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Index All Star Comics

All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics.[1]

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  1. 82 relations: Adventure Comics, Alan Scott, Alex Irvine, Alex Toth, All-American Comics, All-American Publications, All-Star Western, Alter Ego (magazine), American comic book, Anthology, Atom (Al Pratt), Bernard Baily, Bob Oksner, Carmine Infantino, Comics Buyer's Guide, Cover date, DC Archive Editions, DC Comics, DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, DC Explosion and DC Implosion, DK (publisher), Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, Don Markstein's Toonopedia, Flash (Jay Garrick), Frame story, Frank Giacoia, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, Ghostwriter, Golden Age of Comic Books, H. G. Peter, Harry Lampert, Hawkman (Carter Hall), Hourman, Huntress (DC Comics), Huntress (Helena Wayne), Indicia (philately), Injustice Society, Irwin Hasen, Jack Burnley, Jack Kirby, Joe Giella, Joe Kubert, Joe Simon, Joe Staton, John Broome (writer), Justice Society of America, Keith Giffen, Lee Elias, ... Expand index (32 more) »

  2. 1940 comics debuts
  3. 1951 comics endings
  4. 1978 comics endings
  5. Comics by Gardner Fox
  6. Comics by Paul Levitz
  7. Comics by Robert Kanigher
  8. Justice Society of America
  9. Justice Society titles

Adventure Comics

Adventure Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. All Star Comics and Adventure Comics are comics by Gardner Fox, comics by Paul Levitz, comics by Robert Kanigher, comics magazines published in the United States, dC Comics titles and Golden Age comics titles.

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Alan Scott

Alan Ladd Wellington Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first character to bear the name Green Lantern. All Star Comics and Alan Scott are Earth-Two.

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Alex Irvine

Alexander Christian Irvine (born March 22, 1969) is an American fantasy and science fiction author.

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Alex Toth

Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s.

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All-American Comics

All-American Comics is a comics anthology and the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics. All Star Comics and All-American Comics are comics magazines published in the United States, dC Comics titles and Golden Age comics titles.

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All-American Publications

All-American Publications, Inc.The name is spelled with a hyphen per its logo (pictured) and sources including at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.

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All-Star Western

All-Star Western is the name of three American comic book series published by DC Comics, each a Western fiction omnibus featuring both continuing characters and anthological stories. All Star Comics and All-Star Western are comics by Gardner Fox, comics by Robert Kanigher and comics magazines published in the United States.

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Alter Ego (magazine)

Alter Ego is an American magazine devoted to comic books and comic-book creators of the 1930s to late-1960s periods comprising what fans and historians call the Golden Age and Silver Age of Comic Books.

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American comic book

An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics.

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Anthology

In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.

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Atom (Al Pratt)

Al Pratt is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Atom (Al Pratt) are Earth-Two.

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Bernard Baily

Bernard Baily (April 5, 1916 – January 19, 1996) at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.

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Bob Oksner

Bob Oksner (October 14, 1916 – February 18, 2007) was an American comics artist known for both adventure comic strips and for superhero and humor comic books, primarily at DC Comics.

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Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino (May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books.

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Comics Buyer's Guide

Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry.

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Cover date

The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing.

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DC Archive Editions

DC Archive Editions is a line of hardcovers that was published from 1989–2014, reprinting early, often rare comic book series, titles, and stories.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes

DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes is a 1995 book written by Les Daniels and published by Bulfinch Press, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.

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DC Explosion and DC Implosion

The "DC Explosion" and "DC Implosion" were two events in 1978 – the first an official marketing campaign, the second a sardonic reference to it – in which American comics company DC Comics expanded their roster of publications, then abruptly cut it back. All Star Comics and DC Explosion and DC Implosion are 1978 comics endings and comics by Gerry Conway.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate, also known as Fate or collectively as Fate's Legacy, is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Doctor Fate are dC Comics titles and Earth-Two.

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Doctor Mid-Nite

Doctor Mid-Nite or Doctor Midnight is the name of multiple fictional superheroes in DC Comics. All Star Comics and Doctor Mid-Nite are dC Comics titles and Earth-Two.

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Don Markstein's Toonopedia

Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001.

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Flash (Jay Garrick)

Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Flash (Jay Garrick) are Earth-Two.

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Frame story

A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

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Frank Giacoia

Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker.

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Gardner Fox

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics.

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Gerry Conway

Gerard Francis ConwayThomas, Roy.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a person hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are putatively credited to another person as the author.

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Golden Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956.

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H. G. Peter

Harry George Peter (March 8, 1880 – January 2, 1958) was an American newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Harry Lampert

Harry Lampert (November 3, 1916 – November 13, 2004) was an American cartoonist and bridge teacher and writer.

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Hawkman (Carter Hall)

Hawkman (Carter Hall) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Hawkman (Carter Hall) are Earth-Two.

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Hourman

Hourman or Hour-Man is the name of three different fictional superheroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Hourman are dC Comics titles and Earth-Two.

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Huntress (DC Comics)

The Huntress is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.

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Huntress (Helena Wayne)

The Huntress, also known as Helena Wayne, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Huntress (Helena Wayne) are Earth-Two.

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Indicia (philately)

In philately, indicia are markings on a mail piece (as opposed to an adhesive stamp) showing that postage has been prepaid by the sender.

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Injustice Society

The Injustice Society (a.k.a. the Injustice Society of the World) is a group of supervillains in the. All Star Comics and Injustice Society are Earth-Two.

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Irwin Hasen

Irwin Hasen (July 8, 1918 – March 13, 2015) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator (with Gus Edson) of the Dondi comic strip.

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Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley (January 11, 1911 – December 19, 2006) was the pen name of Hardin J. Burnley, an American comic book artist and illustrator.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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Joe Giella

Joe Giella (June 27, 1928 – March 21, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s period which historians and fans call the Silver Age of Comic Books.

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Joe Kubert

Joseph Kubert (September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School.

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Joe Simon

Joseph Henry Simon (born Hymie Simon; October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher.

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Joe Staton

Joe Staton (born January 19, 1948) is an American comics artist and writer.

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John Broome (writer)

John Broome (May 4, 1913 – March 14, 1999), who additionally used the pseudonyms John Osgood and Edgar Ray Meritt, was an American comic book writer for DC Comics.

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Justice Society of America

The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Justice Society of America are dC Comics titles and Earth-Two.

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Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer.

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Lee Elias

Lee Elias (May 21, 1920 – April 8, 1998) was a British-American comics artist.

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Les Daniels

Leslie Noel Daniels III, better known as Les Daniels (October 27, 1943 – November 5, 2011), was an American writer.

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List of comics solicited but never published

Comic book stories, issues of comic book limited/ongoing series, or even entire comic book series were written or promoted and solicited for release but, for various reasons, were never published.

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Little, Brown and Company

Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston.

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Martin Nodell

Martin Nodell (November 15, 1915 – December 9, 2006) was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Millennium Edition (DC Comics)

Millennium Edition was the umbrella title of 62 one-shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000 and 2001. All Star Comics and Millennium Edition (DC Comics) are dC Comics titles.

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More Fun Comics

More Fun Comics, originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine, at the Grand Comics Database. All Star Comics and More Fun Comics are comics by Gardner Fox, comics magazines published in the United States, dC Comics titles and Golden Age comics titles.

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National Comics Publications

National Comics Publications (NCP; later known as National Periodical Publications Inc. or simply National) was an American comic book publishing company.

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Newsarama

Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry.

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Paul Levitz

Paul Levitz (born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive.

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Paul Reinman

Paul J. Reinman (born Joseph Paul Reinmann,; 2 September 1910 – 27 September 1988), Social Security Number 127-09-2592, at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.or.

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Power Girl

Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L, and Karen Starr is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in All Star Comics #58 (January/February 1976). All Star Comics and Power Girl are Earth-Two.

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Ric Estrada

Ric Estrada (February 26, 1928 – May 1, 2009) was a Cuban-American comics artist who worked for companies including the major American publisher DC Comics.

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Robert Kanigher

Robert Kanigher (June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002)Social Security Death Index, social security #116-07-5117.

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Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol.

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Sandman (Wesley Dodds)

The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Sandman (Wesley Dodds) are Earth-Two.

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Sensation Comics

Sensation Comics is the title of an American comic book anthology series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues from 1942 to 1952. All Star Comics and Sensation Comics are comics by Robert Kanigher, comics magazines published in the United States, dC Comics titles and Golden Age comics titles.

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Sheldon Moldoff

Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff (April 14, 1920 – February 29, 2012) was an American comics artist best known for his early work on the DC Comics characters Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and as one of Bob Kane's primary "ghost artists" (uncredited collaborators) on the superhero Batman.

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Showcase Presents

Showcase Presents is a line of black-and-white paperback books that were published by DC Comics (from 2005 - 2016) at an average rate of two per month.

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Spectre (DC Comics character)

The Spectre is the name of several antiheroes who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Spectre (DC Comics character) are comics by Gardner Fox and dC Comics titles.

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Starman (Ted Knight)

Starman (Theodore Henry "Ted" Knight) is a fictional superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Justice Society of America. All Star Comics and Starman (Ted Knight) are Earth-Two.

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Taschen

Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany.

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The Justice Society Returns

"The Justice Society Returns" is a nine issue story arc that ran through a number of comic books published by DC Comics in 1999, reviving the Golden Age superhero team, which had previously been revived in the 1980s. All Star Comics and the Justice Society Returns are Justice Society of America.

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TwoMorrows Publishing

TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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Ultra-Man

Ultra-Man (Gary Concord) is the name of two fictional comic-book superheroes, father and son, that first appeared during the 1940s, the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. Both were characters of All-American Publications, which merged, in 1946, with DC Comics-predecessor National Periodical Publications.

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The United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records information about copyright ownership, provides information to the public, and assists Congress and other parts of the government on a wide range of copyright issues.

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Wally Wood

Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for T.H.U.N.D.E.R.

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Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.

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William Moulton Marston

William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph.

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Win Mortimer

James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) Note: The Marvel Comics 1978 Calendar merchandise lists Mortimer's birth date as June 23 and Comics Buyer's Guide lists it as May 23 per was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman.

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Wizard (DC Comics)

The Wizard is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. All Star Comics and Wizard (DC Comics) are Earth-Two.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. All Star Comics and Wonder Woman are dC Comics titles.

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See also

1940 comics debuts

1951 comics endings

1978 comics endings

Comics by Gardner Fox

Comics by Paul Levitz

Comics by Robert Kanigher

Justice Society of America

Justice Society titles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Star_Comics

Also known as All-Star Comics.

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