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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published July 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas; Nicola Cuti (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Awesome Origin of... Amazing-Man!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Liberty Belle; Dr. Fate]; Amazing-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)

17 page All-Star Squadron story "When Fate Thy Measure Takes...!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Liberty Belle; Steel [Hank Heywood]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Robotman [Robert Crane] (flashback); Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (flashback)]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate (brief origin recap); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Superman [Earth-2] (flashback)]; Amazing-Man (intro); Ultra-Humanite (flashback); Cyclotron (flashback); Deathbolt (flashback); Elektro; Sven Nelson (flashback); Nabu (flashback); Inza Cramer (flashback)
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Story continued from previous issue; story continues in next issue.

6 page All-Star Squadron story "The Secret Origin of... Amazing-Man!"

Characters Amazing-Man (origin); Adolf Hitler (flashback); Jesse Owens (photo); Deathbolt (flashback); Ultra-Humanite (flashback); Cyclotron (flashback); Inza Cramer (flashback)
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Rick Hoberg
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Gene D'Angelo ?
Letters David Cody Weiss ?
Notes This is embedded in the main story (pages 16-21), but indexed separately since it really stands apart in art and story.

2 page All-Star Squadroom letters page

Characters Tarantula
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Jerry Ordway (Tarantula illustration)
Inks Jerry Ordway? (Tarantula illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #19