Comic Title: All Star Comics Archives Vol. 10 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2004
On Sale Date: July 14, 2004 Direct Market Date July 14, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #5 (#185)

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 216
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Case of the Cosmic Criminals"
Pages: 32

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 From:
All-Star Comics #45 (1949)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Comics #44; next appearance in All-Star Comics #46)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #104; next appearance in All-Star Comics #46)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #104; next appearance in Flash #205)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #36; next appearance in Green Lantern #37)
• Atom (last appearance in Sensation Comics #86; next appearance in All-Star Comics #46)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in All-Star Comics #44; next appearance in All-Star Comics #46)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #86; next appearance in Sensation Comics #87)
• Black Canary (last appearance in Flash Comics #104; next appearance in DC Special #3)

Villain(s)

• Rocky Castle and his gang (Ox, Peewee, Specs, Slowpoke, and Gun-Shy named; no further appearances)
• Dr. Felix Egri (a scientist; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Peters (a carnival owner; no further appearances)
• Dan Rogers (an oil tycoon; no further appearances)
• The Ranee of Patomar and her bodyguards (Ahmed named; no further appearances)
• An unnamed professor at the Civic City Science Foundation (no further appearances)
• Various police officers (Mike named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When a gang of small-time crooks vanishes without a trace, the Justice Society investigate. The trail leads them to the lab of Dr. Felix Ergi who has experimented with objects powered by cosmic rays. The crooks stole the objects which are dangerous. The JSA splits up to track down the members of the gang.

Each Justice Society member encounters a gang member who, with the help of the cosmic object, possesses a super-power. Despite their newfound powers, each gang member is caught by a JSA member. However, when the JSAer takes possession of the cosmic object, they are teleported away.

The crooks return to Ergi's lab. The scientist reveals that he was manipulating both the gang and the JSA and now has them imprisoned. However, Black Canary is still free. She frees her teammates who once again defeat the gang. Ergi himself is destroyed when he attempts to utilize the power of all the cosmic objects at once.