Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #5
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1982
On Sale Date: October 29, 1981 Newsstand Date October 29, 1981
Source: Comic Reader, #195

Newsstand Date October 29, 1981
Source: Comics Journal, #67

Newsstand Date October 29, 1981
Source: Amazing Heroes, #5

Newsstand Date October 29, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #59

Shipping Date October 6, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #59

Copyright Date October 6, 1981
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1981
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "Never Step on a Feathered Serpent"
Pages: 27

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

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Rich F. Buckler
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:All-Star Squadron Vol. 1 TPB (2012)

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Robotman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Firebrand (Danette Reilly; first appearance in costume; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Comics #11)
• Hawkman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Atom (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Starman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in Adventure Comics #73)
• Doctor Fate (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in More Fun Comics #79)
• Johnny Thunder (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in Flash Comics #29)
• Sandman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in Adventure Comics #73)
• Spectre (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in More Fun Comics #79)

Villain(s)

• The Feathered Serpent (a reincarnation of the Mayan God Kukulkan; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• General Saukel (a Nazi leader; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Various Nazi soldiers (no further appearances)
• A group of Nazi saboteurs (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Shiera Sanders (last appearance in Flash Comics #28; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Winged Victory (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)
• Slugger Dunn (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #4; next appearance in Freedom Fighters #12)

Other Character(s)

• A Mexican guide (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Green Lantern (in flashback to Green Lantern #4)
• Rod Reilly (in a picture)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (in a radio speech)

Comments:
Danette Reilly learns her brother Rod was the original Firebrand. She gains fire-based powers as a result of Wotan’s spell and joins the All-Star Squadron in this story.

Pages 1-4 of this story recount the temporary disbanding of the JSA depicted on pages 2 and 3 of All-Star Comics #11.

This story which takes place on December 9, 1941 continues in All-Star Squadron #6.

Synopsis:
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the JSA holds a meeting and agrees to disband for the duration so that its members can join the military.

After protecting the Statue of Liberty from Nazi saboteurs, Johnny Quick and Robotman meet several members of the All-Star Squadron at the apartment of Danette Reilly. While the Squadron members socialize, Danette bursts into flame in her bedroom, but finds that she is able to control the fire. Her experience on Degaton’s volcanic island has gifted her with super-powers. She joins the Squadron as Firebrand, a name previously used by her brother Rod, whom she has just learned was a crimefighter himself.

The next day, the Squadron members, Liberty Belle, Robotman, Johnny Quick, Shining Knight, and Firebrand, join Hawkman, Atom, and Dr. Mid-Nite on an expedition to Mexico to find Hawkman’s missing fiancee, Shiera Sanders. Shiera has been captured by Nazis working with a Mayan known as the Feathered Serpent, and they plan to execute her.