| Issue | #33 |
| Published | February-March 1947 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
| Notes | Scripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story originally for All-Star #36. Solomon Grundy's first post-1940's appearance will be in Showcase #55 (March-April, 1965), also written by Fox, and it's 2nd page is a Murphy Anderson re-drawing of Hasen's Page B in All-Star #33. That story picks up right where this story leaves off, ignoring Grundy's appearance in Comic Cavalcade #24. Roy Thomas later reconciles these two conflicting accounts in All-Star Squadron #3 (November, 1981). All notes and synopses added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Solomon Grundy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen [as Hasen] (signed) |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen [as Hasen] (signed) |
| Notes | Scripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story originally for All-Star #36. Solomon Grundy's first post-1940's appearance will be in Showcase #55 (March-April, 1965), also written by Fox, and it's 2nd page is a Murphy Anderson re-drawing of Hasen's Page B in All-Star #33. That story picks up right where this story leaves off, ignoring Grundy's appearance in Comic Cavalcade #24. Roy Thomas later reconciles these two conflicting accounts in All-Star Squadron #3 (November, 1981). All notes and synopses added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Solomon Grundy (villain, brief origin) |
| Synopsis | The opening segment recounts Grundy's origin from All-American Comics #61 (October, 1944) and his imprisonment in an energy bubble by Green Lantern. Without warning, a storm hits and a lightning bolt shatters the green bubble and Grundy is now on the loose, swearing revenge upon the Emerald Crusader. Making his way across country, Grundy heads for JSA HQ. Meanwhile, Green Lnatern arrives early for the meeting, when there is a knock on the door. He opens the door and gasps, "You!" Later, when the other members arrive, they find their HQ smashed to pieces and one of their members, G.L., missing from the ranks. Johnny turns on the radio, which blares the warning that Solomon Grundy is on the loose....and the members suddenly believe that Grundy got to HQ first and got Green Lantern, a belief confirmed by a large, muddy footprint on the floor. The radio continues it's report, listing cities where Grundy was seen, so each member picks a city and heads for it [Wonder Woman staying behind] to see if they can get a clue as to what happened to the Master of Light. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | For the first time, Wonder Woman is not listed as "Secretary", and she plays no part in the final battle, but joins the guys "sometime later." Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | In the offices of the Regis Herald, Eddie Marks is commenting about his newspaper-publisher Father, who is teasing his son that he can run a better paper than him. But Eddie is determined to use any cheap, sensational tactic to outdo his Dad. Just then, his Father walks into the Herald offices and announces that his son's cheap tactics will cause him to have to cease publication of the Courier. As they bitterly argue back and forth, Solomon Grundy crashes into the office, demanding to have his questions answered, and he grabs Eddie's Father gruffly, hurting him. As Eddie attempts to help his Father, miles away, in the town of Harford, Hawkman questions a resident about which way Grundy went after he destroyed her home. Getting the answer to that question, Hawkman heads for Regis in time to see young Eddie being thrown out the front of his newspaper office. Telling the Feathered Fury what ha happened, our hero enters the ofice in time to save Eddie's Dad and engage Gruncy in some fisticuffs. Crashing into a wall with Grundy, Hawkman is rendered unconscious, forcing Grundy to continue his search for his nemesis, while Hawkman finally recovers to see a Father and son make peace, vowing to unite their papers and work together. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Joe Kubert (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Kubert (signed) |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Letterer credit by Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Dr. Mid-Nite; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | At the kitchen door of the huge Chase Mansion, the housekeeper for the Chases' gives their son a sack lunch to eat while little Jimmy goes out to play marbles with his friends. After Jimmy leaves, her cohort, Joe, enters the house to crack the safe of the vacationing couple. In the nearby woods, Solomon Grundy comes upon Jimmy and the other boys playing marbles. Intrigued, Grundy kneels down, at the boy's invitation, to play marbles, but his hands are so huge, he cannot handle the glassy spheres. Frustrated, he crushes the marbles and advances on the boys with hatred in his eyes. As the boys run screaming, a few miles away, near Carver, Dr. Mid-Nite is re-tracing the path of the Marshland Monster, when he runs into a farmer in a wagon, who tells the Man of Night which way Grundy went. Dr. Mid-Nite finally locates Grundy's footprints outside the Chase Mansion, and looking through the front window, he sees Joe and the housekeeper looting the safe. Mid-Nite surprises the two in the act and is attempting to subdue them when Grundy comes in the door, grabs our hero and throws him into the roaring fireplace! Mid-Nite acts quickly, saving himself and kicking a burning log onto Grundy, who then rips a chandelier from the ceiling and hits the Man of Night's left arm with it. Feeling intense pain and numbness, Dr. Mid-Nite throws a blackout bomb to the floor, and the inky blackness drives Grundy away. Jimmy enters the home as Dr. Mid-Nite finish binding the crooks to chairs, and leaves to trail Grundy. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
| Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | Down the streets of Zenith comes Solomon Grundy, when three thugs stop him and direct him to a travel agency, which has a large amount of cash on hand. As Grundy breaks into the business for them, Johnny is just outside the town of Dander, that Grundy has smashed his way through. He comes to a fork in the road, which has a sign leading towards two cities: Meredian and Zenith, and he can't remember which he was to go to. Several young ladies, obviously in the employ of the thugs in Zenith, try to steer Johnny towards the other city, saying that Grundy went there.....Johnny then suddenly remembers that he has a date in Zenith and heads toward that town, thinking Grundy won't be there. The girls decide to follow him anyway to see what happens, and as he reaches the center of town, he sees the thugs and Grundy coming out the door of the travel agency. Johnny steps up to Grundy to stop him and the Marshland Monster knocks him flat! The girls douse him with water and he finally revives, swearing to tear Grundy limb from limb.....that is, until he remembers how strong Grundy really is. A resident comes along and tells brother John that the Grundy gang is at the Sweeties Cereal Factory, so heads over to it and runs smack into Grundy coming out the door. Johnny bravely tackles the Marshland Monster and starts whipping up on him until the gang members see what is happening and come out to shoot Johnny. The Thunderbolt steps in to stop that from happening when Johnny screams that he has just torn Grundy's legs off! The T-Bolt reminds Johnny that they aren't legs, but stilts, and that this Grundy is a phony. Turning the crooks over to the authorities, Johnny and company leave to find the real Grundy, as the girls who were in cahoots with the thugs are really impressed that Johnny still got the job done, dopey as he is. |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Flash [Jay Garrick]; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | Police Chief Alvin McGurk, an old-timer on the force, still had courage and brains, and was an unerring hand with a gun, but after 45 years on the force, the town of Moosehead decided to get a younger man for the job. McGurk breaks the bad news to his wife, Martha, but is interrupted by church bells ringing and a siren, indicating that an emergency is taking place. McGurk finds his replacement, Spencer Blade, attempting to take on Grundy with a gun. When that proves ineffective, Blade runs for his life, leaving the town and its terrified residents to the whim of the Marshland Monster. McGurk jumps into a car, thinking to ram Grundy just as the Flash speeds onto the scene, and sees the car smash into Grundy, fling McGurk out, and Gruncy picking the man up to kill him. Flash hurls a heavy stop sign at ultra-speed at Grundy, ressulting in the Monster tearing off a tire wheel and hurling it at the Scarlet Speedster, knocking him for a loop. Then Grundy picks up the car and throws it at the Flash, who barely darts out of the way. Flash uses his speed to hit Grundy from all sides, then leads Grundy out of town, where Grundy picks up a boulder, throws it at the Crimson Speedster, knocking him off a cliff. Meanwhile, back in town, McGurk has been taken to the hospital, and delcared to be OK, but bruised, and the Mayor declares that McGurk can keep his job as long as he wishes. The Flash, having saved himself by grabbing a limb sticking out the side of the cliff, realizes that Grundy is gone by now, but he'll have to take up the trail again. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Martin Naydel |
| Inks | Martin Naydel |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | This is Naydel's last work on the JSA. Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Atom [Al Pratt]; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | In Lambert City, former criminal big-shot, Baldy Balsom, is sounding off to some of the city's underworld citizens, telling them that he plans to commit any crime he wants in town, and that the Police will not be able to stop him. When they ask for prove to back up that claim, Baldy opens the door and in walks Solomon Grundy. He tells them that he had sent a guy to Lynnville to find Grundy, and bring him back, promising Grundy to answer his questions about Green Lantern, IF Grundy will help them commit a few crimes. The first target is the local bank, where Grundy rips open the front doors and opens the safe, allowing Baldy's men to loot the cash inside. Meanwhile, the Atom is in Lynnville, and tries to get help from the scared residents about where the Marshland Monster went, but everyone is too scared to offer information. Walking down a lonely road, the Mighty Mite sits down on the running board of an abandoned car, when the radio suddenly blurts out the news that the Lambert City Bank had been robbed by someone who had smashed the vault to bits. While the Atom heads towards Lambert, Grundy is breaking into the Baraboff home to loot the man's emeralds, then heads with Baldy and his mob to the shoe factory, where they will get the cash from their safe. Baldy promises Grundy that then he'll get the information he wants. Atom arrives at the Baraboff home and treats the owner, who tells the Atom where Grundy is now, and when the Mighty Mite arrives at the factory, he sees the doors smashed in. He enterss and jumps several of Baldy's boys before Grundy lumbes over and kicks the Atom to the other side of the room. Atom tries every conceivable way to disable the Marshland Monster, but is finally knocked out. Hours later, upon reviving, he sees Baldy and his men still unconscious, and turns them over to the authorities. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Jon Chester Kozlak |
| Inks | Jon Chester Kozlak |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Solomon Grundy |
| Synopsis | The scene now shifts back to the moment at JSA HQ where Green Lantern had opened the door in response to a knock, and said, "You!" To his surprise, Doiby Dickles walks in, and informs G.L. that Grundy has freed himself and is on the loose. Green Lantern grabs Doiby and smashes out the window, hoping to find Grundy before any of the JSA members are hurt going after him. Minutes later, Grundy arrives at JSA HQ, and, not finding the Lantern there, he smashes the place up, then leaves. And while the JSA soon enter their HQ and fear the worst, Green Lantern & Doiby are seated at a special radion Alan Scott had developed that is attuned to the mental wave-lengths of Grundy himself, and it is Green Lantern that calculates the path of Grundy and announces over the radio in JSA HQ where Grundy will strike. Then, the Emerald Crusader, leaving Doiby behind, leaves to face Grundy one-on-one. At last they meet, and Grundy rips a tree out by its roots and smashes it into the Lantern. G.L. fights back with his power ring and fists until both men fall into a nearby stream and over a small waterfall. The Lantern is severely dazed and tries to ward off the Marshland Minster with his ring, but he is much too weak. Grundy grabs G.L. by the throat and begins to squeeze the life out of him, holding his head underwater. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Letters | Gaspar Saldino |
| Notes | This is Doiby Dickle's first appearance in All-Star since issue #7. Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters | Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2] (cameo)]; Solomon Grundy (villain) |
| Synopsis | As the Emerald Crusader gets weaker and weaker, Hawkman suddenly appears overhead, dives down and hits Grundy in the head with his mace. While other JSAers pull Grundy off G.L., Dr. Mid-Nite checks over the unconscious Master of Light, and detects a spark of life still in him. As G.L. recovers, all the members attack Grundy in masse and bring him down. Then Dr, Mid-Nite asks Green Lantern what they can do with Grundy now, as the other can't hold him down forever. As the Emerald Crusader ponders an answer, Johnny looks up at the moons and muses, "I wonder what the man in the Moon would do with Grundy?" Hawkman feels that is the answer...have Green Lantern power ring Grundy to the Moon. So G.L. puts Grundy back into a green bubble formed by his ring and personally transport Grundy to the Moon's surface. Later, as the members look up at the glowing orb in the sky, they wonder if even the Moon can hold Grundy? |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| Notes | Letterer credit per Tom Orzechowski (April 23, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (April-May 1976); in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harry Lampert ? |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Lampert (signed) |
| Notes | This filler does NOT appear in the Archives. |
| Script | Jim Robinson (signed) |
| Pencils | ? (spot illo) |
| Inks | ? (spot illo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story does NOT appear in the Archives. |
| Genre | humor |
| Notes | This story does NOT appear in the Archives. |