Comic Title: All-Star Comics #44
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: October 27, 1948 Copyright Date October 25, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Evil Star Over Hollywood"
Pages: 33

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Irwin Hasen
Inker: Robert Oksner
Penciller: Arthur F. Peddy
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America #115 (1975)
All Star Comics Archives Vol. 10 HC (2004)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Comics #43; next appearance in All-Star Comics #45)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #102; next appearance in Flash Comics #103)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #102; next appearance in Flash Comics #103)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #35; next appearance in Green Lantern #36)
• Atom (last appearance in Flash Comics #102; next appearance in Flash Comics #103)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in Adventure Comics #418; next appearance in All-Star Comics #45)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #84; next appearance in Sensation Comics #85)
• Black Canary (last appearance in Flash Comics #102; next appearance in Flash Comics #103)

Villain(s)

• Evil Star (Guy Pompton; no further appearances)
• Evil Star's men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Fred T. Fanum (a studio executive; no further appearances)
• Miss Forbes, Mr. Benton, Jimmy and Tom Colway, and Harold Forbes (Fanum's secretary, a director, two actors, and a writer; no further appearances)
• Ned Jenkins (postmaster of Faberville; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A Hollywood movie called A Thief in the Night is being sabotaged by a crook called Evil Star. The studio head Fred T. Fanum calls the JSA for help. They learn that the script for the movie is being sent to the studio in installments, so they suspect that Evil Star's identity will be revealed at the end.

The team splits up to guard the studio, but Evil Star knows Hollywood better and is able to capture all 7 of the JSAers, including Green Lantern who has located the script's author. The team escapes the trap set by Evil Star, then returns to unmask him as Guy Pompton, the owner of a movie rental agency. Evil Star is at last defeated, and the movie can be completed as scheduled.