Cover Credits: Michael Bair(?) ( pencils/inks )
Title: The Secret Origin of the Justice Society of America ..........38 pg.

Credits: Roy Thomas ( writer );Michael Bair( pencils ); Bob Downs ( inks ), Jean Simek( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); Mark Waid ( series editor )

Feature Characters: The Justice Society of America ( Flash (Jay Garrick, last Flash Comics #12), Green Lantern (Alan Scott, last All-American Comics #22), Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson, last More Fun Comics #63), Hourman (Rex Tyler, last Adventure Comics #58), The Sandman (Wes Dodds, last Adventure Comics #58), Hawkman (Carter Hall, last Flash Comics #12), The Atom (Al Pratt, last All-American Comics #22), The Spectre (Jim Corrigan, last More Fun Comics #63, all above as charter members of the Justice Society, all appear next All-Star Comics(v1) #3 )

Guest Stars:The Voice (presumed to be God, last More Fun #.., next ... )

Villains: Major Helmut Streicher ( first chronological appearance, next ... ), The Murder Machine ( a giant Nazi robot, first and only appearance ), Adolf Hitler ( obtains the Spear of Destiny in this story, last in flashback in All-Star Squadron #9, next flashback in All-Star Squadron #44 ), Gurda ( first appearance, next Young All-Stars #1 ), and her Valkyries ( at least four shown, first and only appearance for all )

Other Characters: Smythe ( first appearance, an agent for MI-5 ), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( last All-Star Squadron #65, next in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3 ), Gotham City Police Commissioner Davis ( last All-American Comics #.., next ... )

Chronological Commments: This story begins on November 9, 1940 as given in this story. All the characters appear next in All-Star Comics #3, which takes place November 22, 1940.

Comments:This story is a Post-Crisis retelling of the story from DC Special #29 by Paul Levitz and Joe Staton.
Thanks to DarkMark90 for before/after appearances.

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