February. 1943 ....................$0.10
Title: The Man Who Created Images
..........56pgs.
Credits: Gardner Fox ( plot/script ); Joe Gallagher ( pencils/inks ), Sheldon Moldoff ( pencils/inks ), Stan Asch ( pencils/inks ), Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ( pencils/inks ), Ed Dobrotka ( pencils/inks ), Bernard Baily ( pencils/inks ), Howard Sherman ( pencils/inks ); ?( letters ); ? ( colors ); Sheldon Mayer ( plot/editor ); Dorothy Roubichek ( assistant editor )
Featured Charaters: Hawkman ( last ,next ); The Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite ( last All-American# 47, next All-American# 48 ); The Sandman, Starman ( last Adventure Comics(v1)# 84, next Adventure# 85 ); The Spectre, Doctor Fate ( both last More Fun Comics# 89, next More Fun# 90 ); Doctor Fate ( last , next ); Wonder Woman ( last , next ), Johnny Thunder ( last..., next ... )
Guest Stars: Shiera Saunders ( last Flash Comics# , next ); Doris Lee ( last Adventure Comics# ,next ); Inza Cramer ( last More Fun# ,next ); Peachy Pet Thunder ( last ,next ); Dian Belmont ( last World's Finest Comics# 5, next JLA:Year One# 4 ); Myra Mason ( last , next..., see comment below ); Mary James ( last , next..., see comment below ); Clairse Winston ( last More Fun# 80, next Spectre(v3)# .. ); Sandy the Golden Boy ( last Adventure# 84, next Adventure# 85 )
Guest Appearance:
Villains: The Brain Wave ( Henry King, a psychologist, first appearance, behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron# 19, next # 17 ); "Tiny" Nelson, "Hunky" Pollack, Horatio Morrison, "Runty" Becker, Big John Timberlake, "Baldy", "Big Turk" (all first appearances, gangsters working for The Brain Wave, no further appearances to date )
Other Characters: Mark Nevil ( dies, son of "Rubberman" Nevil ), Jason Shannon ( a reclusive millionarie and sculptor ), Hedda Shannon ( his wife ), Charles Shannon ( his step-son ), Johnny Spartan ( a baseball player ), Stanley Cord ( a crooked business man ), Edwin Ackerman ( a nuclear physicist ),Lucy Ackerman ( his wife, both childhood friends of Brain Wave ), "Fan" Gregory ( a reformed crook ), and his sister ( a bank president's secretary )
Commments:
Chronological note: This story takes place during baseball season.
This story is retold with new information in Starman(v2)# 69. It is revealed that neither Mary James or Myra Mason participated in this adventure.
This story is reprinted in All-Star Archives Volume 4.
The Justice Society appears next in Wonder Woman(v1) #231-232, then destroy Japanese scientists on Mai Tai Island in All-Star 80-Page Giant #1 before next issue.
Other features include a Hop Harrigan text piece and Flying Colors by John M. Jenks
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