
Cover Credits |
Penciller: Rich F. Buckler Inker: Jerry Ordway |
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Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #36
Publisher: DC
(DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1984
On Sale Date:
May 31, 1984 Newsstand Date May 31, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #3
Newsstand Date May 31, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #218
Newsstand Date May 31, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #47
Shipping Date May 8, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #218
Shipping Date May 8, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #3
Shipping Date May 8, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #89
Copyright Date May 8, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates
Shipping Date May 8, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #47
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story |
Title: "Thunder Over London"
Pages: 24
Feature(s):
All-Star Squadron (of Earth-2)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Rich F. Buckler
Inker: Richard Howell
Letterer: David Cody Weiss
Colorist: Carl Gafford
Feature Character(s)
- All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #35; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Hawkman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #35; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Batman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #35; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Plastic Man (last appearance in Police Comics #11; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Superman (last appearance in Superman #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Green Lantern (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #32; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Wonder Woman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #32; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Flash (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #32; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #77; next appearance in Adventure Comics #78)
Guest Star(s)
- Marvel Family (last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Captain Marvel (last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Mary Marvel (last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
Supporting Character(s)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #31; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #39)
Villain(s)
- Adolf Hitler (last appearance in All-Star Comics #13; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Hermann Goring and Goebbels (Nazi officers; no further appearances)
- Gootsden (a Nazi scientist; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
- Various Nazi soldiers and officers (no further appearances)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #77; next appearance in Adventure Comics #78)
- Winston Churchill (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #29; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #37)
Other Character(s)
- William Stephenson (also called Intrepid of British Intelligence; last appearance in DC Special #29; no further appearances)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- The Blackhawks (in a newsreel)
Comments:
This story, which takes place in late February, 1942, continues in All-Star Squadron #37.
Synopsis:
After viewing a newsreel of Captain Marvel, under Hitler’s control, defeating the British Air Force, seven members of the All-Star Squadron race to London to deal with the so-called Super-Nazi. Superman and Captain Marvel engage in a fistfight in the skies above London. Superman is stunned by Marvel’s power, so the other All-Star’s join in. Marvel runs back to the European mainland. The All-Star’s can’t follow due to Hitler’s Spear of Destiny. Back in London, two youths approach the heroes and say their magic words, transforming them into Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr.
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