Comic Title: Showcase Presents:All-Star Squadron Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2012
On Sale Date: April 18, 2012 Direct Market Date April 18, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Direct Market Date April 18, 2012
Source: Previews, #280

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Robin Wildman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Carnage for Christmas"
Pages: 27

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

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Adrian Gonzales
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted From:
All-Star Squadron #7 (1982)

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Robotman (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #8; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #9)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #73; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Firebrand (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Atom (also appears in flashback to DC Special #29; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Hawkgirl (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #29)
• Plastic Man (last appearance in Police Comics #9; next appearance in Police Comics #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (also appears in flashback to DC Special #29; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)

Villain(s)

• Baron Blitzkrieg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Zwerg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #6; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Various Nazi agents and soldiers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #73; next appearance in Leading Comics #2)
• Winston Churchill (last appearance in Green Lantern #3; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)

Other Character(s)

• Fala (FDR’s dog; next appearance in Justice League of America #208)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice Society of America (in flashbacks to DC Special #29 and All-Star Comics #11)
• Hawkman (in flashbacks to DC Special #29 and All-Star Comics #11)
• Doctor Fate (in flashbacks to DC Special #29 and All-Star Comics #11)
• Sandman (in flashbacks to DC Special #29 and All-Star Comics #11)
• Spectre (in flashbacks to DC Special #29 and All-Star Comics #11)
• Superman (in flashback to DC Special #29)
• Batman (in flashback to DC Special #29)
• Flash (in flashback to DC Special #29)
• Green Lantern (in flashback to DC Special #29)
• Starman (in flashback to All-Star Comics #11)
• Johnny Thunder (in flashback to All-Star Comics #11)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (in flashback to All-Star Comics #11)
• Thunderbolt (in flashback to All-Star Comics #11)
• Myra Mason (in flashback to All-Star Comics #11)
• A Valkyrie (in flashback to DC Special #29)

Comments:
Chap. 2: "In Battle Joined"
Chap. 3: "Divided We Stand"
Chap. 4: "Tragedy and Triumph"

This story takes place on December 22nd through the 24th, 1941.

Page 7 recounts the events of DC Special #29, while pages 8 and 9 detail the enlistment of the Justice Society members as told in All-Star Comics #11.

Synopsis:
The Atom arrives at the White House having been granted special leave from the Army Tank Corps by President Roosevelt. He joins the non-enlisted All-Star’s to help protect British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who is scheduled to arrive by sea.

The Squadron defeats a Nazi U-Boat, but Baron Blitzkrieg has already kidnapped Churchill. He replaces the Prime Minister with a robot duplicate intending to kill FDR, but Plastic Man is impersonating the president and survives the explosion, Blitzkrieg intended to use on FDR.

The Squadron then catches up to Blitzkrieg, managing to rescue Churchill safely, but the Baron escapes. Churchill is then escorted to the White House where he delivers a Christmas Eve speech.