Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1982
On Sale Date: January 28, 1982 Newsstand Date January 28, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #198

Newsstand Date January 28, 1982
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #62

Newsstand Date January 28, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #69

Newsstand Date January 28, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #8

Copyright Date January 5, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date January 5, 1982
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #62

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

Title: "Afternoon of the Assassins"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Roy Thomas
Scripter: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Adrian Gonzales
Penciller: Don Heck
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: John Costanza
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 #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Robotman (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #11; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Firebrand (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Atom (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Flash Comics #29; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)

Guest Star(s)

• Commander Steel (Hank Heywood; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #9; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)

Villain(s)

• Baron Blitzkrieg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Zwerg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Black Assassin (also appears in flashback; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Kung (next appearance in All-Star Squadron #42)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Winston Churchill (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Dr. Gilbert Giles (appears in flashback; revealed to have died shortly after this flashback in All-Star Squadron #13; last appearance in Steel, the Indestructible Man #5; no further appearances)
• Gloria Giles (appears in flashback; last appearance in Steel, the Indestructible Man #5; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #13)

Other Character(s)

• Major Hannibal Morton (appears in flashback; last appearance in Steel, the Indestructible Man #3; no further appearances)
• Dr. Allison (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Commander Steel (last appearance in Steel, the Indestructible Man #5; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #9)
• Winston Churchill (last appearance in Boy Commandos #1; next appearance in Green Lantern #3)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Hawkman (as an image in Hawkgirl’s thoughts)

Comments:
The Steel excerpts in this issue are adapted from a story originally intended for publication in the unreleased sixth issue of Steel, the Indestructible Man.

This issue contains a fact file page which features Shining Knight, Robotman, and Johnny Quick.

This story, which takes place on December 30, 1941, continues in All-Star Squadron #9.

Synopsis:
Liberty Belle and Shining Knight defend Winston Churchill while on a speaking tour in Canada. The Black Assassin attacks, but before he can kill Churchill, Steel arrives to defeat the killer. Steel is wounded in the battle, but before lapsing into unconsciousness he hands a diary to Churchill.

Churchill reads the diary, learning that Steel is Hank Heywood, a marine whose body was restored by a bio-retardant formula. The Prime Minister had met Steel in London in 1940 where the hero had saved him from another assassination attempt.

While transporting Steel and Churchill back to Washington, a Japanese assassin, Kung attacks, defeating the All-Star’s, but Steel revives from his coma in time to stop Kung.