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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published November 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas; Janice Race (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "Now It Begins ! The Search for the Justice Society of America !"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Sandy the Golden Boy; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson](half-helmet); Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]]; Monster Society of Evil [Ramulus; Oom; Mr. Who; Nyola; Mr. Mind] (villain); Justice Society of America [Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]] (photo)
Genre superhero
Pencils Arvell Jones
Inks Tony deZuniga
Notes Crisis Cross-over banner. Jones credit from The All-Star Companion Vol. 2; pencils formerly tentatively credited to Mike Clark.

22 page All-Star Squadron story "Monster Society of Evil!"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Spectre; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Firebrand [Danette Reilly]; Sandy the Golden Boy; Liberty Belle (cameo); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo)]; Monster Society of Evil [Oom; Mister Mind; Mister Who; Nyola; Ramulus [Nightshade]; The Dummy (flashback)]; Harbinger (cameo);
Synopsis Mister Mind convenes a new Monster Society of Evil, including Oom, Doctor Who, Nyola, and Ramulus (nee Nightshade, a Sandman villain). The search for the JSA also begins here, as Sandy and Hawkgirl arrive to a damaged JSA hq, only to see the Monster Society inside, and wonder what has become of the JSA'ers, since they only see a captured Dr. Fate and Hourman inside as well .
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter)
Pencils Mike Clark (pages 1-21); Arvell Jones (page 22)
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Story continued from previous issue; story continues in next issue.

1 page Justice Society of America illustration "All Star Comics #13 Cover Recreation"

Characters Justice Society of America [JSA; Starman [Ted Knight]; Spectre; Doctor Mid-Nite; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley (original); Al Dellinges (recreation)
Inks Al Dellinges
Notes This pin-up is a recreation of the cover of All-Star Comics #13.

2 page All-Star Squadroom letters page

Script Roy Thomas
Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Adam Burchess, Steve Russell, Dale Roberts and Mark Engblom, with replies from Thomas.