Issue | #55 |
Published | March 1986 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Roy Thomas; Janice Race (associate) |
Characters | All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; Silent Knight; Super-Chief; Miss Liberty; a Trigger Twin |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Arvell Jones |
Inks | Tony DeZuniga |
Notes | Special Crisis Cross-over banner. Cover penciller and inker credits confirmed by Arvell Jones. Bonus story included: Sandman in Hyperspace (JSA in Hyperspace- Chapter 2). |
Characters | All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback); Liberty Belle (camoe, flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo, flashback); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo, flashback)]; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; The Roving Ranger; Miss LIberty; Don Caballero; Trigger Twins [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]; Silent Knight; Viking Prince; Golden Gladiator; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Super-Chief; Strong Bow; Arak, Son of Thunder; Dr. Terri Rothstein; Ultra-Humanite (villain); Cyclotron |
Synopsis | Firebrand is aboard the Monitor's satellite (parallelling events from Crisis 5), as her next mission is stop a rocket from launching into space with the Ultra-Humanite (in Ape form) on Earth-2 in 1985 with a destructive device on board. She is joined by several of history's greatest heroes throughout time from Earths 1 and 2 on this mission. She fails to stop the rocket from launching, but destroys the device. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter) |
Pencils | Arvell Jones |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Colors | Carl Gafford |
Letters | David Cody Weiss |
Notes | Crisis Cross-over. Featuring Cyclotron and Ultra-Humanite again in a postscript to their previous encounters with the All-Stars. Story continued from previous issue. Ultra-Humanite later reappears post-Crisis. |
Characters | Justice Society of America [JSA; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Roy Thomas; Gardner Fox (original story) |
Pencils | Tim Burgard; Cliff Young (original art) |
Inks | Tim Burgard; Cliff Young (original art) |
Colors | Carl Gafford |
Letters | David Weiss |
Notes | The Sandman chapter.Story continued from All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #52; story continues in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #56. |
Reprinted | from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #13 (adapted). |
Characters | All-Star Squadron [Commander Steel; Liberty Belle; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Amazing-Man; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Tarantula; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Plastic Man; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Guardian; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Shining Knight; Atom [Al Pratt]] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Roy Thomas |
Pencils | ? (heads of various All-Stars) |
Inks | ? (heads of various All-Stars) |
Colors | ? (heads of various All-Stars) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Includes information on guest stars in the All-Star Squadron story of this issue, letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #50, and errata for the mini-series America vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series). |