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Issue: All-Star Squadron #1
Publication Date: September 1981
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Issues: #1 of 67 Issues (189 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/18/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893111109
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #191.
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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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Who Will Be the Heroes of the...All-Star Squadron

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: Hawkman, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Atom look over photos of the other heroes.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-652
Disclose Notes: Inks credit from The All-Star Companion Vol. 2; inks previously credited to Rich Buckler. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Unleash a Darda Demon.

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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Darda Toy Company
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Disclose Notes: Ad for toy friction motor cars.
On inside front cover.
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The World on Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas (credited)
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (credited)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway [as Jeremiah Ordway] (credited)
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford (credited)
Letterer(s): John Costanza (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 25
Job Number: J-7253
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste.

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Feature(s): Bubble Yum
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for bubble gum.
On first page between pages 4-5 of story.
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We Are Looking for a Few Good Boys and Girls

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Feature(s): Grit
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Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top of second page between pages 4-5 of story.
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Can't Find DC Comics on the West Coast?

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Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Fruit Pies for Magpies

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batgirl; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Batgirl
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from Continental Baking Company.
Between pages 8-9 of story.
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Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors!

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Feature(s): Life Savers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Life Saver logo premiums, including flashlight, sleeping bag, and knapsack.
Between pages 13-14 of story.
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Write Right Now!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: 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.
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You Are Earth's Only Hope!

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Feature(s): Attack of the Mutants
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Disclose Notes: Ad for role playing games from Yaquinto Publications.
Between pages 21-22 of story.
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An Open Letter to the Readers of All-Star Squadron #1

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: 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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Job Number: L-826
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash

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Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
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Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for greeting cards and gifts.
On inside back cover.
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Join the Icee Bear Club

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Icee drinks
Character(s): Icee Bear
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Disclose Notes: Ad for membership club and Icee branded merchandise.
On back cover.

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