Issue Description

Corrupted by the Spear of Destiny, the JSA must save Captain Marvel.

The All-Star Squadron surround Captain Marvel, Junior, and Mary Marvel. Having just lost a fight with Captain Marvel, Superman is particularly aggressive, and untrusting. When Captain Marvel, Junior, and Mary Marvel grab Superman, the Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman, end the conflict before it can really start. Mary Marvel tells her tale. On the parallel world of Earth-"S", Captain Marvel had suddenly vanished. Captain Marvel, Junior, and Mary Marvel, turned to the wizard, Shazam, for aid. Shazam advised them to seek out Captain Marvel on Earth-2. The All-Star Squadron discern that Captain Marvel has fallen under the sway of Adolf Hitler's Spear Of Destiny.

Captain Marvel, Junior, and Mary Marvel, speak their magic words, transforming back into Freddy Freeman, and Mary Batson. Taking on the shape of a dirigible, Plastic Man carries the Batman, Batson, the Flash, and Freeman, to Germany. The Green Lantern, the Hawkman, Superman, and Wonder Woman escort them to the edge of Nazi-occupied territory, but only the Hawkman can continue the journey into Germany. Plastic Man safely reaches the Reichschancellery Building. After the Flash takes out the guards, the All-Star Squadron release the captive Billy Batson. Captain Marvel bursts into the room, followed by Hitler.

Billy Batson reveals that when Captain Marvel was drawn to Earth-2, he materialized standing on a strange device that separated Captain Marvel, and Billy Batson. Hitler has Batson, and Freeman, placed on Hans Gootsden's machine. Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel, Junior, are separated from Batson, and Freeman. Captain Marvel, Junior, and Mary Marvel, immediately fall sway to the Spear Of Destiny, becoming loyal to Hitler. The Marvel Family is tasked with carrying, and dropping, a massive bomb, on London. Billy Batson distracts one of his guards, giving the Flash an opening. The All-Star Squadron subdue their guards, and escape the Reichschancellery Building.

Superman spies the Marvel Family, approaching London with the bomb. The Green Lantern, Superman, and Wonder Woman intercept the Marvel Family.The Green Lantern attacks Captain Marvel, Junior. Wonder Woman tries, but fails, to bind Mary Marvel in her Lasso of Truth. Captain Marvel drop kicks the bomb on London. Superman breaks off his battle with Captain Marvel, to go after the bomb. The Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman, follow. Though the three heroes manage to detonate the bomb before it hits London, the resulting explosion renders them all unconscious, leaving them at the mercy of the Marvel Family.

Plastic Man is shot out of the sky. Plastic Man quickly remolds himself into a raft. Despite the Flash providing propulsion, both he, and Plastic Man, are hit by German gunfire. The German's close in on the All-Star Squadron. Suddenly, the Green Lantern, the Marvel Family, Superman, and Wonder Woman attack the Germans. The All-Star Squadron just managed to get the Batsons, and Freeman, out of Nazi-occupied territory, freeing the Marvel Family from the spell of the Spear of Destiny. The battle over, the Batsons, Freeman, and the Marvel Family, all speak their magic words in unison, reuniting them, while simultaneously, returning them to Earth-"S".

All-Star Squadron

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

"Come with us now to Earth-Two, and the awesome origin of the All-Star Squadron!"

Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler, Jerry Ordway (credited here as Jeremiah Ordway!) along with editor Len Wein, letterer John Costanza and colorist Carl Gafford begin the wartime adventures of the Golden-Age heroes of the DC Universe. Writer Roy Thomas is no stranger to World War II, or wartime comic book super-heroes having come off Marvel's WWII super-team, The Invaders.

The world of Earth -2 was at war. In a dimension not unlike that of the Justice League on Earth - 1, the greatest heroes of the 1940s had banded together to form the Justice Society of America, but even that wasn't enough to battle the Axis powers plaguing their society. So, at the behest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a new, larger team was created to help unite the war torn country. The massive All-Star Squadron was formed, setting up their headquarters in the Perisphere at the heart of New York's World's Fair.

The creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Rich Buckler on "All-Star Squadron" offered readers a nostalgic glimpse back in time, albeit through the slightly distorted lens of Earth-2's history. In this popular series that ran for 67 issues, readers were treated not only to the adventures of the more familiar Justice Society, but also to every other mystery man of the time and dozens of minor heroes from DC's Golden Age, including the speedster Johnny Quick, the patriotic Liberty Belle, power houses Robotman and Commander Steel, and the 1940s versions of Batman and Robin.

With Thomas'comprehensive knowledge of the heroes and history of World War II era Americana, the All-Star Squadron was a certifiable hit, even if the Earth - 2 shattering events of DC's tumultuous "Crisis on Infinite Earths" maxi series of the mid-1980s took a toll on the book's continuity.

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