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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published August 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas (creative editor); Barbara Randall (associate)

Cover Details - "The Justice Society Is Back!!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Justice Society of America [Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Sandman [Wesley Dodds]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)

22 page All-Star Squadron; Justice Society of America story "The End of the Beginning!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Justice Society of America [Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Starman [Ted Knight]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]( mentioned as Justice Batallion)]; Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Shining Knight; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Amazing-Man; Tarantula; Batman (Earth-2); Robin (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Liberty Belle; Aquaman (Earth-2); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Sandy the Golden Boy; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Star-Spangled Kid; Stripesy; Crimson Avenger; Wing; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Whip; Zatara; Green Arrow (Earth-2); Speedy (Earth-2); Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Guardian; T.N.T.; Dan the Dyna-Mite; Mr. Terrific; Sargon the Sorcerer; Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Dr. Occult; Superman (Earth-2); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Human Bomb; The Jester; Phantom Lady; Black Condor; Uncle Sam; The Ray; Plastic Man (Earth-2)]; Charles Grayson; Mekanique (villain); Admiral Higby; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harbinger (cameo, flashback); Gootsden (villain); Adolf Hitler (cameo)
Synopsis The missing JSA'ers return from hyperspace and loose ends from Crisis are tied up as Mekanique explains her mission to the All-Stars, who aid her, not knowing that it would change the future she came from (and in essence start the post-Crisis history for the Squadron on the single earth).
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Mike Clark (pages 1-7); Arvell Jones (pages 8-22)
Inks Vince Colletta; Tony DeZuniga
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Wraps up the 'Shanghaied Into hyperspace' story started in # 50 (based on All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) # 13. Includes pin-up pages of the All-Star Squadron as part of the story, one is after Mekanique's changes take place(page 22, without Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, but with Human Bomb, The Jester, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Uncle Sam, The Ray, and Plastic Man in their place in center), and one is BEFORE her changes take place (page 16, with Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman in center). Also of note, artist erroneously had Green Arrow (Earth-2) and Speedy (Earth-2) in both portraits before the edict was made that they,too, were no longer in existence, as later stated by Roy Thomas in a later issue of All-Star Squadron, since they also had doppelgangers (Silver and Golden Age versions pre-Crisis). Last true Squadron story before Young All-Stars (DC, 1987 series) # 1 and post-Crisis continuity. Issue #'s 61-67 origin stories (as fillers).

2 page All-Star Squadroom letters page

Script Roy Thomas
Letters typeset
Notes Includes letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #55, as well as an announcement that due to the Crisis on Infinite Earths ending, this issue will be the last to feature an ongoing storyline for All-Star Squadron in continuity. The series will continue with origins of many All-Stars which would not make it into the the Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) series for a couple of years.