Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #40
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1984
On Sale Date: September 27, 1984 Newsstand Date September 27, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Newsstand Date September 27, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #54

Shipping Date September 4, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Shipping Date September 4, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #92

Copyright Date September 4, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date September 4, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #54

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire"
Pages: 21

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

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Richard Howell
Inker: Bill Collins
Letterer: David Cody Weiss
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Firebrand (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Robotman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Hourman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-American Comics #42)
• Hawkman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in Flash Comics #33)
• Amazing-Man (joins the All-Star Squadron; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #41)

Villain(s)

• Real American (destroyed in this story; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; no further appearances)
• Members of the Phantom Empire (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Monitor (last appearance in Action Comics #560; next appearance in Wonder Woman #321)
• Lyla (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #31; next appearance in Wonder Woman #321)

Other Character(s)

• Rachel Lindsay (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; no further appearances)
• Jake Everett and Lula May Everett (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #39; no further appearances)
• Citizens of Detroit (no further appearances)

Comments:
This issue contains a two-page Golden Age Gallery featuring JSA artwork by Joe Staton and Bob Layton, originally seen in Amazing World of DC Comics #16.

This story, which takes place on February 28, 1942, is continued from All-Star Squadron #39.

Synopsis:
Hawkman and Green Lantern arrive in Detroit to help the All-Star Squadron prevent further race riots. The Real American is stirring up trouble and hypnotizes the crowds and the Squadron into siding with him. Robotman is immune however and breaks Amazing-Man from jail. Amazing-Man then fights the Real American, exposing him as an android, supplied by the Monitor. When the android is destroyed, the hypnotic spell breaks, and Johnny Quick finds the ring leader of the Phantom Empire. Amazing-Man then joins the All-Star Squadron.