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70-405: Young All-Stars lasted for 31 issues, as well as one annual. Young All-Stars was a follow-up to DC's popular 1980s series All-Star Squadron , created and written by Roy Thomas. All-Star Squadron retroactively introduced new stories into DC's Golden Age history, mainly during World War II . The series premise was that during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created Article X,

140-697: A "superhero draft" called Article X during World War II. Article X asks all active American masked crime-fighters and superhuman adventurers to join forces as a single war-time organization, just as many American labor organizations did during World War II. In the canon of DC Comics, the Axis Powers used the mystical Spear of Destiny to create a "sphere of influence" over their occupied territories and surrounding areas during most of World War II. This sphere of influence caused superhumans, magically empowered people, and magic-users to fall under Hitler's control and take on some of his personality traits. For this reason,

210-507: A "superhero draft" that asked all active masked crime-fighters and superhuman adventurers to join forces as a special war-time group, the All-Star Squadron. The team's base was located on the grounds of the 1939 New York World's Fair . The team introduced brand new characters, used many of DC's Golden Age heroes, and also featured Golden Age heroes who weren't published by DC Comics in the 1930s and 40s but had since been acquired by

280-650: A cameo appearance by the Golden Age Hawkman in every issue, since he was the one hero to appear in every Golden Age issue of the original All Star Comics series , including the two issues that predated the formation of the Justice Society of America. Although Hawkman did not appear in every issue of the second All Star Comic series, Roy Thomas wanted to create a new streak for the character in All-Star Squadron . The artwork for issue #49

350-446: A daughter named Hyppolyta Trevor (who became a hero called Fury and joined a team of heroes known as Infinity, Inc. ). The 1970s revival of All Star Comics involved some flashback stories, but most of the issues took place in the modern day, showing the Justice Society members as older heroes decades after World War II. Conway also included younger heroes in the group, such as Power Girl (an Earth-Two version of Supergirl ). His hope

420-631: A new, unified reality with a revised history. The heroes of World War II now existed in the same timeline as modern heroes, simply operating at an earlier time. While it was not a major problem to establish that certain characters such as the Golden Age Flash (a man named Jay Garrick) and the later Flash (a man named Barry Allen) could co-exist and both operate during different time periods, this explanation didn't work for heroes with direct counterparts. Golden Age heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman , Robin , and Green Arrow all of whom had

490-564: A new, unified reality with a revised history. The heroes of World War II now existed in the same timeline as modern heroes, simply operating at an earlier time. While it was not a major problem to establish that certain characters such as the Golden Age Flash (a man named Jay Garrick) and the later Flash (a man named Barry Allen) could co-exist and both operate during different time periods, this explanation didn't work for heroes with direct counterparts. Golden Age heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman , Robin , and Green Arrow all of whom had

560-415: A team of heroes known as Infinity, Inc. ). During the 1985-1986 series Crisis on Infinite Earths , Earth-Two and Earth-One, along with some other realities, merged into a new, unified reality with a revised history. The heroes of World War II now existed in the same timeline as modern heroes, simply operating at an earlier time. While it was not a major problem to establish that certain characters such as

630-624: The 1939 New York World's Fair . The Perisphere contained the Squadron meeting hall, while the Trylon was retrofitted as an aircraft hangar/vertical launch platform. The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named Gernsback , based on the Elektro robots from the fair and named after science fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback . During the 1985-86 series Crisis on Infinite Earths , Earth-Two and Earth-One, along with some other realities, merged into

700-461: The 1939 New York World's Fair . The Perisphere contained the Squadron meeting hall, while the Trylon was retrofitted as an aircraft hangar/vertical launch platform. The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named Gernsback , based on the Elektro robots from the fair and named after science fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback . During the 1985-86 series Crisis on Infinite Earths , Earth-Two and Earth-One, along with some other realities, merged into

770-474: The All-Star Squadron . All-Star Squadron The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981) and was created by Roy Thomas , Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway . Although the team was introduced in the 1980s, its self-titled series took place in the 1940s, retroactively inserting their narratives into the fictional history of

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840-490: The Freedom Fighters traveled from Earth-Two to Earth-X , an event indicated in an earlier Justice League story. With so many characters to choose from, the creative team decided to concentrate on "quite promising characters who have been ignored or underplayed for years", instead of only those Earth-Two characters who had popular counterparts on Earth-One. For examples, All-Star Squadron did not focus much on

910-563: The Golden Age of Comics (roughly 1935–1951), several comic books featured crime-fighters, "mystery-men", adventurers, and superheroes. DC Comics began publishing the anthology series All Star Comics (sometimes referred to as All-Star Comics ) in 1940. In issue #3, DC had many of their superheroes join together for dinner and share stories, declaring the gathering to be the first meeting of the Justice Society of America . The JSA

980-583: The Justice Society of America (JSA). The last series to do so was the second volume of All Star Comics , which lasted only seventeen issues from 1976 to 1979. As Roy Thomas put it, DC management gave him "a chance to write a return of the JSA". Instead of writing stories in the modern era of Earth-Two, Roy Thomas chose to set the series during World War II. Roy Thomas decided to include other Golden Age era characters that weren't published by DC Comics during

1050-529: The Tigress . After routing the forces of Axis America, the five young heroes are invited to join the All-Star Squadron on a probationary basis. They fight foreign and local Axis threats. They also meet an older group of metahumans collected by the Allied countries known as The Young Allies whose members come from Russia , China , France , and England . The Young All-Stars are disbanded after being absorbed into

1120-593: The 1930s and 40s but were acquired by the company in later years, such as the Quality Comics characters. All-Star Squadron established that most of these characters co-existed with the Golden Age DC heroes on Earth-Two. In a nod to the original JSA adventures in All Star Comics , writer Roy Thomas tried to include at least a cameo appearance by the Golden Age Hawkman in every issue, since he

1190-702: The 1930s and 40s occurred in a parallel reality called Earth-Two . While the Golden Age Superman , introduced in 1938, had lived through World War II, the Earth-One Superman had not even been born until long after the war was over. While the modern-day Earth-One Wonder Woman was a superhero in her prime, new stories revealed that the Golden Age Wonder Woman of Earth-Two had fought Nazis during World War II, then later semi-retired, married her dear friend Steve Trevor, and had

1260-639: The All-Star Squadron focused its activities on protecting the US from invasion, super-villains, spies, and sabotage rather than risk their minds being controlled by the Axis Powers if they operated overseas in Europe or Asia. After their introduction in Justice League of America, the team starred in the series All-Star Squadron which ran from 1981 to 1987. At different times, the organization's chairperson

1330-476: The All-Star Squadron was once helped out by the Golden Age Legionnaire (later revealed to be a younger version of Mordru who wants to avoid the path of evil). All-Star Squadron The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981) and was created by Roy Thomas , Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway . Although the team

1400-586: The Axis Powers. The members of the group were all evil analogs for the Golden Age versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin, Green Arrow, and Aquaman. The villains included: Übermensch, Gundra the Valkyrie, Der Grosshorn Eule (Horned Owl) and his son/sidekick Fledermaus, the archer Usil, and the amphibious wolfman called Sea Wolf. While carrying out a mission for the All-Star Squadron , TNT and Dyna-Mite are ambushed by members of Axis America. During

1470-581: The DC Comics superheroes. The team included many of DC's Golden Age era characters, new characters, and other World War II superheroes which DC did not own during the 1940s but later acquired. The name "All-Star Squadron" was creator Roy Thomas' reference to All Star Comics , the series that introduced the Justice Society of America, the first comic book superhero team. According to the series All-Star Squadron , US President Franklin Roosevelt creates

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1540-408: The Earth-One Superman had not even been born until long after the war was over. While the modern-day Earth-One Wonder Woman was a superhero in her prime, new stories revealed that the Golden Age Wonder Woman of Earth-Two had fought Nazis during World War II, then later semi-retired, married her dear friend Steve Trevor, and had a daughter named Hyppolyta Trevor (who became a hero called Fury and joined

1610-650: The Earth-Two versions of Superman and Wonder Woman, nor on the Golden Age version of the Flash, Jay Garrick, whose counterpart Barry Allen was very popular as the Flash of Earth-One. Roy Thomas wrote: "If we lost the original GL , we gained the Earth-Two Robotman ; if we dropped Jay (Flash) Garrick , we picked up on Johnny Quick ; Liberty Belle could stand in for Wonder Woman till more super-powered ladies came along. We even tossed in an Earth-Two version of

1680-543: The Golden Age Flash (a man named Jay Garrick) and the later Flash (a man named Barry Allen) could co-exist and both operate during different time periods, this explanation didn't work for heroes with direct counterparts. Golden Age heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman , Robin , and Green Arrow all of whom had the same secret identities, same basic origin stories, and largely similar supporting casts as their modern day counterparts. For this reason, these particular Golden Age heroes, and some others, had to be removed from

1750-405: The Golden Age Wonder Woman of Earth-Two had fought Nazis during World War II, then later semi-retired, married her dear friend Steve Trevor, and had a daughter named Hyppolyta Trevor (who became a hero called Fury and joined a team of heroes known as Infinity, Inc. ). The 1970s revival of All Star Comics involved some flashback stories, but most of the issues took place in the modern day, showing

1820-412: The Justice Society members as older heroes decades after World War II. Conway also included younger heroes in the group, such as Power Girl (an Earth-Two version of Supergirl ). His hope was to later have the younger members star in a spin-off series of their own, forming a team that could be called the All-Star Squadron. Management at DC worried that the team's name would be abbreviated as A.S.S., and so

1890-596: The Justice Society members had been captured by the time-travelling villain Per Degaton with the help of JSA foes he had pulled back in time, but the available heroes were asked to first guard against a potential attack on the West Coast of the United States . Degaton himself used some stolen Japanese planes with hypnotized troopers to launch such an attack on San Francisco, hoping to change history by making

1960-416: The Justice Society members had been captured by the time-travelling villain Per Degaton with the help of JSA foes he had pulled back in time, but the available heroes were asked to first guard against a potential attack on the West Coast of the United States . Degaton himself used some stolen Japanese planes with hypnotized troopers to launch such an attack on San Francisco, hoping to change history by making

2030-565: The Marvel Comics series Invaders in a similar way to address and revise official Marvel fictional history. Several issues of the series offered detailed origin stories of various characters, sometimes with revised details. Characters who had origin issues dedicated to them included Amazing-Man , Starman , Doctor Fate , Liberty Belle , Robotman , Johnny Quick , and the Tarantula . The story arc in issues #32-33 detailed how

2100-498: The Readers" wherein he described the impetus for the series. Namely, DC wanted a comic book telling tales of the Justice Society of America (JSA). The last series to do so was the second volume of All Star Comics , which lasted only seventeen issues from 1976 to 1979. As Roy Thomas put it, DC management gave him "a chance to write a return of the JSA". Instead of writing stories in the modern era of Earth-Two, Roy Thomas chose to set

2170-506: The Squadron in combat situations in the European or Pacific Theaters of War was that Adolf Hitler had possession of the Spear of Destiny , a mystical object that gave him control of any superheroes with magic-based powers or a vulnerability to magic (including Superman , Green Lantern , Doctor Fate and others) who crossed into territory held by the Axis Powers . At the time, many of

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2240-400: The Squadron in combat situations in the European or Pacific Theaters of War was that Adolf Hitler had possession of the Spear of Destiny , a mystical object that gave him control of any superheroes with magic-based powers or a vulnerability to magic (including Superman , Green Lantern , Doctor Fate and others) who crossed into territory held by the Axis Powers . At the time, many of

2310-484: The US from invasion, super-villains, spies, and sabotage rather than risk their minds being controlled by the Axis Powers if they operated overseas in Europe or Asia. After their introduction in Justice League of America, the team starred in the series All-Star Squadron which ran from 1981 to 1987. At different times, the organization's chairperson was Liberty Belle or Hawkman . A spin-off series entitled Young All-Stars began in 1987 and published 32 issues. During

2380-399: The United States fight to a stalemate against Japan, enabling him to take over the world, so the new Squadron's first major mission was to stop the attack and rescue the captured heroes, who also became part of the new group. Due to Per Degaton going back in time after the JSA were freed they forgot his involvement, though the events were not wiped. America's entry into the war caused several of

2450-399: The United States fight to a stalemate against Japan, enabling him to take over the world, so the new Squadron's first major mission was to stop the attack and rescue the captured heroes, who also became part of the new group. Due to Per Degaton going back in time after the JSA were freed they forgot his involvement, though the events were not wiped. America's entry into the war caused several of

2520-482: The battle, TNT is killed. Dyna-Mite, who barely survives, is aided by Arn Munro, a young man who possesses superhuman physical abilities. Iron Munro , Fury (Helena Kosmatos), Flying Fox, and Dan help fend off an Axis America attack on Squadron headquarters. The four young heroes meet up with Neptune Perkins and Tsunami while heading out to the West Coast to track down Axis America. Later on they meet and recruit

2590-433: The canon of DC Comics, the Axis Powers used the mystical Spear of Destiny to create a "sphere of influence" over their occupied territories and surrounding areas during most of World War II. This sphere of influence caused superhumans, magically empowered people, and magic-users to fall under Hitler's control and take on some of his personality traits. For this reason, the All-Star Squadron focused its activities on protecting

2660-469: The company. The series was known for revising and expanding parts of the fictional history of DC Comics superheroes. The series took place on the parallel world of Earth-Two , which DC had designated as the reality where stories published during the Golden Age of Comics took place. Modern day comics (starting with the mid-1950s) were said to occur in a reality called Earth-One. While the Golden Age Superman , introduced in 1938, had lived through World War II,

2730-402: The creative team decided to concentrate on "quite promising characters who have been ignored or underplayed for years", instead of only those Earth-Two characters who had popular counterparts on Earth-One. For examples, All-Star Squadron did not focus much on the Earth-Two versions of Superman and Wonder Woman, nor on the Golden Age version of the Flash, Jay Garrick, whose counterpart Barry Allen

2800-477: The evil New Gods . On the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor , President Franklin Roosevelt gathered available superheroes—including members of the Justice Society of America , Freedom Fighters , and solo heroes—at the White House. He asked them to band together for the war as the All-Star Squadron to battle sabotage and keep the peace on the home front during World War II . The rationale for not using

2870-417: The evil New Gods . On the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor , President Franklin Roosevelt gathered available superheroes—including members of the Justice Society of America , Freedom Fighters , and solo heroes—at the White House. He asked them to band together for the war as the All-Star Squadron to battle sabotage and keep the peace on the home front during World War II . The rationale for not using

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2940-423: The following month with the creative team of writer Roy Thomas , with artists Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway . The comic book series lasted 67 issues from September 1981 to March 1987, with three annuals published as well. In All-Star Squadron #1, series writer Roy Thomas published "An Open Letter to the Readers" wherein he described the impetus for the series. Namely, DC wanted a comic book telling tales of

3010-493: The gathering to be the first meeting of the Justice Society of America . The JSA was the first comic book superhero team and became the main feature of All Star Comics until it was canceled with issue #57 in 1951. Writer Gerry Conway revived the All Star Comics series in 1976, continuing the original numbering by starting with issue #58. By this time, DC had established that its modern day adventures took place in

3080-617: The group's name was changed to the Super Squad. A team known as the All-Star Squadron debuted years later in a special insert in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981). The team's official series All-Star Squadron then began the following month with the creative team of writer Roy Thomas , with artists Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway . The comic book series lasted 67 issues from September 1981 to March 1987, with three annuals published as well. In All-Star Squadron #1, series writer Roy Thomas published "An Open Letter to

3150-443: The history of the new, unified timeline. This also meant the canon of several recent All-Star Squadron stories was now questionable, since the Golden Age versions of those same heroes made multiple appearances in the series. To clear the slate after Crisis on Infinite Earths and re-launch the franchise, All Star Squadron was canceled with issue #67 and replaced with a successor series, Young All-Stars . Young All-Stars featured

3220-533: The members of the JSA to enlist, or be drafted in their civilian identities. These included Alan Scott , Starman , Hawkman , The Atom and Johnny Thunder . In the pages of " The New Golden Age ", the Prime-Earth version of the All-Star Squadron is revealed to exist as the bio for the Golden Age Aquaman mentions that he was briefly a member of this group. Mister Terrific also mentioned that

3290-405: The members of the JSA to enlist, or be drafted in their civilian identities. These included Alan Scott , Starman , Hawkman , The Atom and Johnny Thunder . In the pages of " The New Golden Age ", the Prime-Earth version of the All-Star Squadron is revealed to exist as the bio for the Golden Age Aquaman mentions that he was briefly a member of this group. Mister Terrific also mentioned that

3360-645: The only issue of the series where he does not appear. The All-Star Squadron team is an example of " retroactive continuity " or "retcon", since the team itself was retroactively inserted into the history of DC superheroes and the series rewrote portions of already-established DC canon published during the 1940s. The first known use of the term "retcon" was by Roy Thomas in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983). Several story lines ironed out continuity errors, fleshed out characters' origins, explained inconsistencies in character development, and resolved lingering questions and plot threads. Roy Thomas had used

3430-487: The previously existing characters Neptune Perkins and young Dan the Dyna-Mite as stand-ins for the Golden Age versions of Aquaman and Robin, respectively. The rest of the team consisted of brand new characters created to be spiritual and contextual analogs for other eliminated Golden Age characters: Iron Munro stood in for Superman, Flying Fox stood in for Batman, and Fury stood in for Wonder Woman (this new character

3500-434: The same secret identities, same basic origin stories, and largely similar supporting casts as their modern day counterparts. For this reason, these particular Golden Age heroes, and some others, had to be removed from the history of the new, unified timeline. This also meant the canon of several recent All-Star Squadron stories was now questionable, since the Golden Age versions of those same heroes made multiple appearances in

3570-434: The same secret identities, same basic origin stories, and largely similar supporting casts as their modern day counterparts. For this reason, these particular Golden Age heroes, and some others, had to be removed from the history of the new, unified timeline. This also meant the canon of several recent All-Star Squadron stories was now questionable, since the Golden Age versions of those same heroes made multiple appearances in

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3640-469: The series during World War II. Roy Thomas decided to include other Golden Age era characters that weren't published by DC Comics during the 1930s and 40s but were acquired by the company in later years, such as the Quality Comics characters. All-Star Squadron established that most of these characters co-existed with the Golden Age DC heroes on Earth-Two. In a nod to the original JSA adventures in All Star Comics , writer Roy Thomas tried to include at least

3710-478: The series offered detailed origin stories of various characters, sometimes with revised details. Characters who had origin issues dedicated to them included Amazing-Man , Starman , Doctor Fate , Liberty Belle , Robotman , Johnny Quick , and the Tarantula . The story arc in issues #32-33 detailed how the Freedom Fighters traveled from Earth-Two to Earth-X , an event indicated in an earlier Justice League story. With so many characters to choose from,

3780-626: The series regular penciler starting with issue #19 (March 1983). He and Thomas then co-created the Infinity, Inc. team, introducing it in All-Star Squadron #25 (Sept. 1983). All-Star Squadron #31 (1984) featured the group's first "full roster" general meeting, taking place at their headquarters. The All-Star Squadron HQ was depicted as the Trylon and Perisphere , actual structures in Flushing Meadows , Queens, New York, constructed for

3850-488: The series since its start, became the series regular penciler starting with issue #19 (March 1983). He and Thomas then co-created the Infinity, Inc. team, introducing it in All-Star Squadron #25 (Sept. 1983). All-Star Squadron #31 (1984) featured the group's first "full roster" general meeting, taking place at their headquarters. The All-Star Squadron HQ was depicted as the Trylon and Perisphere , actual structures in Flushing Meadows , Queens, New York, constructed for

3920-448: The series that introduced the Justice Society of America, the first comic book superhero team. According to the series All-Star Squadron , US President Franklin Roosevelt creates a "superhero draft" called Article X during World War II. Article X asks all active American masked crime-fighters and superhuman adventurers to join forces as a single war-time organization, just as many American labor organizations did during World War II. In

3990-422: The series. To clear the slate after Crisis on Infinite Earths and re-launch the franchise, All Star Squadron ended with issue #67 and the series was succeeded by Young All-Stars . Since then, the All-Star Squadron has appeared in sporadic stories published by DC Comics. Article X was used again during the crossover Final Crisis when Earth's superheroes needed to unite against the forces of Darkseid and

4060-422: The series. To clear the slate after Crisis on Infinite Earths and re-launch the franchise, All Star Squadron ended with issue #67 and the series was succeeded by Young All-Stars . Since then, the All-Star Squadron has appeared in sporadic stories published by DC Comics. Article X was used again during the crossover Final Crisis when Earth's superheroes needed to unite against the forces of Darkseid and

4130-402: The universe of Earth-One, whereas DC's Golden Age stories during the 1930s and 40s occurred in a parallel reality called Earth-Two . While the Golden Age Superman , introduced in 1938, had lived through World War II, the Earth-One Superman had not even been born until long after the war was over. While the modern-day Earth-One Wonder Woman was a superhero in her prime, new stories revealed that

4200-500: The venerable Plastic Man , whose series in [ Adventure Comics ] was just folding..." When Rich Buckler left the series after the fifth issue, editor Len Wein hired artist Adrian Gonzales as a replacement and notified Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales". He drew the series for 13 issues, during which the team had a crossover with the Justice League of America . Jerry Ordway, who had inked

4270-486: Was Liberty Belle or Hawkman . A spin-off series entitled Young All-Stars began in 1987 and published 32 issues. During the Golden Age of Comics (roughly 1935–1951), several comic books featured crime-fighters, "mystery-men", adventurers, and superheroes. DC Comics began publishing the anthology series All Star Comics (sometimes referred to as All-Star Comics ) in 1940. In issue #3, DC had many of their superheroes join together for dinner and share stories, declaring

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4340-417: Was by Roy Thomas in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983). Several story lines ironed out continuity errors, fleshed out characters' origins, explained inconsistencies in character development, and resolved lingering questions and plot threads. Roy Thomas had used the Marvel Comics series Invaders in a similar way to address and revise official Marvel fictional history. Several issues of

4410-430: Was introduced in the 1980s, its self-titled series took place in the 1940s, retroactively inserting their narratives into the fictional history of the DC Comics superheroes. The team included many of DC's Golden Age era characters, new characters, and other World War II superheroes which DC did not own during the 1940s but later acquired. The name "All-Star Squadron" was creator Roy Thomas' reference to All Star Comics ,

4480-404: Was just folding..." When Rich Buckler left the series after the fifth issue, editor Len Wein hired artist Adrian Gonzales as a replacement and notified Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales". He drew the series for 13 issues, during which the team had a crossover with the Justice League of America . Jerry Ordway, who had inked the series since its start, became

4550-550: Was now said to be the mother of the modern day hero Fury who served in Infinity, Inc., who was originally meant to be the Earth-Two Wonder Woman's daughter). Another character included in the team was Tsunami , who had been originally introduced in All-Star Squadron . Young All-Stars issue #1 also introduced a team of villains called Axis Amerika , a subversive US-based organization that included agents of

4620-413: Was printed without Hawkman's cameo included, making it the only issue of the series where he does not appear. The All-Star Squadron team is an example of " retroactive continuity " or "retcon", since the team itself was retroactively inserted into the history of DC superheroes and the series rewrote portions of already-established DC canon published during the 1940s. The first known use of the term "retcon"

4690-410: Was the first comic book superhero team and became the main feature of All Star Comics until it was canceled with issue #57 in 1951. Writer Gerry Conway revived the All Star Comics series in 1976, continuing the original numbering by starting with issue #58. By this time, DC had established that its modern day adventures took place in the universe of Earth-One, whereas DC's Golden Age stories during

4760-433: Was the one hero to appear in every Golden Age issue of the original All Star Comics series , including the two issues that predated the formation of the Justice Society of America. Although Hawkman did not appear in every issue of the second All Star Comic series, Roy Thomas wanted to create a new streak for the character in All-Star Squadron . The artwork for issue #49 was printed without Hawkman's cameo included, making it

4830-465: Was to later have the younger members star in a spin-off series of their own, forming a team that could be called the All-Star Squadron. Management at DC worried that the team's name would be abbreviated as A.S.S., and so the group's name was changed to the Super Squad. A team known as the All-Star Squadron debuted years later in a special insert in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981). The team's official series All-Star Squadron then began

4900-400: Was very popular as the Flash of Earth-One. Roy Thomas wrote: "If we lost the original GL , we gained the Earth-Two Robotman ; if we dropped Jay (Flash) Garrick , we picked up on Johnny Quick ; Liberty Belle could stand in for Wonder Woman till more super-powered ladies came along. We even tossed in an Earth-Two version of the venerable Plastic Man , whose series in [ Adventure Comics ]

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