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42August-September 1948
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All-Star Comics #42

DC · August-September 1948 · on sale 1948-06-21

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Identification plate

Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
August-September 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
On-sale date
1948-06-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
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Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Hated Science!cover1pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenThe Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Charles McNider, Al Pratt, Princess Diana, Alan Scott, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Dinah Drake
2The Man Who Hated Science! [Part I]comic story9script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; unnamed judge; unnamed prosecuting attorney; Galio (scholar, includes flashback,
4The Man Who Hated Science, Part IIcomic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Horace Albrook (millionaire, death); Jameson (Albrook's butler); The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac] (villain)
7The Man Who Hated Science, Part IIIcomic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Jimmy (top-spinning contestant); Professor Michels (of Gother University); The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac; also as an unnamed contest judge] (villain)
9Descent into Wonderlandtext story2script: Ted Udall
10The Man Who Hated Science! Part IVcomic story7script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; unnamed judge; The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac] (villain, death); Zodiac's Alchemy Army (villa
12To All Junior Justice Society Members!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
14Kismetcomic story8script: Howard Purcell; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellJohnny Peril
15Dale Evans Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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All Star Comics Archives #9
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