Issue | #4 |
Published | March-April 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Notes | Moldoff touch-up pencil & ink credits from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004). Touch-up credits were confirmed by Sheldon Moldoff. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Characters | Hawkman; Green Lantern; Dr. Fate; Spectre; Flash; Hourman; The Atom (all as the Justice Society of America) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard; Sheldon Moldoff (Hawkman helmet wings touch-up) |
Inks | Everett Hibbard; Sheldon Moldoff (Hawkman helmet wings touch-up) |
Notes | Moldoff touch-up pencil & ink credits from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004). Touch-up credits were confirmed by Sheldon Moldoff. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1; in America Vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series) #1 [recreated by Al Dellinges] |
Characters | Spectre; Dr. Fate; Sandman; Flash; Hawkman; Green Lantern; Hourman; The Atom (all as the Justice Society of America) |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Notes | Introduction; given assignment by the FBI chief, who also appears in All-Star #9. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Flash |
Synopsis | The Flash heads to manufacturing centers in Michigan and Wisconsin to put a stop to insideous work stoppages brought about by a group known as the Grey Shirts, who work for a mastermind named Fritz Klaver, who lives in Toledo, Ohio. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Spot illo of the Flash |
Synopsis | The Flash wins the contest announced in All-Star #3 and wins a magazine of his own. Readers are asked, by writer Gardner Fox & artist E. E. Hibbard, for a cash prize of $25 and/or free copies of All-Star #5, to create a title for that new comic magazine. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard (spot illo) |
Inks | Everett Hibbard (spot illo) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Green Lantern; Irene Miller |
Synopsis | Green Lantern and Irene Miller investigate radio transmission interruptions, believed to be caused by foreign agents. Irene is captured and held aboard a giant dirigible commanded by a man known as the Baron. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Martin Nodell |
Inks | Martin Nodell |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Spectre |
Synopsis | The Grim Ghost travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to investigate sabotage of munition factories there. |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Lettering credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hourman |
Synopsis | Hour-Man heads for Oklahoma to disrupt the plans of a Captain Erdner, who is planning to dynamite all oil wells within that state. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Dr. Fate; Sandman (cameo); The Flash (cameo) |
Synopsis | Dr. Fate is ordered to New England to look for sabotage at the naval yards along the Atlantic Seaboard. |
Genre | occult; superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Howard Sherman |
Inks | Howard Sherman |
Letters | Howard Sherman |
Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich (April 30, 2004)and confirmed by Howard Sherman. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Sandman; Dr. Fate (cameo) |
Synopsis | Sandman heads for El Paso to help out the editor of a newspaper there, who has been receiving threats because he dares write editorials criticizing dictator nations. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
Letters | Chad Grothkopf |
Notes | Letterer credit from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004)and confirmed by Chad Grothkopf. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling |
Synopsis | Daisy insists that Johnny go with her to a fortune-teller named Mogi, the Marvelous. |
Genre | superhero; humor |
Script | Evelyn Gaines? |
Pencils | Sheldon Mayer (spot illo) |
Inks | Sheldon Mayer (spot illo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A statement of ownership appears at the bottom of page two of this story. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hop Harrigan |
Genre | adventure; aviation |
Pencils | Jon L. Blummer (spot illo) |
Inks | Jon L. Blummer (spot illo) |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | Ad for Hop's A-A Flying Club. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hawkman; Shiera Sanders |
Synopsis | The Flying Fury travels to California to prevent spies from stealing the designs of a new speedy plane being developed at an aviation plant. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Atom |
Synopsis | Atom heads for Tri-State College to prevent foreign students, being sent there by enemy nations, from indoctrinating American students. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Ben Flinton |
Inks | Ben Flinton |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Atom; Johnny Thunder; The Flash; Spectre; Dr. Fate; Hawkman; Sandman; Green Lantern (all as the Justice Society of America); Fritz Klaver (villain) |
Synopsis | The JSA closes in on Fritz Klaver, who threatens to blow up everyone rather than be captured. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | JSA members |
Synopsis | Preview of the story found in All-Star #5. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard (head-views of members) |
Inks | Everett Hibbard (head-views of members) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Added by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #6; in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |