Issue | #9 |
Published | February-March 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Notes | The cover is taken directly from the promo ad for this issue in All-Star #8. The FBI Chief is voted to be an Associate Member of the JSA at the conclusion of the story. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Dr. Fate; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Superman [Earth-2] (inset); Batman [Earth-2] (inset); Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset) (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
Notes | The cover is taken directly from the promo ad for this issue in All-Star #8. The FBI Chief is voted to be an Associate Member of the JSA at the conclusion of the story. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Dr. Fate; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Superman [Earth-2] (inset first page, not in story); Batman [Earth-2] (inset first page, not in story); Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset first page, not in story); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset first page, not in story) (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA) |
Synopsis | The FBI Chief in Washington greets the JSA members and thanks them for dealing with the 5th Columnists [back in All-Star #4]. However, he tells the members that our own hemisphere is being threatened, particularly in Central and South America, so he gives each member an assignment in a nation located there. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall] |
Synopsis | Hawkman is sent to Mexico to deal with the Nazi threat to wreck the Southern Pacific Railroad in case of war. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed) |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Spectre [Jim Corrigan] |
Synopsis | The Ghostly Guardian arrives in Argentina to deal with Fifth Columnist activity concerning the disappearance of Army planes. |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Atom [Al Pratt] |
Synopsis | Al Pratt heads for Chile to offer his services in ridding the nation of the spread of Nazi propaganda, but it is the Atom who takes the lead in discovering the secret printing press turning out the Nazi propaganda. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Ben Flinton |
Inks | Ben Flinton |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Sandman [Wesley Dodds] |
Synopsis | Venezuela is on the docket for the Sandman, who must investigate Nazi attempts to sabotage oil wells leased to the United States and Great Britain. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Cliff Young (signed) |
Inks | Cliff Young (signed) |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Flash [Jay Garrick] |
Synopsis | After discovering the need for an iron lung to save the life of a small child, the Flash races out to secure one. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed) |
Inks | Everett E. Hibbard [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed) |
Letters | ?; also typeset |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt |
Synopsis | Johnny is sent to Cuba to discover the whereabouts of master espionage agent, Bradley Zenea, but is captured by Zenea's gang, who decide to feed Johnny to the sharks! |
Genre | superhero; humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Dr. Fate |
Synopsis | Dr. Fate arrives in the Republic of Brazil to investigate the Nazis new invention: a floating fortress gunship, which the Germans plan to use to conquer the world. |
Genre | occult; superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Howard Sherman |
Inks | Howard Sherman |
Letters | Howard Sherman |
Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Hop Harrigan |
Synopsis | Hop wonders what Tank is up to [after reading about the death of a Colonel Dunbar's wife], so he decides to follow him, but he captured by a group of men who think he is a spy. |
Genre | aviation |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Starman [Ted Knight] |
Synopsis | Starman heads for Bolivia and meets up with a member of that nation's secret police, and learns that the Nazis are exploiting the nation's tin mines, but no one can discover just how the Germans get in and out of the mines without being seen. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Jack Burnley |
Inks | Jack Burnley |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Dr. Mid-Nite; Myra Mason |
Synopsis | The Man of Night and Hooty go to Colombia to investigate cases of mass hypnotism that causes the people to become like robots for the Nazis to control. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |
Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Inza Cramer; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders] (not in costume); Dian Belmont; Myra Mason; Daisy Darling |
Synopsis | As the JSA members return from their assignments, they are surprised to learn that their girl friends are there to meet them. However, Johnny has not returned and Daisy is very concerned. Just then, Johnny rushes in, being pursued by Bradley Zenea and a man, thinking that he had agreed to marry the girl. He discovers that his ideas were wrong, so he goes out for a moonlight walk with Daisy. As they gaze at the moon, Johnny wishes that he had Daisy all alone....on the moon...and the Thunderbolt grants that wish! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 |