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40April-May 1948
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All-Star Comics #40

DC · April-May 1948 · on sale 1948-02-23

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Identification plate

Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
April-May 1948
Key date
1948-04-00
On-sale date
1948-02-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank GiacoiaJustice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]
2The Plight of a Nation! [Part 1]comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino, Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Frank Giacoia, Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Junior Justice Society of America member [Don Brent]; Julia Brent (Don's sister);
4Leave It to Binkypromo (ad from the publisher)1
5The Plight of a Nation! Part 2comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank GiacoiaJustice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Mr. Jennings (social worker); "Joe" Delinquent (not a real person, just an exampl
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8To All Junior Justice Society Members!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9-cartoon1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
10All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
11Keep It Under Your Hat!text story2script: Cliff Rhodes
12-cartoon1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
13The Junior Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1
14The Plight of a Nation! Part 3comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex TothJustice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Julia Brent (Don's sister); The Junior Justice Society [Don Brent; rest unnamed];
15-comic story1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
16The Tight-Rope Walkercomic story0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Justice League of America #1101974On eBay ›
All Star Comics Archives #9
ISBN 1-4012-0001-X		2003On eBay ›
Legends of the DC Universe: Carmine Infantino #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77952-166-8		2023On eBay ›

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