All-Star Squadron
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The All-Star Squadron was an American comic book (1981-1987) created by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics about the adventures of a large team of superheroes which comprised of most of the feature characters owned by the company that appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books, and included members of the Justice Society of America, Freedom Fighters, Seven Soldiers of Victory and Young All-Stars as well as a number of heroes who had previously battled crime alone.
History
The All-Star Squadron was an example of "retroactive continuity" or "retcon", as it rewrote the already-established history of DC superheroes that had been published during the 1940s. The first known use of the term "retcon" was by Roy Thomas in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #20 (April, 1983).The Trylon and Perisphere, actual structures constructed in New York City for the 1939 New York World's Fair, housed the Squadron's headquarters. The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named Gernsback, who was based on the Elektro robots from the fair and was probably named after Hugo Gernsback.
Originally, the All-Star Squadron was supposed to exist on "Earth-Two", a parallel world used by DC as the venue for stories occurring during the 1940s, and including heroes only published during that era as well as the early versions of characters still published up to the present day such as Batman and Superman (the contemporary versions of those characters existed on "Earth-One"). After the 1985 DC Comics event Crisis on Infinite Earths merged the parallel worlds into one continuity, the duplicate superhero versions were eliminated. The All-Star Squadron was then itself retconned and left only with the characters unique to that time period, so that Batman, Superman, etc., were never Squadron members.
Membership
- Air Wave (Lawrence Jordan)
- Alias the Spider
- Amazing Man (Will Everett)
- Aquaman (Pre-Crisis only)
- Atom (Al Pratt) from the Justice Society of America
- Batman from the Justice Society of America (Pre-Crisis only)
- Billy Gunn
- Black Condor (Richard Grey, Jr./Thomas Wright) from the Freedom Fighters
- Blackhawk
- Bulletgirl
- Bulletman (Jim Barr)
- Captain Triumph
- Commander Steel (Henry Heywood I)
- Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson) from the Justice Society of America
- Dr. Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) from the Justice Society of America
- Dr. Occult
- Doll Man from the Freedom Fighters
- Firebrand (Rod Reilly) from the Freedom Fighters
- Firebrand II (Danette Reilly)
- Flash (Jay Garrick) from the Justice Society of America
- Green Arrow from the Seven Soldiers of Victory (Pre-Crisis only)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) from the Justice Society of America
- Guardian (Jim Harper)
- Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall) from the Justice Society of America
- Hourman (Rex Tyler) from the Justice Society of America
- Human Bomb from the Freedom Fighters
- Invisible Hood
- Jester from the Freedom Fighters
- Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)
- Johnny Thunder from the Justice Society of America
- Judomaster (Rip Jagger) (Post-Crisis only)
- Liberty Belle
- Magno
- Manhunter (Dan Richards) from the Freedom Fighters
- Manhunter II (Paul Kirk)
- Midnight from the Freedom Fighters
- Miss America (Joan Dale) from the Freedom Fighters
- Mister America (aka the Americommando)
- Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane) from the Justice Society of America
- Neon
- Phantom Lady (Sandra Knight) from the Freedom Fighters
- Plastic Man from the Freedom Fighters
- Quicksilver
- Ray (Happy Terrill) from the Freedom Fighters
- Red Bee from the Freedom Fighters
- Red Torpedo
- Robin (Richard "Dick" Grayson) from the Justice Society of America (Pre-Crisis only)
- Robotman (Robert Crane/Paul Dennis)
- Sandy the Golden Boy
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds) from the Justice Society of America
- Sargon the Sorcerer
- Shining Knight (Justin Arthur) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Spectre (Jim Corrigan) from the Justice Society of America
- Speedy from the Seven Soldiers of Victory (Pre-Crisis only)
- Starman (Ted Knight) from the Justice Society of America
- Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton, Jr.) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Stripesy from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Stuff the Chinatown Kid (Daniel Leong) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Superman from the Justice Society of America (Pre-Crisis only)
- Tarantula (Jonathan Law)
- Tiger (Post-Crisis only)
- TNT
- Uncle Sam from the Freedom Fighters
- Vigilante (Greg Saunders) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Whip (Rodney Gaynor)
- Wildcat (Ted Grant) from the Justice Society of America
- Wing from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) from the Justice Society of America (Pre-Crisis only)
- Wonder Woman III (Queen Hippolyta) from the Justice Society of America (Post-Crisis only)
- Zatara (Giovanni "John" Zatara)
Young All-Stars
Creators
Writers
- Roy Thomas - # 1-67 (Sep 1981-Mar 1987); Annual #1-3 (1982-84)
- Paul Kupperberg - # 41, 44 (Jan 1985, Mar 1985)
- Mike Baron - # 43 (Feb 1985)
- Dann Thomas - # 46, 51, 53-55 (Jun 1985, Nov 1985, Jan 1986-Mar 1986)
Artists
- Rich Buckler - # 1-5, 36 (Sep 1981-Jan 1982, Aug 1984)
- Adrian Gonzalez - # 6-18 (Feb 1982-Feb 1983); Annual #1 (1982)
- Jerry Ordway - # 19-26, 29 (Mar 1983-Oct 1983, Jan 1984); Annual #2 (1983)
- Richard Howell - # 27-28, 30, 40 (Nov 1983-Dec 1983, Feb 1984, Dec 1984)
- Rick Hoberg - # 31-35, 38-39 (Mar 1984-Jul 1984, Oct 1984-Nov 1984)
- Arvell Jones - # 37, 41-46, 50-55, 58-60, 67 (Sep 1984, Jan 1985-Jun 1985, Oct 1985-Mar 1986, Jun 1986-Aug 1986, Mar 1987)
- Todd McFarlane - # 47 (Jul 1985)
- Mike Harris - # 48-49, 61 (Aug 1985-Sep 1985, Sep 1986)
- Mike Clark - # 51, 56-57, 60 (Nov 1985, Apr 1986-May 1986, Aug 1986)
- Tony deZuniga - # 62 (Oct 1986)
- Mike Bair - # 63 (Nov 1986)
- Wayne Boring - # 64 (Dec 1986)
- Don Heck - # 65 (Jan 1987)
- Paul Kupperberg - # 66 (Feb 1987)
Cover Artists
- Rich Buckler - # 1, 3-6, 36 (Sep 1981, Nov 1981-Feb 1982, Aug 1984)
- Joe Kubert - # 2, 7-18 (Oct 1981, Mar 1982-Feb 1983)
- Jerry Ordway - # 19-33, 50, 60 (Mar 1983-May 1984, Oct 1985, Aug 1986); Annual #1-2 (1982-83)
- Rick Hoberg - # 34-35, 37-39 (Jun 1984-Jul 1984, Sep 1984-Nov 1984); Annual #3 (1984)
- Arvell Jones - # 40-44, 46, 52, 55, 58-59, 64-66 (Dec 1984-Apr 1985, Jun 1985, Dec 1985, Mar 1986, Jun 1986-Jul 1986, Dec 1986-Feb 1987)
- Tim Burgard - # 45 (May 1985)
- Todd McFarlane - # 47 (Jul 1985)
- Mike Harris - # 48-49, 61-62 (Aug 1985-Sep 1985, Sep 1986-Oct 1986)
- Mike Clark - # 51, 53-54, 56-57 (Nov 1985, Jan 1986-Feb 1986, Apr 1986-May 1986)
- Mike Bair - # 63 (Nov 1986)
- Tom Grindberg - # 67 (Mar 1987)
Resources
- [All-Star Squadron biography at DCUGuide.com]
- [Cosmic Teams: The All-Star Squadron & Young All-Stars]
- [Toonopedia's All-Star Squadron page]]
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