All-Star Comics #3
All-Star Comics #3
Cover Credits
Artist: Everett E. Hibbard

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Title: "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America"
Pages: 60

Feature(s):
Justice Society of America (of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Everett E. Hibbard
Artist: Sheldon Moldoff
Artist: Bernard Baily
Artist: Sheldon Mayer
Artist: Chad Grothkopf
Artist: Howard Sherman
Artist: Ben Flinton
Artist: Mart Nodell

Reprinted In:
Famous First Edition F-7 (1975)
All Star Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC (1992)
Millennium Edition:All-Star Comics 3 (#26) (2000)
Millennium Edition:All-Star Comics 3 (#26) [Variant] (2000)
All-Star Comics (Facsimile Edition) #3 (2024)
All-Star Comics (Facsimile Edition) #3 [Variant A] (2024)
All-Star Comics (Facsimile Edition) #3 [Variant B] (2024)

Feature Character(s)

Guest Star(s)

Villain(s)

  • Burly Billy and the crew of the Nancy K (appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Mazda the Great, his Fire Ghosts, and a native minion (appear in flashback; all die in this story; no further appearances)
  • Oom (appears in flashback; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #51)
  • Oom’s dragon (appears in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Durant and the "Hourman Gang" (Bill named in this story; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Dr. Faversham (appears in flashback; no further appearances)
  • A wizard, his phantom soldiers, an Egyptian priestess, and the Three Witches of Endor (appear in flashback; the wizard dies in this story; no further appearances)
  • Edgar Egwell, Jr. and his hirelings (appear in flashback text story; no further appearances)
  • "The Boss" and his gang (Mike named in this story; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Commissioner Lacy, "Ape" and other members of his gang (appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

Other Character(s)

  • Tim Rogers and Mary Rogers (his daughter; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Five victims of Oom (including a museum guard; appear in flashback; die in this story; no further appearances)
  • Two security guards (appear in flashback; die in this story; no further appearances)
  • Regina Paige (Mr. Bannermain’s niece; appears in flashback; no further appearances)
  • U.S. Mint guards and a policeman near Clinton College (appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Theresa Drew, her father, and Appleville police (appear in flashback text story; no further appearances)
  • Victims of Dr. Faversham (appear in flashback; one dies in this story; one behind-the-scenes only; no further appearances)
  • A messenger, Police Commissioner Mason, newspaper photographers including Mike, an editor, a judge, and Paul Pryer (an investigative reporter; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • An Apex Broadcasting employee, the mayor, citizens, and police of an unnamed city (appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • A New York City newsboy, a Midtown Hospital nurse and doctor, and a Cliffland bookstore and antique shop owner (appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Hotel guests, natives, a coroner, charity ball guests, and police of an unnamed city (appear in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Hospital security guards, two Calvin College students, and U.S. Army soldiers (Jim named in this story; appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

Comments:
Johnny Thunder's chapter is a two-page text story entitled "Guarding an Heiress".

This story continues in part in All-Star Comics #4.

This is the first Justice Society of America story and the first appearance of the team, continuing from its chronologically earlier appearance in DC Special #29.

This story takes place November 22, 1940, as revealed in America vs. the Justice Society #1.

Krakatoa is misspelled "Krakatao" throughout the Hawkman flashback.

The Green Lantern flashback does not take place in his home town of Gotham City, whose police commissioner is Commissioner Gordon, not Commissioner Mason.

This story features the first ever teaming of DC heroes from separate features creating the first super-hero team. It also establishes DC's shared universe.

Synopsis:
Johnny Thunder (and later the Red Tornado) crashes the first meeting of the Justice Society, at a dinner where Johnny suggests that each member tell the story of a case he was recently involved in.

The Flash tells how he helped raise a sunken Spanish galleon, and Hawkman tells of his battle against Mazda and his Fire Ghosts. The Spectre recounts his first meeting with the evil entity called Oom, Hourman relates his encounter with a gang who wore duplicates of his costume, and the Sandman tells of his conflict with the mad Dr. Faversham. Dr. Fate recalls his fight with a wizard who tried to kill him and Inza Cramer, Johnny Thunder reveals how he foiled a kidnapper, and the Atom delineates his halting of a gold shipment robbery. Green Lantern tells of how he and a famed radio reporter helped unseat a crooked police commissioner.

While the meeting is in session, the Flash is asked by the head of the F.B.I. to have the Justice Society meet with him in Washington, to which the other members agree.

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