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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published October-November 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer
Notes The cover is repeated as the splash page. Dr. Fate, though listed, does not appear in this issue in order to accomodate a special Wonder Woman chapter. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

Cover Details - "Shanghaied into Space!"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Notes The cover is repeated as the splash page. Dr. Fate, though listed, does not appear in this issue in order to accomodate a special Wonder Woman chapter. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

5 page Justice Society of America story "Shanghaied into Space [introduction]"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Synopsis Speaking to some of his officers, Adolf Hitler demands that something be done about the Justice Battalion, and a Nazi engineer says he has the way to accomplish that task: by rocketing the members into space and to other planets in the solar syatem by the use of special rocketships he has designed for interplanetary travel. Meanwhile the JSA is meeting in their HQ when they are suddenly overcome by gas pumped into the room by Nazi agents, placed into the rockets and shot into space.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #50.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

7 page Hawkman story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 1]"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis Hawkman wakens to find himself in a rocketship and getting ready to crash-land on Saturn. Exiting the ship before then, he sees a man being menaced by a vulture and saves his life. Hearing that the population is being menaced by a tyrant named Hora, Hawkman agrees to lend his services to the populace. He defeats them, is rewarded with a leaden box of radium and rockets back to Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #52.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Sandman story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 2]"

Characters Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
Synopsis Sandman finds himself heading toward Uranus, a planet so cold that the population's brains are housed in bodies of crystal! When Sandman lands on the planet, the lack of oxygen nearly kills him until a citizen rescues him with an oxygo-tank. In gratitude, Sandman agrees to help the King of the planet battle his nemesis, Kafta, the evil one, and defeats him. The King presents Sandman with a crystal that cures brain cancer and books that explain its use, which come in handy for reading on the long trip back to Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Cliff Young (signed)
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #55.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 3]"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite
Synopsis Dr. Mid-Nite lands on Neptune, an ice-covered planet with some sort of a man-built communications system on the surface. He is met by several creatures and taken to meet Hydara, ruler of the subterranean people and made a slave. Just then, a person runs in and states that he has caught the dreaded plague that has been killing off his people. Dr. Mid-Nite deduces that they merely have the measles, which he can easily cure. He asks for herbs and makes a solution that the people can absorb through their feet-roots. As a reward, he is given a complete set of books describing their secrets of plant growth and surgical work.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #56.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Starman story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 4]"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]
Synopsis As Starman awakens from his gas-induced sleep, he sees the planet Jupiter looming before him. As his ship begins to crash, he is saved by several flying men of metal, who explain that, due to the cold and lack of oxygen, they wear metal clothes for protection. They show Starman what had happened to the JSA back on Earth and how Hitler had had the members rocketed to different planets. The metal men then tell him that they are doomed because some mysterious force is eating the planet. Starman flies out to investigate and is attacked as he fliess over the mysterious red spot on the planet, which is the source of the problem. Starman then builds a giant gravity rod and uses it to fling the dangerous foreign matter into space. In gratitude, the men of Jupiter give Starman books that tell how to treat metal so it can be woven into cloth, or made transparent as glass or entirely invisible! Starman then uses the force of the giant gravity rod to propel his ship back to Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #57.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Atom story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 5]"

Characters Atom [Al Pratt]
Synopsis Atom finds himself crash-landing on the planet Mars, and, strangely enough, he finds it to be like a garden paradise! He also discovers, because of the low gravity, he can jump and fly like Superman. He comes upon two groups battling and decides to fight for the weaker guys. As a reward, the inhabitants show him the canals of Mars, whcih actually have water in them, and is given an Educatograph, which conducts thought knowledge into the brain. The Atom then wages war on Butor, a renegade that threatens to poison the water supply of the plabet before heading back to Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Joe Gallagher (signed)
Inks Joe Gallagher (signed)
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #57.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Spectre, The story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 6]"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
Synopsis The Spectre finds himself heading towards Pluto and exits his ship before it crashes. Unaffected by the cold and ice, he decides to fully expore this planet when he finds a man-made cover for a shaft going into the ground. He shrinks down and enters the shaft, reaching a city below, and encountering a resident who believes him to be evil. Later, the man explains to the Spectre that they are being menaced by the "furred ones" who inhabited in the city's square buildings. The Ghostly Guardian finally makes peace between the two groups. Rewarded by Pluto's scientists with the secret of making heat used for travel in cold areas, Spectre heads back to Earth.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #59. Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

1 page A Hop Harrigan Story text story "Turtles and T.N.T."

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker
Synopsis A Japanese prison replates to General Smithers about how Hop Harrigan and Tank Tinker helped to destroy a secret Japanese submarine base.
Genre aviation
Script Eveyln Gaines?
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

1 page filler "How to Spot Planes in the Skies"

Genre aviation; fact
Script Falcon Mathieu
Pencils Falcon Mathieu
Inks Falcon Mathieu
Notes Writer and inker credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Vultee Vanguard P48.

6 page Johnny Thunder story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 7]"

Characters Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt
Synopsis Johnny is headed directly at the planet Mercury and only the Thunderbolt keeps Johnny from roasting alive inside. Once on the planet, Johnny encounters a giant spider, is knocked silly and taken prisoner and put into a cage. Thunderbolt saves him again, this time from a giant ant-eater, and saves the giant spiders from it as well. Johnny is rewarded with an Occelerator, a device that can be used to get information out of people.
Genre superhero;humor
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #58.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

6 page Wonder Woman story "Shanghaied into Space [chapter 8]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Earth-2]
Synopsis The goddess Aphrodite directs the rocket bearing the unconscious Wonder Woman to the planet Venus, and the Amazon is brought before Queen Desira, who immediately recognizes her as the oracle of Aphrodite. Wonder Woman is asked to help battle giant men-warriors, who are killing and capturing the men of the planet. In a series of desperate adventures, Wonder Woman defeats the warriors and is given the gift of magnetic hearing by the Queen.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston (re-write of Gardner Fox)
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Intro Queen Desira of Venus. Adapted in All Star Squadron #57.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

2 page Justice Society of America story "Shanghaied into Space [conclusion]"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Adolf Hitler (cameo)
Synopsis After returning from their galactic adventures, the Justice Battalion members are informed as to the whereabouts of the German spies who were responsible for rocketing them into space, and they make short work of them. Wonder Woman, now an honorary member of the JSA, is assigned permanent duties as secretary for the group.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Notes Adapted in All Star Squadron #60.
Reprinted in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3

1 page story "How to Spot Planes in the Skies"

Genre aviation; fact
Script Falcon Mathieu
Pencils Falcon Mathieu
Inks Falcon Mathieu
Notes Writer and inker credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Messerschmitt ME 109E.