Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #63
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1986
On Sale Date: August 21, 1986 Newsstand Date August 21, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #30

Newsstand Date August 14, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #99

Shipping Date July 29, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #99

Shipping Date July 29, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #30

Copyright Date July 29, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
All-Star Squadron (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Michael Bair
Inker: Mike Machlan
Letterer: David Cody Weiss
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (no appearance)
• Robotman (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #64)

Villain(s)

• Mason and his gang (Flip named; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Chuck Grayson (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Young All-Stars #12)
• Joan Carter (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed governor (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Atom (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Liberty Belle (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Hawkman (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Commander Steel (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Johnny Quick (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Firebrand (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Shining Knight (pictured as an All-Star Squadron member)
• Ultra-Humanite (pictured as an adversary of Robotman)
• Brain Wave (pictured as an adversary of Robotman)
• Green Lantern (pictured as a member of the JSA)

Comments:
This story reveals the post-Crisis origin of Robotman. The All-Star Squadron does not appear as this story takes place before the team was founded.

This story takes place on Oct 31st, 1941 and the days that immediately follow.

This story is an adaptation of the fourth story of Star Spangled Comics #7.

Synopsis:
Dr. Robert Crane and his assistant Chuck Grayson have developed an experimental robot body. When crooks break into their lab, intending to steal a potentially valuable invention, they shoot Crane, then leave empty-handed. Grayson acts immediately to save Bob Crane's life by placing the still living brain of the scientist into the metal robot body.

Before Grayson can learn if the operation was a success, police respond to a tip about the murder. The police find Grayson and Crane's dead body, so they arrest him for murder. After he is taken away, Crane awakens inside the robot body.

Crane takes a short time to adjust to his new condition. He then visits Grayson in jail wearing a mask and using the name Paul Dennis. Crane then vows to track down his own killers as Robotman and clear Grayson. After hunting the crooks for days armed only with the name of one of the killers, Robotman is able to locate the gang and force Mason, the gang boss, to confess. Grayson is released from jail. Robotman then decides to offer his services to the Justice Society.