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Issue: All-Star Squadron #55
Publication Date: March 1986
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Issues: #55 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: 12/03/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.35 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (editor, credited); Janice Race (associate editor, credited); Tom Condon (managing editor, credited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #22.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; Silent Knight [Brian Kent]; Super-Chief; Miss Liberty [Bess Lynn]; a Trigger Twin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover penciller and inker credits confirmed by Arvell Jones.

Special Crisis Cross-over banner.
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Striking!

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monogram Models, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lightning off-road RC vehicle.
On inside front cover.
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Crisis at Canaveral!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback); Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (cameo, flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo, flashback); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo, flashback)]; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; The Roving Ranger; Miss Liberty [Bess Lynn]; Don Caballero; Trigger Twins [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]; Silent Knight [Brian Kent]; Viking Prince; Golden Gladiator; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Super-Chief; Strong Bow; Arak, Son of Thunder; Dr. Terri Rothstein; Ultra-Humanite (villain); Cyclotron [Terry Kurtzberger]; Nuklon [Albert Rothstein] (photo)
Synopsis: Firebrand is aboard the Monitor's satellite (parallelling events from Crisis 5), as her next mission is to stop a rocket from launching into space with the Ultra-Humanite (in Ape form) on Earth-2 in 1985 with a destructive device on board. She is joined by several of history's greatest heroes throughout time from Earths 1 and 2 on this mission. She fails to stop the rocket from launching, but destroys the device.
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Pages: 16
Job Number: G-2274
Disclose Notes: Crisis Cross-over. Featuring Cyclotron and Ultra-Humanite again in a postscript to their previous encounters with the All-Stars. Story continued from previous issue. Ultra-Humanite later reappears post-Crisis.
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Striking!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monogram Models, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lightning off-road RC vehicle.
Different from front cover ad because this uses a single drawing instead of several photos: text is identical.
On first page between pages 4-5 of story.
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It Had to Happen.

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): The Outsiders [Geo-Force; Katana; Halo; Looker; Black Lightning; Metamorpho]; Batman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Adventures of the Outsiders.
On second page between pages 4-5 of story.
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Hello Boys & Girls

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jingles to Children
Character(s): Santa Claus
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to buy letters to children "from the North Pole".
On first page between pages 8-9 of story.
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Be Part of the Legend!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Heroes Role Playing Game
Character(s): Batman; Kalibak ?; Firestorm
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for game from Mayfair Games.
On second page between pages 8-9 of story.
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Write Right Now!

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bill Cosby; Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads in classified format for body building, comic books, the American Red Cross, stamps, telescopes, novelties, and more. Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. agent.
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In This Crazy World, We All Need a Friend Like...'Mazing Man

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Letterer(s): ?
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Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): 'Mazing Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for new 'Mazing Man comics.
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"Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [JSA; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]]; Ulala; Kafta
Synopsis: The Sandman crashes on Uranus and helps the people there stop the evil Kafta.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Sandman chapter. Story continued from All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #52; story continues in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #56.
Cliff Young did the original art for the 1942 story.
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Become a Published Author in 6 Easy Steps with the PlayWriter Series

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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Feature(s): PlayWriter Series
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for word processing software, writing contest, and more from Woodbury Software.
On first page between pages 4-5 of second story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Guest Meanwhile...
First Line: Not long ago some friends and I were discussing immigration laws, illegal aliens, and bilingual education.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers, only Dennis Yee identified on one letter.
On second page between pages 4-5 of second story.
Includes a DC Check List for December 26,1986.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (heads of various All-Stars)
Inker(s): ? (heads of various All-Stars)
Colorist(s): ? (heads of various All-Stars)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadroom
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Commander Steel; Liberty Belle; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Amazing-Man; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Tarantula; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Plastic Man; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Guardian; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Shining Knight; Atom [Al Pratt]]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2233
Disclose Notes: Letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #50 from Steve Granite and Robert Jeschonek.
Includes information on guest stars in the All-Star Squadron story of this issue and errata for the mini-series America vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series).
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Loco Motion

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): AMT Models
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic truck models.
On inside back cover.
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Go Voltron Force

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Feature(s): Voltron
Character(s): Haggar; Keith; Lance; Doom Commander; Pidge; Hunk; Princess Allura; King Zarkon; Prince Lotor
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Voltron toys from Panosh Place.
On back cover.

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