Comic Title: All Star Comics Archives Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2000
On Sale Date: December 1, 1999 Direct Market Date December 1, 1999
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: December 1

Direct Market Date December 1, 1999
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 1, 1999

Direct Market Date December 1, 1999
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of December 3, 1999

Direct Market Date November 10, 1999
Source: Previews, Vol. 9 #9 (#129)

Copyright Date November 19, 1999
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1999

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Crimes Set to Music"
Pages: 48

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joe Gallagher
Artist: Stan Aschmeier
Artist: Jon Chester Kozlak
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon
Artist: Bernard Baily
Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Reprinted From:
All-Star Comics #19 (1943)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Comics #18; next appearance in All-Star Comics #20)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #49; next appearance in Flash Comics #50)
• Atom (last appearance in All-American Comics #55; next appearance in All-American Comics #56)
• Doctor Fate (last appearance in More Fun Comics #94; next appearance in More Fun Comics #95)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in All-American Comics #55; next appearance in All-American Comics #56)
• Johnny Thunder (last appearance in Flash Comics #49; next appearance in Flash Comics #50)
• Sandman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #89; next appearance in Adventure Comics #90)
• Starman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #89; next appearance in Adventure Comics #90)
• Spectre (last appearance in More Fun Comics #94; next appearance in More Fun Comics #95)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #7; next appearance in Comic Cavalcade #5)

Villain(s)

• Hector Bauer (a composer; no further appearances)
• Bauer's hired hitmen (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Thunderbolt (last appearance in Flash Comics #49; next appearance in Flash Comics #50)
• Sandy the Golden Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #89; next appearance in Adventure Comics #90)
• Shiera Sanders (last appearance in Flash Comics #49; next appearance in Flash Comics #50)

Other Character(s)

• Mark Nelson and Filbert Palini (a violin player and his teacher; no further appearances)
• Charles Norris, Arturo Carasa, Theodor Korowski, Loring Merkeroff, and Armand Baulaire (a trumpet player, a singer, a pianist, a composer, and a bell player; no further appearances)
• Claire Murray (daughter of a murder victim; no further appearances)
• T’ai Wu and Ching Tso (a chinese princess and a bell caster; appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The JSA members receive messages from Hawkman’s bird friends. The birds lead them to a piano which contains seven clues to crimes. The members each take a clue and stop crimes designed to ruin seven different musicians. The JSA then locates the mastermind behind the attempted murders, Hector Bauer. Bauer is jealous of the other musicians, since he used to be friends with them, but his own musical talent fell short. Hawkman has prevented Bauer from killing one of the musicians, but was captured. The JSA rescues Hawkman and defeats Bauer ending his revenge plans against the musicians.