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Issue: All-Star Comics #37
Publication Date: October 1947
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Issues: #37 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/25/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 27 in ad in All-Flash #31.

The Brain Wave makes his final Golden Age appearance in this story.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Injustice Society of the World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; The Injustice Society of the World [The Gambler [Steven Sharpe III]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.]; Vandal Savage [Vandar Adg]; The Wizard [William I. Zard]; Per Degaton; The Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]]
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
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In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #11 published March 1976
as All Star Comics No. 37 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Feature(s): Flash Comics; All-Flash
First Line: For the fastest moving action in the world...
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Injustice Society of the World! [Introduction]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen (splash page only); John Belfi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; Carleton Swayne (radio announcer, death?); The Injustice Society of the World [The Gambler [Steven Sharpe III]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.]; Vandal Savage [Vandar Adg]; The Wizard [William I. Zard]; Per Degaton; The Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]] (villains, introduction of the group)
Synopsis: The JSA attends a radio program that will honor them for their deeds, the announcer suddenly praises the Injustice Society and open fires on the group. The Atom punches him through a window...but he mysteriously disappears, leaving behind only bits of straw. The JSA hold an emergency meeting and hear over radio about jail breaks all over the country, and a paper left behind by the announcer declares all-out war on the forces of law and order by the Injustice Society. The JSA accepts the challenge and splits up to cover the jail breaks while the Injustice Society set out to stop the JSA.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as The Injustice Society of the World! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The splash page replicates the cover.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: Mr. Carson always gets it on the porch that way!
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Pages: 1
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Stan Musial

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Johnny Thunder (cameo); unnamed Gartmoor Prison Warden; unnamed Police Chief; Vandal Savage [Vandar Adg] (villain); Spike (villain); Knuckles (villain)
Synopsis: Vandal Savage arranges an elaborate escape plan for prisoners at Gartmoor Prison, so that he can form a prisoner army while keeping the prison warden under wraps. Hawkman sees one of the flyers dropped over the prison by Savage and briefly confronts him. Hawkman talks with the warden and alerts the Federal authorities to place the nation under martial law, but the local authorities think Hawk is crazy and try to arrest him. While Johnny and Wonder Woman monitor the struggle at JSA HQ, Savage succeeds in capturing Hawkman with a Metal Projector, an invention of the Brain Wave.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is Joe Kubert's last Justice Society artwork in All-Star Comics.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): John Belfi [as Belfi] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Governor Curtis; The Thinker [Clifford DeVoe] (villain); automated Governor Curtis (villain)
Synopsis: In Plateau City, the Police nab a shabby dressed man trying to shoot the Governor...only to discover that this man is a dead ringer for the Governor...and claims to be the real Governor! Then the Thinker shows up while Flash battles his men and slows him down with a strange machine, allowing his escape. Recovering, the Flash speeds over the Governor's mansion, only to overhear the Governor ordering all forces for law and order to surrender. Flash discovers the Governor to be a automation, which flees through an open door. The Thinker shows up and snares him with invisible wires.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Pages: 5
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Feature(s): Parker Johns
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The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Joe (Army soldier); Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain)
Synopsis: Green Lantern arrives in Uthorium Town just as the armed forces are closing in on the Brain Wave's men looting the uthorium from a lab. Suddenly, the town disappears in a flash of light. The Brain Wave appears on the scene, opening a canister of uthorium, blinding G.L., who forms an energy bubble for protection. Recovering, GL discovers a radioactive trail and follows it, and saves Army tanks and men, then follows the trail to discover Brain Wave inside a weird glass box. Firing his power ring at it, the ray bounces back, knocking the Emerald Crusader off a cliff, apparently to his death!
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Job Number: AS 37
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Tick Tock

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Writer(s): Ted Udall (credited)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: After thirty years, it's finally finished!
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The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; General "Stubby" Klemper; The Injustice Society of the World [The Gambler [Steven Sharpe III]; Per Degaton; The Wizard [William I. Zard]; The Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.]; Vandal Savage [Vandar Adg]] (villains); General "Stubby" Klemper (villain, automaton 233, death)
Synopsis: On the eastern seaboard, the Atom arrives at the HQ of General "Stubby" Klemper, notifying him that Wonder Woman has informed him that lifelike automatons are being used by the Injustice Society to impersonate important government officials. Then he discovers the "General" to be one and disables it, and disguises himself like the General. Using the automaton's control box, he follows the signal to the HQ of the Injustice Society, frees the General and attacks the villains, but is captured.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: Army Rapidly Demobilizing
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Pages: 1
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The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Dr. Mid-Nite
Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Per Degaton (villain); Safe-Cracker Brigade (villains)
Synopsis: Joining the armed forces of Capitol City, Dr. Mid-Nite finds himself under attack from the air, where criminal paratroopers are dropping smoke bombs to cover their take-over of the Washington Monument. He out maneuvers their grenades, over-powers them, then races up the spiral staircase of the monument to discover Degaton aiming a weapon at him. But the Man of Night throws a smoke bomb at Degaton, blinding him. After the smoke clears, Dr. Mid-Nite discovers that Degaton has escaped via a rope leading down to the Capitol dome, and he follows, only to be overcome by Degaton.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Pages: 5
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Feature(s): The Junior Justice Society of America
First Line: Boys and girls! --- The Junior Justice Society of America is back in operation!!
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The Injustice Society of the World! Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): John Belfi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Junior Justice Society of America (cameo); The Injustice Society of the World [The Wizard [William I. Zard]; The Gambler [Steven Sharpe III]; The Thinker [Clifford DeVoe]; Vandal Savage [Vandar Adg]; Per Degaton; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.]] (villains)
Synopsis: When Dr. Mid-Nite recovers, he is chained with the other JSA members (sans GL) under a "will-paralyzer" placed there by the Injustice Society, but they find a way to escape. Then they walk right into a courtroom, where the prosecutor, the Wizard, is ready to plead his case against the JSA to Judge Thinker, who declares them innocent, and reveals himself as GL. There is a battle royale while The Wizard escapes to engage the JSA one final time with his army outside, but the JJSA shows up and helps to stop him. Then before a real judge, the JSA pronounces the villains guilty!
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #8 published October 2002
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-17 published June 1973
as [The Injustice Society of the World!] Chapter 7 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
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Pages: 6
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Out-Foxing the "Fox"

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Famous Sport Flops; Thom McAn
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How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Heroes of the Flood!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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