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Issue: All-Star Squadron Annual #2

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Publication Date: November 1983

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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues (9 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/04/1983

Volume: 2

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 0709893311035

Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Roy Thomas (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Notes: On-sale date from DC Comic Attractions #81.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior (#1 - 2); mando interior (#3)

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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All-Star Squadron Annual #2 [Direct]

All-Star Squadron Annual #2 [CA Cover Price]

All-Star Squadron Annual #2 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (5 total)

The Ultra War!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)

Inker(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): All-Star Squadron

Character(s): Infinity, Inc. [Jade; Brainwave, Jr.]; All-Star Squadron [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Phantom Lady]; Deathbolt; Vulcan; Cyclotron; Brain Wave

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-439

The Ultra War!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway

Inker(s): Jerry Ordway

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss [as Cody]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): All-Star Squadron

Character(s): Infinity, Inc. [Brainwave, Jr.; Silver Scarab; Northwind [Norda]; Nuklon [Albert Rothstein]; Fury [Lyta Trevor]; Obsidian [Todd Rice]; Jade]; All-Star Squadron [Robotman [Robert Crane]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Tarantula; Liberty Belle; Steel [Hank Heywood]]; Justice Society of America [Robin (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Batman (Earth-2); Superman [Kal-L] (Earth-2); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Starman [Ted Knight] (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2, flashback); Johnny Thunder (Earth-2, flashback); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (flashback); Dr. Mid-Nite (flashback); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (flashback); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (flashback)]; Ultra-Humanite (villain); Deathbolt (villain); Cyclotron (villain); Rag Doll (villain); The Mist (villain); Monocle (villain); Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden] (villain); Vulcan, Son of Fire (villain); Amazing-Man; Charles Grayson; Henry Wallace; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry Hopkins; Terri Curtis (intro, Nuklon's mother)

Synopsis: The combined might of the JSA, the All-Star Squadron and Infinity Inc stop the Ultra-Humanite and his super-powered assistants from placing the Ultra-Humanite's brain in the body of Robotman. The Atom absorbs some of the power of Cyclotron, which later inspires him to use Cyclotron's costume.

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Pages: 39

Notes: Story continues from All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #26; also tied to Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #195-197. Includes the birth of Nuklon's mother.

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)

Inker(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Justice Society of America

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

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pin-up is a re-creation of the cover of All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gardner Fox; Roy Thomas (blurb)

Penciller(s): Jack Burnley

Inker(s): Jack Burnley

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Justice Society of America

Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Fate; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2)]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page from All-Star Comics #11 showing the JSA members deciding to enlist.