Unofficial All-Star Comics Index

ALL-STAR COMICS #5

Cover Date: June-July 1941
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Purcell

Story: "[The Mysterious Mr. X]" (57 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Everett E. Hibbard, Hal Sharp, Cliff Young, Irwin Hasen, Bernard Baily, Howard Sherman, Sheldon Moldoff, Ben Flinton
Lettering	Everett E. Hibbard, Hal Sharp, Irwin Hasen, Cliff Young, Bernard Baily, Howard Sherman, Sheldon Moldoff, Ben Flinton
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Justice Society of America

Sandman (in between Adventure Comics #63/6 and #64/6)

Atom (in between All-American Comics #27/5 and #28/3)

Hourman (in between Adventure Comics #63/3 and #64/3)

Spectre (in between More Fun Comics #68/4 and #69/4)

Flash (in between Flash Comics #18 and Flash Comics #19)

Hawkman (in between Flash Comics #18/6 and #19/6)

Green Lantern (in between All-American Comics #27 and #28)

Doctor Fate (last in JSA: All Stars #3/2; next in More Fun Comics #69)

Supporting Character(s):

Shiera Sanders (in between Flash Comics #18/6 and #19/6)

Inza Cramer (last in JSA: All Stars #3/2; next in #69)

Dian Belmont (in between Adventure Comics #63/6 and #64/6)

Villain(s):

Mister X (first appearance; a milquetoast appearing leader of a crime syndicate; retires)

Flame Farmer (first appearance; leader of a group of arsonists)

Wing Norris (first appearance; a jewel robber)

Magico (first appearance; a swindler disguised as a fortune teller)

"Monkey" Macy (first appearance; a thug)

Muscles (first appearance; a crooked gym owner)

Professor (first appearance; a scientist who uses his inventions for crime)

Location(s):

Salem, MA

Fate's Tower

Cliffland

Capitol City

Story Reprinted in:

All Star Comics Archives #1 (1991)

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Second Story: "Johnny on the Spot" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Sheldon Mayer
Lettering	Typeset
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (in between Flash Comics #17/2 and #19/2; takes the job of an elevator operator)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (in between Flash Comics #17/2 and #19/2)

Daisy Darling

Herman Darling (Daisy's father)

Villain(s):

Joe the Butcher (first appearance; a shakedown artist)

Comment(s):

This is a text story.

Story Reprinted in:

All Star Comics Archives #1 (1991)

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