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All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. While the series' cover-logo trademark reads All Star Comics , its copyrighted title as indicated by postal indicia is All-Star Comics , with a hyphen. [2]
- (Original run), 57, (Revival), 17
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All Star Comics. All Star Comics was an anthology comic book series published from 1940 to 1951. It was published again during the 1970s. It was different from other publication because it was published by both All-American Publications and National Periodical Publications. The series had the most popular characters from the regular superhero ...
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All-Star Comics was an anthology comic book series published from 1940 (cover date listed as "Summer") to 1951 ("February - March" issue) and then revived in the 1970s. It was an unusual publication in that it was originally published jointly by All-American Publications and National Periodical Publications. The series featured the most popular characters from both publishers' regular superhero anthology books. (The two companies would later merge and become what is now modern day DC Comics in 1946.)
“All Star Comics” (there was no hyphen originally) is chiefly famous for featuring the Justice Society of America, the first superhero team, which debuted in the third issue (December 1940) and was the lead feature for the rest of the series’ run. Although the JSA adventures took up the bulk of each new issue, there would usually be at least one separate feature like "Hop Harrigan" as well.
In the eighth issue (January 1942), All Star introduced Wonder Woman in a solo adventure unconnected with the JSA story. Wonder Woman quickly became one of the most popular superheroes of all time and the issue featuring her debut adventure is an especially sought after collector’s item.
The publication schedule for “All Star” varied over time. For its first four issues, it was published on a quarterly schedule with Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring issues. From issue #5 (July 1941) to #17 (June 1943), it was published bimonthly. It became a quarterly series again from #18 (September 1943) to #27 (December 1945), likely due to wartime paper shortages (which affected all print publications in the time period) rather than a drop in sales. For the 28th issue (April 1946), the series resumed a bimonthly schedule for the rest of its run.
As superheroes waned in popularity in the end of the Golden Age, All Star Comics changed its name to All Star Western. The JSA feature was replaced with cowboy heroes like Johnny Thunder (ironically, that was also the name of a longtime JSA member, although the cowboy character bore no relation to him).
In February 1976, the series was revived, once again featuring the JSA. The revived series ignored the “All Star Western” run entirely and re-started the series with a new issue #58. The June 1977 issue (#66) added a hyphen to the series’ name, making it officially “All-Star Comics”. It lasted until issue #74 (October 1978).
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•All-Star Comics #50 •All-Star Comics #51 •All-Star Comics #52 •All-Star Comics #53 •All-Star Comics #54 •All-Star Comics #55 •All-Star Comics #56 •All-Star Comics #57
1976 revival (58-74)
•All-Star Comics #58 •All-Star Comics #59 •All-Star Comics #60 •All-Star Comics #61 •All-Star Comics #62 •All-Star Comics #63 •All-Star Comics #64 •All-Star Comics #65 •All-Star Comics #66 •All-Star Comics #67 •All-Star Comics #68 •All-Star Comics #69 •All-Star Comics #70 •All-Star Comics #71 •All-Star Comics #72 •All-Star Comics #73 •All-Star Comics #74
•All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 1 (1991)
ISBN: 978-1563890192
•All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 2 (1993)
ISBN: 978-0930289126
•All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 3 (1997)
ISBN: 978-1563893704
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•All-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- Justice Society Returns. 1999 saw a shorter run called Justice Society Returns which was a much larger concept than any fan could have been anticipating.
- The Revival. 1976 actually saw the return of All Star Comics, with DC even returning to the initial numbering of the old series. All Star Comics issue 58 was a triumph and saw the Justice Society back in action, together again.
- All-Star Western. With the superhero genre declining throughout the 50s and a whole new range of comic books hitting the shelves, DC made an even bigger decision.
- DC Acquisition. In 1946, the acquisition of All American Publications was complete and All Star Comics was officially a part of the DC family. That didn't stop the title from continuing though.
"The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America": On November 22nd, 1940, eight super-heroes gather together at a secret location for the first official meeting of the Justice Society of America. Johnny Thunder decides to crash the party and, All-Star Comics #3 is an issue of the series All-Star Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1940. It was published on November 22, 1940 ...
All-Star is a term used by DC for many of its titles, starting with All-Star Comics (Volume 1) in 1940. This series saw the debut of the Justice Society and Wonder Woman, and the term "All-Star" is often used in relation to the former. It was renamed to All-Star Western (Volume 1), which also became an iconic name. For the Justice Society, it gave rise to the All-Star Squadron, Young All-Stars ...
All-Star Comics. All-Star Comics is a DC Comics book famous for hosting the first ever Super Team, the Justice Society of America. The series ran for 57 issues from 1940-1951, and was then revived in 1976 for another 17 issues. For the first two issues All-Star Comics functioned as a traditional Anthology Comic with each story unconnected and ...
