Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #9
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1982
On Sale Date: February 25, 1982 Newsstand Date February 25, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #199

Newsstand Date February 25, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #70

Newsstand Date February 25, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #8

Copyright Date February 2, 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

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

Title: "Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed"
Pages: 26

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 #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Robotman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #12)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in Leading Comics #2)
• Firebrand (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Atom (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-American Comics #38)
• Hawkgirl (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Commander Steel (joins the All-Star Squadron; rechristened Commander Steel; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #29; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #7; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)

Villain(s)

• Baron Blitzkrieg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #32)
• Zwerg (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #35)
• Adolf Hitler (appears in flashback; last appearance in Boy Commandos #1; next appearance in DC Special #29)
• Various Nazi soldiers (appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Winston Churchill (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #10)

Other Character(s)

• Various concentration camp prisoners (appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Commander Steel (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #8)
• Baron Blitzkrieg (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #6)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Kung (in flashback to All-Star Squadron #8)
• Black Assassin (in flashback to All-Star Squadron #8)

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 story, which takes place on December 31, 1941, is continued from All-Star Squadron #8.

Synopsis:
Steel is honored and rechristened Commander Steel by President Roosevelt and the All-Star Squadron for saving Winston Churchill. During the party, he relates his experiences in which he travelled behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner in a concentration camp. While detained at the camp, he threw acid in the face of one of his captors, but is unable to recall events after that including his arrival in Canada.

Baron Blitzkrieg is eavesdropping on the party, revealing that he was the Nazi splashed with acid. Following rehabilitation of his injuries, he brainwashed Steel as a sleeper agent.

Blitzkrieg cuts in on a telephone conversation between Hawkman and Hawkgirl to activate Steel. The new Squadron member begins attacking his teammates in an attempt to kill both Roosevelt and Churchill. Firebrand throws a fireball at his face, which doesn’t injure him, but breaks the psychic link with Blitzkrieg. Steel returns to normal, but Blitzkrieg is left blinded by the experience as it reminded him of his scarring by acid.