Comic Title: All-Star Comics #23
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1944
Approx. On Sale Date: November 17, 1944 Copyright Date November 14, 1944
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1944
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate"
Pages: 38

Feature(s):
Justice Society of America (of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joe Gallagher
Artist: Sheldon Moldoff
Artist: Stan Aschmeier
Penciller: Cliff Young
Inker: Steve Brodie

Reprinted In:
All Star Comics Archives Vol. 5 HC (2000)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Comics #22; next appearance in All-Star Comics #24)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #61; next appearance in Flash Comics #62)
• Atom (last appearance in Big All-American Comic Book #1; next appearance in All-Star Comics #24)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in All-American Comics #63; next appearance in All-American Comics #64)
• Johnny Thunder (last appearance in Flash Comics #61; next appearance in Flash Comics #62)
• Spectre (last appearance in More Fun Comics #100; next appearance in More Fun Comics #101)
• Starman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #95; next appearance in Adventure Comics #96)

Villain(s)

• Psycho-Pirate (Charley Halstead; next appearance in All-Star Comics #32)
• Agents of the Psycho-Pirate (Sam Maxon and George named; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Thunderbolt (last appearance in Flash Comics #61; next appearance in Flash Comics #63)
• Shiera Sanders (last appearance in Big All-American Comic Book #1; next appearance in Flash Comics #63)

Other Character(s)

• Rex Morgan and Miss Ketch (a newspaper publisher and his secretary; no further appearances)
• Heywood Carlson and Betty Carlson (an industrial magnate and his daughter; no further appearances)
• Augustus Hemsley and Hank Cannon (industrial magnates; no further appearances)
• Residents of Carse City (no further appearances)
• Ben and Joe Martin (safe designers; no further appearances)
• Ivar Mason and Ephraim Smith (collectors; no further appearances)

Comments:
This issue is the last Golden Age JSA story to feature Starman and Spectre.

Synopsis:
Rex Morgan, publisher of the Courier newspaper, approaches the JSA for help in defeating the Psycho-Pirate. The Psycho-Pirate, a villain who uses psychology and emotion as the basis for his crimes, challenges the JSA, giving them six crimes to stop.

The JSA splits up to handle each of the crimes. Hawkman handles a crime based on a father's love for his daughter; Starman stops two businessmen from killing each other in hatred; Dr. Mid-Nite helps a city stricken by fear; Johnny Thunder overcomes his own conceit to stop a robbery; Spectre faces crooks who use the greed of two collectors to steal from them; and the Atom is challenged by despair.

During the Atom's challenge, he is shot in the arm, but he learns the identity of the Psycho-Pirate. The JSA returns to the newspaper to report on their missions. The Atom arrives late, but points out the villain, Charley Halstead, the linotyper. The JSA capture Halstead, who vows vengeance against the crime-fighters.