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22Fall 1944
$0.10

All-Star Comics #22

DC · Fall 1944 · on sale 1944-08-15

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Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
Fall 1944
Key date
1944-10-00
On-sale date
1944-08-15
Indicia publisher
All-American Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Cure for the Worldcover1pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank HarryJustice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder]; Thomas Jefferson (image only); Abraham Lincoln (image only)
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Keystone Kids by John R. Tunistext article0.44script: Josette Frank
3What War Bonds Buypublic service announcement0.23letters: typeset
4The Test of Time! [Introduction]comic story4script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe GallagherJustice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]]; Conscience of Man (introduction); unnamed young boy
5The Test of Time! Chapter 1comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffHawkman [Carter Hall; aka Ga]; Tow (caveman); Mok (caveman)
7The Test of Time! Chapter 2comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschStarman [Ted Knight; aka Theodoratus]; Galen (Theodoratus' aide); Leonidas (General); Phidias (a slave); Xerxes (villain, Persian leader)
8"Corn" on the Sidecomic story1script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed WheelanFat; Slat
9The Test of Time! Chapter 3comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschJohnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Baron's unnamed daughter; unnamed Baron (villain)
11Lend-Lease for Chinatext story1.5pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typesetHop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; unnamed USAF Major; the Japanese (villains, some die)
12Now! The Complete Old Testament Editionpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
13The Test of Time! Chapter 4comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe GallagherThe Atom [Al Pratt; aka Nathaniel Pratt]; Julie (Nathaniel's wife); Nathaniel's unnamed Mother; Mother Rathlow (supposed witch)
14Those Super-Duper Dealers in Unrationed "Corn"comic story1script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed WheelanFat; Slat
15The Test of Time! Chapter 5comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschDr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider; aka Dr. De Nider]; Le Duc De Harigny (a nobelman); Le Duc's unnamed son; Duc D'Ormonde (villain, military commander)
17The Test of Time! Chapter 6comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Stephen Hare (inventor); Robert Fulton (steamboat inventor); unruly mob (villains)
18The Test of Time! Conclusioncomic story3script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe GallagherJustice Society of America [Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Johnny Thunder; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]]; Conscience of Man; unnamed young boy
19The Junior Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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