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Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	March 1986
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Roy Thomas; Janice Race (associate)

Cover Details

Characters	All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; Silent Knight; Super-Chief; Miss Liberty; a Trigger Twin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arvell Jones
Inks	Tony DeZuniga
Notes	Special Crisis Cross-over banner. Cover penciller and inker credits confirmed by Arvell Jones. Bonus story included: Sandman in Hyperspace (JSA in Hyperspace- Chapter 2).

16 page All-Star Squadron story "Crisis at Canaveral"

Characters	All-Star Squadron [Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback); Liberty Belle (camoe, flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo, flashback); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo, flashback)]; Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Black Pirate [Justin Valor]; The Roving Ranger; Miss LIberty; Don Caballero; Trigger Twins [Walt Trigger; Wayne Trigger]; Silent Knight; Viking Prince; Golden Gladiator; Valda, the Iron Maiden; Super-Chief; Strong Bow; Arak, Son of Thunder; Dr. Terri Rothstein; Ultra-Humanite (villain); Cyclotron
Synopsis	Firebrand is aboard the Monitor's satellite (parallelling events from Crisis 5), as her next mission is stop a rocket from launching into space with the Ultra-Humanite (in Ape form) on Earth-2 in 1985 with a destructive device on board. She is joined by several of history's greatest heroes throughout time from Earths 1 and 2 on this mission. She fails to stop the rocket from launching, but destroys the device.
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter)
Pencils	Arvell Jones
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	David Cody Weiss
Notes	Crisis Cross-over. Featuring Cyclotron and Ultra-Humanite again in a postscript to their previous encounters with the All-Stars. Story continued from previous issue. Ultra-Humanite later reappears post-Crisis.

6 page Justice Society of America story "Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude Two

Characters	Justice Society of America [JSA; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]]
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Thomas; Gardner Fox (original story)
Pencils	Tim Burgard; Cliff Young (original art)
Inks	Tim Burgard; Cliff Young (original art)
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	David Weiss
Notes	The Sandman chapter.Story continued from All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #52; story continues in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #56.
Reprinted	from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #13 (adapted).

2 page All-Star Squadroom letters page

Characters	All-Star Squadron [Commander Steel; Liberty Belle; Robotman [Robert Crane]; Amazing-Man; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Tarantula; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Plastic Man; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Guardian; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Shining Knight; Atom [Al Pratt]]
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	? (heads of various All-Stars)
Inks	? (heads of various All-Stars)
Colors	? (heads of various All-Stars)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes information on guest stars in the All-Star Squadron story of this issue, letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #50, and errata for the mini-series America vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series).