Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #37
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1984
On Sale Date: June 28, 1984 Newsstand Date June 28, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #4

Newsstand Date June 28, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #218

Newsstand Date June 28, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #49

Shipping Date June 5, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #218

Shipping Date June 5, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #4

Shipping Date June 5, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #90

Copyright Date June 5, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date June 5, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #49

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "Lightning in Berlin"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
All-Star Squadron (of Earth-2)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Arvell M. Jones
Inker: Richard Howell
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo
Letterer: L. Lois Buhalis
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #38)
• Hawkman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #38)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #38)
• Batman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)
• Plastic Man (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Police Comics #11)
• Superman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Superman #18)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Sensation Comics #9)
• Flash (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #45)

Guest Star(s)

• Marvel Family (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Marvel Family #1)
• Captain Marvel (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in America's Greatest Comics #5)
• Captain Marvel, Jr. (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Captain Marvel, Jr. #2)
• Mary Marvel (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #19)

Villain(s)

• Adolf Hitler (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #49)
• Gootsden (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Comics #13)
• Various Nazi soldiers and officers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Winston Churchill (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #36; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #48)
• Shazam (appears in flashback; last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #52)

Comments:
This story, which takes place in late February, 1942, is continued from All-Star Squadron #36.

Synopsis:
Mary Batson and Freddie Freeman join Hawkman, Batman, Flash, and Plastic Man on a mission to rescue Captain Marvel from Germany. In Berlin, they find that Billy Batson and Captain Marvel have been separated by the Nazi scientist, Gootsden.

The Nazi controlled Captain Marvel interrupts the rescue, and Mary and Freddie are both separated from their super-selves too. The three Marvel’s then begin a combined assault on London.

The heroes escape with Billy, Mary, and Freddie and hed for London themselves, while Green Lantern, Superman, and Wonder Woman fight the Marvels. When the kids are out of range from the Spear of Destiny, the Marvels revert from Nazi control and help complete the rescue. The kids and Marvels then shout their magic words together in order to recombine and also transport themselves back to Earth-S.