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ALL-STAR SQUADRON #38
Cover Date: October 1984
Cover Price: $0.75
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rick Hoberg (signed)
Inks: Jerry Ordway (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Roy Thomas |
| Pencils | Rick Hoberg |
| Inks | Bill Collins, Mike DeCarlo |
| Lettering | David Cody Weiss |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Associate editing | Janice Race |
| Editing | Roy Thomas |
Feature Character(s):
- All-Star Squadron:
- Commander Steel (in between issues #32 and #50)
- Amazing-Man (Will Everett; last in issue #27)
- Firebrand (Danette Reilly; last in issue #35)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall)
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in Adventure Comics #71/3)
- Johnny Quick (last in issue #35)
- Liberty Belle (last in issue #35)
- Robotman (last in issue #32)
- Tarantula (in between issues #32 and #41)
Villain(s):
- Phantom Empire (a Klan-like group of white supremacists; first appearance; also seen on a news reel from February 25, 1942)
- Real American (first appearance)
- two bank robbers (using the flame throwing tank; first appearance)
- Lady Lorelei (an Axis sympathizer broadcasting in New York)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Amazing-Man (seen on a news reel from February 25, 1942; last in issue #27)
- Jake Everett (Will Everett's father; first appearance; seen on a news reel from February 25, 1942; identified next issue)
Other Character(s):
- Gloria Farley (last in issue #13)
- Gernsback (in between issues #32 and #53)
- Gloria Farley (last in issue #18)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Atom (Al Pratt; seen briefly on a news reel)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; seen briefly on a news reel)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Johnny Thunder (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Sandman (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Spectre (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Star-Spangled Kid (behind the scenes; created the All-Star Special)
- Stripesy (behind the scenes; created the All-Star Special)
- Starman (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Wonder Woman (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Captain Marvel (flashback)
- Captain Marvel Jr. (flashback)
- Mary Marvel (flashback)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (seen briefly on a news reel)
- General Douglas MacArthur (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Cyclotron (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Deathbolt (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Ultra-Humanite (seen briefly on a news reel)
- Adolf Hitler (seen briefly on a news reel)
Location(s):
- Earth-2
- Detroit, MI
- New York, NY
- All-Star Squadron Headquarters (Trylon and Perisphere, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY)
Comment(s):
- Story takes place on February 27, 1942 and continues next issue.
- The first news reel watched by the All-Star Squadron lightly recaps events from December 7, 1941 to Monday, February 3, 1942, or in terms of the title, issues #1 though #35.
- The Trylon has been modified with a catapult launching system for the All-Star Special.
Credits:
- Roy Thomas (script)
- Marshall Rogers (art)
- Janice Race (associate edits)
- Roy Thomas (edits)
Comment(s):
- Features a reprint of the cover of The Amazing World of DC Comics #16 (December 1977) which showcased Golden Age heroes.