| Issue | #45 |
| Published | February-March 1949 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Notes | The JSA now meets in Civic City as their new and final base of operations. The JJSA secret code message in this issue is from the Atom. All notes, synopses and credit verifications added by Craig Delich (April, 2006). |
| Characters | Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
| Inks | Bob Oksner |
| Notes | The JSA now meets in Civic City as their new and final base of operations. The JJSA secret code message in this issue is from the Atom. All notes, synopses and credit verifications added by Craig Delich (April, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Black Canary; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Dr. Felix Egri; Gun-Shy; Peewee; Rocky; Slowpoke; Specs; Ox |
| Synopsis | The Rocky Castle Gang is on the lam from the Police, who in pursuit of the Gang's car when it just disappears without a trace! The JSA decides to investigate and come upon an isloated cottage and hear cries for help. Entering, they discover a scientific lab and a helpless Dr. Egri tied up, who explains his experiments with cosmic radiation. He tells them that when stars go nova, the power expended comes to Earth in the form of cosmic rays, and these rays, filtered through a plutonium screen, have allowed certain material objects to absorb that power. He stored those objects under glass, but the members of the Rocky Castle Gang have stolen those objects from him. He's scared of the damage they can now inflict on manking once the clouds thin out and allow the starlight to reach the earth. The JSA leaves Black Canary with Dr. Egri and visit a professor at the Civic City Science Foundation, who tells them that odd cosmic radiation has occured at four different sites in the last 24 hours. So the JSA splits and heads for those areas, hoping to capture the members of the gang before it's too late. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen (splash also) |
| Inks | Bob Oksner (splash also) |
| Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 |
| Genre | humor; fact |
| Script | Martin Naydel ? |
| Pencils | Martin Naydel (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Naydel (signed) |
| Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archives. |
| Characters | Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Gun-Shy; Peewee; Specs; Ox |
| Synopsis | Ox and Gun-Shy are at the Civic Theatre, hoping to rob it of the $20,000 in gate receipts for that evening, but accidently set off a burglar alarm when heisting the box office. However, as the clouds begin to clear, the cosmic rays strike the stickpin and wristwatch the two are wearing and they take on unusual powers. Just then, Wonder Woman & Hawkman zoom to the attack and overcome the duo.....but when they take control of the watch and stickpin, something strange occurs. Meanwhile, two other gang members, Pee-Wee and Specs, are visiting the Mammoth Carnival when suddenly they decide to rob the circus of the $75,000 in the owner's safe. Succeeding in looting the swag, the clouds begin to part and strike the gloves and flashlight they took from Dr. Egri, allowing one super-strength and the other to shine a black light with the normal flashlight. Just then, Atom and Dr. Mid-Nite arrive on the scene, with the Atom wiping up the super-powered thug while the Man of Night isn't affected by the black light and over-powers the other gang member. But when they place their hands on the objects stolen from Dr. Egri, something strange happens to them! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen (light roughs only) |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs (finishes) |
| Notes | Credits revision and adjustments by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Jan. 2006). Pencil credit previously given to Arthur F. Peddy. |
| Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Black Canary; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA); Gun-Shy; Peewee; Rocky; Slowpoke; Specs; Ox; Dr. Egri (villain) |
| Synopsis | The Flash heads for the Roger's mansion in the far west, where the owner is celebrating his 70th birthday by giving out $1 million cash to his friends. Inside Slopoke knocks out Rogers and steals the money. Heading outside, the clearing clouds allow the cosmic rays to strike his jacket and he gets super-speed from it. But the Fastest Man Alive catches up and nabs him....but again something strange happens when he touches Slopoke's coat. Elsewhere, a young woman arrives in the U.S. wearing a necklace made of one piece of flawless ivory. However, Rocky Castle is on the scene and nabs the necklace and makes a break for it. The clouds clear and the cosmic rays strike the ring he stole from the doctor and it now gives him strange powers. Wgen Green Lantern arrives, his rings makes short work of Rocky....that is, until the Green Gladiator touches Rocky's ring. Not long after, in the cottage of Dr. Egri, the gang reconvenes and Egri tells them that when the JSA members touched the objects, they were automatically transported to the cottage by the doctor's cosmic transporter and are now prisoners. Then donning all the objects he once gave to the gang members, Dr. Egri now turns on the crooks and threatens them. He brings in Black Canary, who has "turned crook" and offers to kill her JSA buddies. However, she turns the tables on Egri, knocks him to the floor and releases the JSA members, who capture the gang. Then, as they advance on Egri, the doctor brings the cosmic power of the objects to bear....but blows himself up! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs |
| Notes | Ink credit from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004). Ink credit originally give to: Bob Oksner. |
| Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 |
| Script | John Osgood (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story was NOT reprinted in the Archives. |
| Characters | Johnny Peril |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Howard Purcell ? |
| Pencils | Howard Purcell |
| Inks | Howard Purcell |
| Notes | This story was NOT reprinted in the Archives. |