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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published February 1985
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.35 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas; Janice Race (associate editor)
Notes No ads.

Cover Details - "Release The Justice Society-- OR Die !! So Commands The Spectre!"

Characters Spectre; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman; Wonder Woman (Earth 2); Helena Wayne
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)
Notes No ads. "Or" part from Spectre quote accidentally left off of cover when printed. Confirmed by Roy Thomas back in the early 90's at a comic convention.

1 page text article "A Skeleton Key to America vs. the Justice Society #2"

Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction and notes to series. Continues on inside back cover.

32 page Justice Society of America story "Trial by Congress! (Chapter 3)"

Characters Justice Society of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan (Earth-1 persona)]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson; Nabu]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt]; Helena Wayne; Dick Grayson; U.S. Senators (all Earth-2)
Synopsis As the hearing continues, Wonder Woman wants to escape to see her husband, Major Steve Trevor(ret.),who had been injured from events in Infinity Inc. (DC, 1985 series) #'s 1-10, but stays instead. The Spectre makes a sudden appearance to free the JSAers from the hearing, but they decline, since they want to figure out why Batman accused them of treason as he did. By the end of this Chapter, a sudden surprise witness for the prosecution (including to Dick Grayson), appears- old JSA foe the Wizard. To be continued...
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (coplot)
Pencils Mike Hernandez
Inks Alfred Alcala
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Story includes recap of events from All Star Comics #3 - #13.

1 page text article "A Justice Society Golden-Age Checklist"

Genre Superhero
Script Rich Morrissey
Letters typeset
Notes Golden-Age reprints listed for: Atom, Black Canary, Doctor Fate, Dr. Mid-Nite, Flash, and Green Lantern. Continued in next issue.

1 page cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre superhero
Pencils Everett Hibbard
Inks Everett Hibbard
Notes Possibly re-inked by Al Dellinges (not specifically mentioned for this issue, but it was for the first issue).
Reprinted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3 (Winter 1940-1941)