Comic Title: All-Star Comics #25
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: May 18, 1945 Copyright Date May 15, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "The Mystery of the Forgotten Crime"
Pages: 39

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joe Gallagher
Artist: Martin Naydel
Artist: Joe Kubert
Artist: Stan Aschmeier

Reprinted In:
All Star Comics Archives Vol. 6 HC (2001)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice Society of America (last appearance in All-Star Comics #24; next appearance in All-Star Comics #26)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #65; next appearance in Flash Comics #66)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #65; next appearance in Comic Cavalcade #11)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in All-American Comics #67; next appearance in Comic Cavalcade #11)
• Atom (last appearance in All-Star Comics #24; next appearance in All-Star Comics #26)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in All-American Comics #67; next appearance in All-American Comics #68)
• Johnny Thunder (last appearance in Flash Comics #65; next appearance in Flash Comics #66)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #43; next appearance in Wonder Woman #13)

Villain(s)

• Hengast Kimball (cousin of Timothy Kimball; no further appearances)
• Several Kimball family members (no further appearances)
• Big Hunk and his men (gangsters; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Thunderbolt (last appearance in Flash Comics #65; next appearance in Flash Comics #66)

Other Character(s)

• Timothy Kimball (an amnesia victim; presumed dead; no further appearances)
• Rob Victor (a convicted killer; no further appearances)
• Doris Black and Jabez Smith (Timothy's girlfriend and butler; no further appearances)
• Ettore Martini (a jeweler; no further appearances)
• Kimball's housekeeper, a newspaper reporter, and a prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The JSA meet an injured man with amnesia who remembers only that he has knowledge of a 20-year old murder case. The JSA split up to investigate clues about the case in which Rob Victor killed Tim Kimball. The JSA learns that Victor was drunk and shot Kimball. The D.A. who prosecuted Victor disappeared soon after Victor was sent to prison.

Following the clues, the JSA are attacked by thugs working for a gangster named Big Hunk. Another man in a red hood seems to be involved too, as he attacks witnesses. Still, the JSA uncovers several clues important to the case.

Finally, the JSA gathers all the living witnesses including the man in the hood together. The hooded man is revealed as Victor, the accused killer, who escaped from jail. Putting together the clues, the JSA prove that Hengast Kimball, Tim's cousin, framed Victor. The amnesia victim turns out to be Kimball himself, having escaped death. Victor is cleared and vows to live as friends with Kimball.