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On-sale date of April 24 in ad in All-American Comics #39.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-26T06:10:47Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/367.jpg?verify=1792752907-D0s8ghoybC%2F4S6kkDM6ZgNLOm%2FKKUUIhvrCb3AKMxgc%3D"},{"id":2322,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"12","volume":"1","descriptor":"12","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"August-September 1942","key_date":"1942-08-00","on_sale_date":"1942-06-20","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"68.000","editing_credits":["M. C. Gaines","Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of June 24 in ad in All-American Comics #41.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-06-23T11:25:33Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/368.jpg?verify=1792752907-xqg%2FyMkSnTkeRO6F48hBsFPHONSxCfsnnYSWXDPQC%2FE%3D"},{"id":2422,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"13","volume":"2","descriptor":"13","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"October-November 1942","key_date":"1942-10-00","on_sale_date":"1942-08-18","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"68.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nDr. Fate, though listed on the cover, does not appear in this issue in order to accommodate a special Wonder Woman chapter.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/369.jpg?verify=1792752907-UD0nUrBEd%2FwH9wZRhFNbUhadLNvNdBQtBbG%2Bvb64tZU%3D"},{"id":2545,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"14","volume":"2","descriptor":"14","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"December 1942-January 1943","key_date":"1942-12-00","on_sale_date":"1942-10-17","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"68.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 23 in ad in Star Spangled Comics #15.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/370.jpg?verify=1792752907-IVPD0ia59FmdJofGSWjhCVq1%2BC3yS3xOUXwFt%2B0wREA%3D"},{"id":2703,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"15","volume":"2","descriptor":"15","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"February-March 1943","key_date":"1943-02-00","on_sale_date":"1942-12-19","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"68.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of December 23 in ad in All-American Comics #47.\r\n\r\nThe girlfriends of the JSA members appear in the story, but only four are identified: Doris Lee, Shiera Sanders, Inza and Peachy Pet (adopted daughter of Johnny). A Junior Justice Society of America code message in the Hawkman code is found on the Editor's page.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-06-20T15:47:24Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/371.jpg?verify=1792752907-uFaLSVzMCrJ5o5LCVDEGtL03gEDTt1E0cFh11ABZ4gg%3D"},{"id":2822,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"16","volume":"2","descriptor":"16","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"April-May 1943","key_date":"1943-04-00","on_sale_date":"1943-02-20","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"68.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 24 in ad in More Fun Comics #90.\r\n\r\nThe Junior Justice Society is involved in this story, but not in the Spectre or Johnny Thunder chapters. This is the last issue to refer to the JSA as the Justice Battalion. The Editor's page features a JJSA secret code message in the Atom code.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-06-19T05:21:52Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/372.jpg?verify=1792752907-sSkiTJx85V1qslZc2snbQ6pLl3pU312XNfg0zmsmJz8%3D"},{"id":2934,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"17","volume":"2","descriptor":"17","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"June-July 1943","key_date":"1943-06-00","on_sale_date":"1943-05-18","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"60.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nThis All-Star was the first to have 56 interior pages. Internal evidences suggests the story was actually much longer, but panels were cut so that the story fell within the new War Production Board paper guidelines. The Editor's page features a Junior Justice Society of America code message in the Hawkman code.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/373.jpg?verify=1792752907-eaSk%2FhyLBlLn8ENX4QqDhZs9psnzduedCGJozC0D6tA%3D"},{"id":3160,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"18","volume":"2","descriptor":"18","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Fall 1943","key_date":"1943-10-00","on_sale_date":"1943-08-17","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"60.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nThe King Bee next appears in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #1 (September 1981) in a time-tossed story set on December 6-7, 1941. The Editor's page features a Junior Justice Society of America code message in the Johnny Thunder code.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-11T04:21:44Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/374.jpg?verify=1792752907-aNbHM5ZrNqghzw4XCBJojOFiMnpCPJt61h0aV2plRzo%3D"},{"id":3361,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"19","volume":"2","descriptor":"19","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Winter 1943","key_date":"1943-11-16","on_sale_date":"1943-11-16","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"60.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/375.jpg?verify=1792752907-J6WdemW5IuPggePVkunxLGRB4NnMDZV1H6SqNX%2FrWb8%3D"},{"id":3530,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"20","volume":"2","descriptor":"20","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Spring 1944","key_date":"1944-04-00","on_sale_date":"1944-02-15","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. The Monster will next appear in the \"Special All-Star Squadron Preview\" in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981).","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-28T02:34:06Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/376.jpg?verify=1792752907-JosOZl8cywAYqC7MHPCLdRgiJHjpKy%2FIc51lwYitQ48%3D"},{"id":3691,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"21","volume":"2","descriptor":"21","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Summer 1944","key_date":"1944-07-00","on_sale_date":"1944-05-16","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nJerry Bails believes, because the Spectre and Atom were shown on the cover but have no solo chapters inside that the chapters for Sandman and Doctor Fate were originally written for those two heroes. The DC symbol on this cover is different from any other ever used on an All-Star cover. The editorial page features a Junior Justice Society of America message in the Hawkman code.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-07-03T02:09:20Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/377.jpg?verify=1792752907-13w1UoGmpI38BTgzDraWo1LkYhJubxIbjPE9ZqdMP5g%3D"},{"id":3862,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"22","volume":"2","descriptor":"22","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Fall 1944","key_date":"1944-10-00","on_sale_date":"1944-08-15","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story for All-Star #23, and that he didn't know why it appeared in #22. Wonder Woman is not listed in the roll call, but is prominently featured on the cover and in the conclusion.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-10T07:38:33Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/378.jpg?verify=1792752907-z4v3fQl0vrlNEJk%2FcBm7Jifg5mZZHv2VHG%2Fmrn5l7js%3D"},{"id":4110,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"23","volume":"2","descriptor":"23","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Winter 1944","key_date":"1944-11-14","on_sale_date":"1944-11-14","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing this issue before the story found in All-Star #22, but didn't know why it was published after. Wonder Woman is named in the roll call, but appears nowhere in the story. The Psycho-Pirate will next appear in All-Star #32, although he also appears in an unpublished but illustrated JSA story, \"The Will of William Wilson,\" written by Fox in September, 1945.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-27T14:58:17Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/379.jpg?verify=1792752907-cNImjenPhzFB9sQIbuUHDCHx9ZOMY5sfudN1vnloChs%3D"},{"id":4279,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"24","volume":"2","descriptor":"24","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Spring 1945","key_date":"1945-04-00","on_sale_date":"1945-02-13","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":12,"name":"An All-American Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing this issue's story in August of 1944 under the title, \"The Story of Germany,\" and in the slot reserved for #30 and after the actual issue numbers #25 and #26 but the story, no doubt, was pushed ahead due to the fact that the war was winding down.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-29T05:13:04Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/380.jpg?verify=1792752907-N3HFrvZy%2FAqaNDvaQkwqqf9FOcuNQHJYe%2BQx%2BMXFs0M%3D"},{"id":4439,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"25","volume":"3","descriptor":"25","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Summer 1945","key_date":"1945-07-00","on_sale_date":"1945-05-15","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":12,"name":"An All-American Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox wrote this story originally featuring Spectre and Starman instead of the Flash and Green Lantern, but the DC-AA split forced the original DC/National characters to be replaced.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-29T05:05:15Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/381.jpg?verify=1792752907-6EVg0g9tQWLmwv8BKl5PtQ4y61hrhmIW6w%2BKkatB9g8%3D"},{"id":4588,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"26","volume":"3","descriptor":"26","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Fall 1945","key_date":"1945-10-00","on_sale_date":"1945-08-14","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer","Julius Schwartz","Ted Udall"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":12,"name":"An All-American Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nWriter Gardner Fox originally wrote this story to include the Spectre and the Starman, but because of the AA-DC split they had to be replaced by Flash and Green Lantern.\r\n\r\nCredits for story editors found in source: dccomicsartists.com/DCHISTORY/DCHISTORY-1a.htm","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-29T05:18:43Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/382.jpg?verify=1792752907-svVrx9Q%2B%2BKmkRvgDkD0XiGUl6F%2Bdq4b3CRudKAjUbKk%3D"},{"id":4795,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"27","volume":"","descriptor":"27","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"Winter 1945","key_date":"1945-11-13","on_sale_date":"1945-11-13","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"quarterly","notes":"Scripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story after the stories that appeared in #28 and #29, but had been shoehorned in ahead of them because it dealt in part with handicapped servicemen returning from military service, and DC wanted to get it out as soon as possible. DC had been asked to do such a story by the National Institute for the Handicapped, because war-injured veterans were attempting to re-integrate into society. This issue is mentioned in the 1951 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana, in the section on \"comics\" (Vol. 7, page 362d, column 1).\r\n\r\nOn-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 16 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-28T04:15:41Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/383.jpg?verify=1792752907-ZZ4i8KUvAL%2F4CY%2FYV%2BuWZwlXxJyvRMx7IXUpOcFDXd0%3D"},{"id":4973,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"28","volume":"","descriptor":"28","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"April-May 1946","key_date":"1946-04-00","on_sale_date":"1946-02-18","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nThere is a good probability that this story is really the \"lost\" JSA tale, \"Perils of the Paper Death,\" that scripter Gardner Fox wrote. In a letter to Jerry Bails, Fox recalls writing a tale about pencil sketches that came to life, but the story was not among the three he recorded as having written and paid for, but were never published (\"The Men of Magnifica\", \"The Will of William Wilson\" and \"The Emperors of Japan\"). It's likely that the Paper Perils story was revised and published in this issue.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-09-09T05:26:20Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/384.jpg?verify=1792752907-d50%2BQ7Nw6lNrtCRglDyveW%2BrU6I8kYXBSOn2Fi0a8rs%3D"},{"id":5105,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"29","volume":"","descriptor":"29","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"June-July 1946","key_date":"1946-06-00","on_sale_date":"1946-04-22","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nThe source of this story's title is obviously the 1934 Alfred Hitchcock film, \"The Man Who Knew Too Much.\"","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/385.jpg?verify=1792752907-sgHjiYj7nJfizgAEzzEmpnZ3ii15nVVxebbZjXRHFJI%3D"},{"id":5242,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"30","volume":"","descriptor":"30","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"August-September 1946","key_date":"1946-08-00","on_sale_date":"1946-06-24","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story for issue #24 (after he had written All-Star #23's and All-Star #22's stories), but that the story was bumped so that the story, \"This Is Our Enemy,\" could be published in a timely manner. This story was originally written and illustrated featuring Starman and Spectre, but because of the AA-DC split, those heroes could not appear, thus requiring artist Martin Naydel to replace the Starman figures and Spectre figures with Green Lantern and the Flash.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-01T15:20:18Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/386.jpg?verify=1792752907-krV1iAliBGo33VJYelf%2FFo6c6ZQhmWBwCdBTFhkh%2F2E%3D"},{"id":5365,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"31","volume":"","descriptor":"31","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"October-November 1946","key_date":"1946-10-00","on_sale_date":"1946-08-19","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing the unpublished \"The Emperors of Japan\" in July of 1945 for All-Star #31, but instead of it, this story with Willie Wonder, originally written for All-Star #33, was put in its place.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-09-04T07:14:48Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/387.jpg?verify=1792752907-smHN37S%2F5T8zPGN%2FRYTyq%2Fsh%2Bj883txDdIXOSaEWjMI%3D"},{"id":5504,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"32","volume":"","descriptor":"32","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"December 1946-January 1947","key_date":"1946-12-00","on_sale_date":"1946-10-21","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":67,"name":"All-American Comics Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing the unpublished \"The Will of William Wilson\" in September, 1945, and believes that it was scheduled for publication in this issue. However, the editors decided to scrap that story and use instead the one that Fox had written for All-Star #34.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-09-04T06:57:23Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/388.jpg?verify=1792752907-Pwg3WeJcIRLHOT04xS6ocHnOflYrOxkFmcYEmfsKBww%3D"},{"id":5678,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"33","volume":"","descriptor":"33","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"February-March 1947","key_date":"1947-02-00","on_sale_date":"1946-12-25","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":5,"name":"National Comics Publications Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter [gcd_link_creator](4598) reports writing this story originally for [gcd_link_issue](6053). [gcd_link_character](26326)'s first post-1940's appearance will be in [gcd_link_issue_with_date](19018), also written by Fox, and its second page is a [gcd_link_creator](9734) re-drawing of [gcd_link_creator](5699)'s Page B from this issue. That story picks up right where this story leaves off, ignoring Grundy's appearance in [gcd_link_issue](6314). [gcd_link_creator](11642) later reconciles these two conflicting accounts in [gcd_link_issue_with_date](35771).\r\n\r\nWe formerly credited in error [gcd_link_creator](4691) (who was in service at the time) with the letters on the main story.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-12-07T16:38:25Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/389.jpg?verify=1792752907-SE1TIe%2Fu48BNF8n%2Fz2N%2Btvlm6%2BcEdZQ2pf7eXau1yCw%3D"},{"id":2769641,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"33","volume":"","descriptor":"33 [Second Printing]","variant_name":"Second Printing","title":"","publication_date":"February-March 1947","key_date":"1947-02-00","on_sale_date":"","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":5,"name":"National Comics Publications Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration. Scripter [gcd_link_creator](4598) reports writing this story originally for [gcd_link_issue](6053). [gcd_link_character](26326)'s first post-1940's appearance will be in [gcd_link_issue_with_date](19018), also written by Fox, and its second page is a [gcd_link_creator](9734) re-drawing of [gcd_link_creator](5699)'s Page B from this issue. That story picks up right where this story leaves off, ignoring Grundy's appearance in [gcd_link_issue](6314). [gcd_link_creator](11642) later reconciles these two conflicting accounts in [gcd_link_issue_with_date](35771). \r\n\r\nWe formerly credited in error [gcd_link_creator](4691) (who was in service at the time) with the letters on the main story.\r\n\r\nThis printing is distinguished from the first printing by the inner back cover house ad, which advertises two different books on it than the first — here, the final two are [gcd_link_issue](5673) and [gcd_link_issue](5681), which went on sale December 30, 1946; on the first printing, they are  [gcd_link_issue](5678) (this issue) and [gcd_link_issue](73818), which went on sale December 16, 1946.","variant_of":5678,"keywords":[],"created":"2025-09-07T00:46:17Z","modified":"2025-12-09T22:32:25Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/389.jpg?verify=1792752907-SE1TIe%2Fu48BNF8n%2Fz2N%2Btvlm6%2BcEdZQ2pf7eXau1yCw%3D"},{"id":5795,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"34","volume":"","descriptor":"34","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"April-May 1947","key_date":"1947-04-00","on_sale_date":"1947-02-24","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":5,"name":"National Comics Publications Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story for All-Star #37. 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This story was the first to be authored by new scripter John Broome.","variant_of":null,"keywords":[],"created":"2001-02-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-09-07T00:46:17Z","cover_url":"https://beta.comics.org/media/img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w400/391.jpg?verify=1792752907-WjkdpnWhhfG8dBG8Q6oI%2F6RChB5NfHcsG6uZKc%2BfUPo%3D"},{"id":6053,"series":{"id":140,"name":"All-Star Comics"},"number":"36","volume":"","descriptor":"36","variant_name":"","title":"","publication_date":"August-September 1947","key_date":"1947-08-00","on_sale_date":"1947-06-23","price":"0.10 USD","page_count":"52.000","editing_credits":["Sheldon Mayer","Julius Schwartz"],"indicia_publisher":{"id":5,"name":"National Comics Publications Inc."},"brand_emblems":[{"id":3,"name":"A Superman DC Publication"}],"isbn":"","barcode":"","rating":"","indicia_frequency":"bi-monthly","notes":"On-sale date from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nScripter Gardner Fox reports writing and being paid for the unpublished JSA tale, \"The Men of Magnifica,\" in November of 1945, he believes for All-Star #38. 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