Issue | #6 |
Published | August-September 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Notes | Touch-up credits from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004). Touch-ups confirmed by Sheldon Moldoff. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Characters | Hawkman; Dr. Fate; Green Lantern; Flash; The Atom; Hourman; Spectre; Sandman; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt (all as the Justice Society of America) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard; Sheldon Moldoff (Hawkman helmet wings touch-up) |
Inks | Everett Hibbard; Sheldon Moldoff (Hawkman helmet wings touch-up) |
Notes | Touch-up credits from Craig Delich (April 30, 2004). Touch-ups confirmed by Sheldon Moldoff. All story synopses and notes by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Dr. Fate; Sandman; The Atom; Hourman; The Flash (leaves); Spectre; Hawkman; Green Lantern (all as the Justice Society of America); Johnny Thunder |
Synopsis | As the Flash can no longer attend JSA meetings since he was elected an honorary member, the members decide to put Johnny Thunder to the test to see if he is an appropriate replacement. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Notes | Johnny Thunder replaces Flash as a member. JT was a guest in 3-4. |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder |
Synopsis | After having been shown a phony newspaper about a Killer McPanzee, Johnny heads out to capture the phony felon, unaware that the criminal element has also seen the newspaper and decides to take advantage of the situation. |
Genre | superhero;humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Flash; Johnny Thunder; Green Lantern (cameo) |
Synopsis | The Flash is contacted by Johnny's Thunderbolt that his pal is in desperate need of assistance from drowning at the hands of a counterfeiting gang, and he turns the tables on the crooks. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder; Inza |
Synopsis | Saved from drowning by the Thunderbolt, Johnny is once again pursued by a criminal element, and wishes that a pretty girl would come to comfort him. Inza appears and now Johnny wishes that Dr. Fate was also there. |
Genre | superhero;humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Dr. Fate; Inza; Thunderbolt |
Synopsis | By the time Dr. Fate arrives, Johnny has disappeared and Inza has been left behind, so Fate takes Inza with him to search for Johnny, and runs into more crooks. |
Genre | occult; superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder |
Synopsis | Johnny had hid in the trunk of Inza's car when the crooks stole it and entered a garage where Dr. Fate had tailed the crooks. Johnny accidently falls down a laundry chute into the midst of walking skeletons and asks for Sandman to help him. |
Genre | superhero;humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Sandman; Johnny Thunder; Hourman (cameo); Hawkman (cameo) |
Synopsis | Sandman discovers Johnny in the Playhouse of Horrors and shows Johnny that the skeletons are only actors! However, Sandman discovers that crooks having been trying to extort protection money from the Playhouse, and wades into them. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Cliff Young |
Inks | Cliff Young |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hourman; Spectre (cameo); The Atom (cameo) |
Synopsis | Back at JSA HQ, several members wonder where Johnny is since other members have been unable to locate him. So the Hour-Man heads downtown and notes a movie theatre showing a film on Africa, and reasons Johnny may be at the movies. What he finds instead is a group of felons disguised as gorillas, trying to heist the day's receipts! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder |
Synopsis | Johnny meanwhile is dejectedly walking down the street, not believing himself worthy of JSA membership, when some fellows offer him a chance to gamble and win some big money. Johnny loses and calls the men cheaters, and gets kicked out. |
Genre | superhero;humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | The Atom; Thunderbolt |
Synopsis | The Thunderbolt tells Al Pratt what happened to Johnny, so he heads for the gambling den to search for Johnny. Noting that the gamblers are using marked cards, Al leaves the room and returns as the Atom to clean up! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Ben Flinton |
Inks | Ben Flinton |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Spectre |
Synopsis | The Spectre now heads out to find Johnny and is suddenly attacked by a man with no head! After dispatching him to the outer realms, the Man of Darkness decides to track down the evil genius behind these headless creatures. |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hop Harrigan |
Genre | aviation; ad |
Pencils | Jon L. Blummer |
Inks | Jon L. Blummer |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Hop's A-A Flying Club. Sequence added by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Green Lantern |
Synopsis | Deciding to look for Johnny himself, the Emerald Crusader sets off to seek out crime and runs into a team of truck hi-jackers! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen |
Inks | Irwin Hasen |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Dr. Mid-Nite |
Synopsis | "Snakey" Scarlotti decides to get his revenge on the blind Dr. McNider, who has written some disparaging things about the gangster in one of his articles. |
Genre | super-hero |
Script | Charles Reizenstein |
Pencils | Sheldon Mayer (spot illo) |
Inks | Sheldon Mayer (spot illo) |
Notes | The last half of page 2 is an ad for All-American Comics #29, with spot art by Howard Purcell. |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder |
Synopsis | After being thrown out of the gambling den, Johnny wishes for an airplane to whisk him away from the scene, and the Thunderbolt complies. |
Genre | superhero;humor |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Hawkman; Thunderbolt; Shiera Sanders |
Synopsis | The Thunderbolt tells Hawkman that Johnny now faces another peril, and the Winged Wonder races off to help. Meanwhile, Shiera learns she has inherited a fortune, and is kidnapped, forcing Hawkman to save her. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnny Thunder (joins); The Flash; Sandman; The Atom; Spectre; Hourman; Hawkman; Green Lantern (all as the Justice Society of America) |
Synopsis | The Thunderbolt finally rescues Johnny and returns him to JSA HQ where he is approved for JSA membership. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard (p 1); Stan Aschmeier (p 2) |
Inks | Everett Hibbard (p 1), Stan Aschmeier (p 2) |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | The readers are invited to vote for a JSAer to receive his own magazine and become an honorary member (since the JSA by-laws only allow eight active members at a time), as well as name his replacement, in exchange for the chance for a free copy of All-Star Comics #7. |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |
Characters | JSA members and the honorary members. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Everett Hibbard |
Inks | Everett Hibbard |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Preview for the story in All-Star #7 concerning the raising of $1,000,000 for the war orphans of Europe and Asia. |
Reprinted | in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 |