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Issue: All-Star Squadron #23
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #23 of 67 Issues (189 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/05/1983
Volume: 3
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)
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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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The Awesome Origin of... Amazing-Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Liberty Belle; Dr. Fate]; Amazing-Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-344
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When Fate Thy Measure Takes...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway
Inker(s): Mike Machlan
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Liberty Belle; Steel [Hank Heywood]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Robotman [Robert Crane] (flashback); Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (flashback)]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate (brief origin recap); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Superman (Earth-2) (flashback)]; Amazing-Man (intro); Ultra-Humanite (flashback); Cyclotron (flashback); Deathbolt (flashback); Elektro; Sven Nelson (flashback); Nabu (flashback); Inza Cramer (flashback)
Synopsis: The Atom and Dr. Fate travel to Dr. Fate's tower where they discover that it has been entered by Amazing Man, who is looking for Dr. Fate's helmet.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: J-8615
Disclose Notes: Story continues from the previous issue; story continues in the next issue.
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The Secret Origin of... Amazing-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Rick Hoberg
Inker(s): Mike Machlan
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo ?
Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): Amazing-Man (origin); Adolf Hitler (flashback); Jesse Owens (photo); Deathbolt (flashback); Ultra-Humanite (flashback); Cyclotron (flashback); Inza Cramer (flashback)
Synopsis: The origin of Amazing-Man.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is embedded in the main story (pages 16-21), but indexed separately since it really stands apart in art and story.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway (Tarantula illustration)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway? (Tarantula illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadroom
Character(s): Tarantula
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-1357
Disclose Notes: Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #19.

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