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All Star Comics (1940-1978) comic books 1940-1942

  • Issue #1
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 1
    • Moderate professional restoration
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side edge crack
    • Professional restoration includes: piece added to back cover, cover reinforced, spine splits sealed, tear seals to back cover, cover cleaned.
    • Label #16-17447E6-008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Hawkman (script by Gardner Fox, art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (script by Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf, not Creig Flessel), Gary Concord the Ultra-Man (only appearance; script and art by Jon L. Blummer as "Don Shelby"), the Flash (script by Fox, art by Everett (E.E.) Hibbard), the Spectre (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily), Biff Bronson (script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman), the Hour Man (script by Ken Fitch, art by Baily), and Red, White and Blue (script by Siegel, art by William Smith). Two-page text story, "Exile to Jupiter" by Evelyn Gaines. Cover art (composite) by Creig Flessel, Hibbard, Blummer, and Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 3
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and center wrap, portions of other interior pages have been cut out. Facsimile cover is attached to first wrap with tape, and detached from rest of comic. Remaining center wrap is detached and reattached with tape.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap (affects art and story). Full length spine split in first two wraps with splitting to all others. Staples removed.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Winter 1940. 1st appearance of the Justice Society of America. Full-length story, "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America" by Gardner Fox with individual episodes featuring the Flash (art by Everett E. Hibbard), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), the Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Creig Flessel), the Hour Man (art by Baily), Green Lantern (art by Martin Nodell), and the Atom (art by Ben Flinton). Red Tornado and Johnny Thunder cameos (art by Sheldon Mayer). Two-page Johnny Thunder text story, "Guarding an Heiress" (art by Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 4

    First full adventure for the Justice Society of America, who fights "For America and Democracy!" Individual chapters feature the Flash (art by Everett E. Hibbard), Green Lantern (art by Martin Nodell), the Spectre and the Hour Man (art by Bernard Baily), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), the Sandman (art by Creig Flessel), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), and the Atom (art by Ben Flinton). Two-page Johnny Thunder story, "A Fortune Teller's Fortune" (art by Sheldon Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 6
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Very minor amount of color touch on cover. Centerfold missing.
    • Label #4206044001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    "The Justice Society of America Initiates Johnny Thunder!" Flash becomes honorary member. Script by Gardner Fox. Individual chapters feature the Flash (art by Everett E. Hibbard), Johnny Thunder (art by Stan Aschmeier), Doctor Fate, the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), the Hour Man (art by Bernard Baily), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), the Spectre (art by Baily), Green Lantern (art by Irwin Hasen), and Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff). Two-page text story, "Dr. Mid-Nite Thinks Fast!" (script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Sheldon Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 7
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4278554021
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Justice Society of America raise money for war orphans in this book-length adventure, "$1,000,000 for War Orphans." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Green Lantern (art by Martin Nodell), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), Doctor Fate (art by Stan Aschmeier), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), the Hour Man (art by Baily; final issue), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Batman, Superman, and Flash cameos. Doiby Dickles appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan story, "Secret Airport" (art by Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 10

    The Justice Society of America travels 500 years into the future in "The Case of the Bomb Defense Formula." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), Starman (art by Jack Burnley), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Flash and Green Lantern cameos. New Sandman costume. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "The Ghost Plane." Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 13

    The Justice Society of America are "Shanghaied Into Space" in this science fiction tale. Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Jack Burnley plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Starman (art by Burnley), the Atom (art by Joe Gallagher), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier), and Wonder Woman (art by Harry G. Peter). Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Turtles and T.N.T." Half-page ad for Wonder Woman # 1. Burnley cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 14
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Small gap in one corner of inner well.
    • Label #4286978001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1745711002
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    The Justice Society of America battle the Nazis in Europe in "Food for Starving Patriots!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldom Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman in France (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Starman in Poland (art by Lou Ferstadt), the Atom in Holland (art by Gallagher), Doctor Fate in Germany (art by Howard Sherman), Dr. Mid-nite in Norway (art by Stan Aschmeier), the Spectre in Belgium (pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Bernard Baily), Johnny Thunder in Czechoslovakia (arg by Aschmeier), and the Sandman in Greece (art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Howard Ferguson). Brief Wonder Woman appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "The Statue of Buddha." Junior JSA Club begins with membership offer. Gallagher cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.