom (villain); phony Sandman (villain)

Synopsis: Johnny runs into a gang, headed by a guy named Hotfist, and is mistook for a member of the gang. After escaping from this mess, he consults the Thunderbolt on how to raise $300,000 and ends up selling peanuts, umbrellas, ice cream...anything to raise the money, but ends up losing every dime! Later, a phony Atom and Sandman threaten Hotfist and his gang, and Johnny is hired to deal with the phony JSA'ers. The T-Bolt saves the day, but Johnny gets not one penny from Hotfist.

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$1,000,000 for War Orphans! Conclusion

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Johnny Thunder; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (Honorary Member); Superman [Clark Kent] (Honorary Member); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Honorary Member)]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (just a pink flash)

Synopsis: Johnny sneaks back into JSA HQ without being seen, wondering what will happen to him when the other members find out he hasn't got his share of money. Green Lantern's power ring discovers Johnny and he explains his dilemma, and the members begin to make fun of him when the Thunderbolt delivers Honorary Members: The Flash, Superman and Batman, with $100,000 each to save the day for Johnny and the JSA's fund-raising efforts. The three are also given an "official" thanks from the JSA members for their help.

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Notes: This is the first time Superman and Batman appear together in a story. They don't appear in a canon story together again for 6 years in All Star Comics #36, 1947.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Justice Society of America

Character(s): Justice Society of America [Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider] (new member); The Starman [Ted Knight] (new member)]; Superman [Clark Kent] (Honorary Member, inset); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Honorary Member, inset); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (Honorary Member, inset); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (New Honorary Member, inset)]; Hooty

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Notes: This promo-teaser for All-Star #8 relates that Hour-Man is taking a leave of absence and is being replaced by Starman, while Green Lantern is becoming the next honorary member and Dr. Mid-Nite (with Hooty the owl) will replace him. Hawkman is announced as new JSA Chairman.

This is replicated as the splash page for All-Star #8, except for Dr. Fate's helmet and on sale date.

States that All-Star #8 goes on sale about October 25th.

Here It Is!

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Feature(s): Green Lantern

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The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven"

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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia

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