Comic Title: All-Star Squadron #2
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1981
On Sale Date: July 23, 1981 Newsstand Date July 23, 1981
Source: Comic Reader, #192

Newsstand Date July 23, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #56

Newsstand Date July 23, 1981
Source: Amazing Heroes, #3

Newsstand Date July 23, 1981
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 81 #9
Listed as on sale the week of July 23rd

Copyright Date June 30, 1981
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1981
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date June 30, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #56

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "The Tyrant Out of Time"
Pages: 26

Feature(s):
All-Star Squadron (of Earth-2)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Rich F. Buckler
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:All-Star Squadron Vol. 1 TPB (2012)

Feature Character(s)

• All-Star Squadron (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Johnny Quick (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Liberty Belle (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Plastic Man (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Robotman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Phantom Lady (last appearance in Police Comics #8; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Justice Society of America (also appear in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Hawkman (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Atom (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Doctor Fate (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Johnny Thunder (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Sandman (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Starman (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Spectre (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Flash (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Green Lantern (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Superman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Batman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Robin (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Danette Reilly (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)

Villain(s)

• Per Degaton (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Sky Pirate (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; no further appearances)
• Solomon Grundy (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Wotan (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Alchemist (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• A gang of bank robbers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Senator Henry Knight (father of Phantom Lady; last appearance in Police Comics #9; next appearance in Police Comics #10)
• Professor Malachi Zee (appears in flashback; also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10; last appearance in All-Star Comics #35; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #3)
• Various bystanders outside the White House (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Thunderbolt (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10)
• Chuck Grayson (in flashback to Robotman’s origin)
• Professor Damon Everson (also appears in flashback to All-Star Comics #10)
• Adolf Hitler (in Degaton's flashback)
• Hath-Set (in flashback to Hawkman’s origin)
• Tom Revere (in flashback to Liberty Belle’s origin)
• Joe Morgan (in flashback to Atom’s origin)
• Professor Gill (in flashback to Johnny Quick’s origin)

Comments:
The origins of Hawkman, Liberty Belle, Plastic Man, Robotman, Atom, Johnny Quick, and Dr. Mid-Nite are recapped in this story.

The events of All-Star Comics #10 are recapped in this story, which reveals that Degaton sabotaged the bomb defense shield. Degaton also briefly recounts his previous meeting with the JSA in All-Star Comics #35.

This issue includes a pin-up and fact file for Per Degaton.

This story is continued from All-Star Squadron #1 and continues in All-Star Squadron #3.

Synopsis:
Following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the newly formed All-Star Squadron rushes west to assess the damage and prevent further strikes against America.

Degaton begins his surprise attack upon San Francisco in an attempt to get America to fight Japan first instead of Germany. His calculations have told him that doing so will allow him to take over the world.

The All-Star Squadron reaches San Francisco in time to engage and stop Degaton’s forces led by the Sky Pirate, while Shining Knight is pursued by Degaton’s other minions aboard a submarine.