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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published February 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein; Nicola Cuti (assistant)

Cover Details - "Vengeance from Valhalla!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Robotman [Robert Crane]; Liberty Belle; Steel [Hank Heywood]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tarantula; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]]; Thor, The Villain from Valhalla (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

23 page All-Star Squadron story "Vengeance From Valhalla!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Tarantula (origin); Liberty Belle; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Steel [Hank Heywood]]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Dr. Mid-Nite; Dr. Fate; Atom [Al Pratt]; Starman [Ted Knight]] (flashback); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback); Dian Belmont (flashback, death); Sandy the Golden Boy (flashback); Thor, the Villain from Valhalla (villain); Bailey
Synopsis Spotlight on the Tarantula, with an origin recap. Explains why he and the Simon & Kirby Sandman have similar costumes. Versus Thor, from the Sandman story "The Villain from Valhalla!" in Adventure Comics (1938 series) #75 (June 1942).
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Adrian Gonzales
Inks Rick Hoberg
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters John Costanza

1 page All-Star Comments letters page

Script Roy Thomas
Letters typeset
Notes Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #14; last page shared with DC Coming Comics ad. Per Orion Ussner Kidder, the first use of the term "retroactive continuity" appeared in these letter pages (June 25, 2007).