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Issue: All-Star Comics #13
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #13 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/18/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Dr. Fate, though listed on the cover, does not appear in this issue in order to accommodate a special Wonder Woman chapter.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Shanghaied into Space!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Johnny Thunder; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Torch of Liberty

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Writer(s): Josette Frank
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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Shanghaied into Space! Introduction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary)]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Gootsden (villain, rocket engineer); Hideki Tojo? (villain); Herman Göring (villain); Dr. Joseph Goebbels (villain); un-named Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Speaking to some of his officers, Adolf Hitler demands that something be done about the Justice Battalion, and a Nazi engineer says he has a way to accomplish that task: by rocketing the members into space and to other planets in the solar system by the use of special rocketships he has designed for interplanetary travel. Meanwhile the JSA is meeting in their HQ when they are suddenly overcome by gas pumped into the room by Nazi agents, placed into the rockets and shot into space.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Disclose Notes: The splash page replicates the cover.

The JSA is also referred to as the new Justice Battalion in this issue.

Dr. Fate, and the Honorary Members: Superman, Batman, The Flash and Green Lantern, are listed on the roll call, but do not appear in the story. Dr. Fate is mentioned, however, as wanting to be excused from the meeting because of an important mission.

Story later adapted in All-Star Squadron #50.
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Aka (President of Akania); Aklara Tribunal; Ysult (Daughter of Hora); Hora (villain, Regent of Horra)
Synopsis: Hawkman wakens to find himself in a rocketship and getting ready to crash-land on Saturn. Exiting the ship before then, he sees a man being menaced by a vulture and saves his life. Hearing that the population is being menaced by a tyrant named Hora, Hawkman agrees to lend his services to the populace. He defeats them, is rewarded with a leaden box of radium, and rockets back to Earth.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #52.
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Cliff Young (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ulala (King of Uranus); unnamed Royal astronomer; Kafta (villain, death)
Synopsis: Sandman finds himself heading toward Uranus, a planet so cold that the population's brains are housed in bodies of crystal! When Sandman lands on the planet, the lack of oxygen nearly kills him until a citizen rescues him with an oxygo-tank. In gratitude, Sandman agrees to help the King of the planet battle his nemesis, Kafta, the evil one, and defeats him. The King presents Sandman with a crystal that cures brain cancer and books that explain its use, which come in handy for reading on the long trip back to Earth.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #55.
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Dr. Mid-Nite
Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hydara (ruler of subterranean Neptune)
Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite lands on Neptune, and spots some sort of a man-built communications system. He is met by several creatures and taken to meet Hydara, ruler of the subterranean people and made a slave. Just then, a person runs in and states that he has caught the dreaded plague that has been killing off his people. Dr. Mid-Nite deduces that they merely have the measles, which he can easily cure. He asks for herbs and makes a solution that the people can absorb through their feet-roots. As a reward, he is given a complete set of books describing their secrets of plant growth and surgical work.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted in All-Star Squadron #56.
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Starman
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; the Jovians (men of metal); Dr. Gootsden (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: Starman is rescued by metal men of Jupiter, show him what had happened to the JSA back on Earth, then tell him that they are doomed because some mysterious force is eating the planet. Starman builds a giant gravity rod and uses it to fling the dangerous foreign matter into space. Thankful to him, Starman is given books that tell how to treat metal so it can be woven into cloth, or made transparent as glass or entirely invisible! Starman then uses the force of the giant gravity rod to propel his ship back to Earth.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #57.
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Feature(s): Green Lantern
First Line: Green Lantern and Doiby Dickles join the army!
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Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Here we are again, boys and girls...
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The Junior Justice Society of America

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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; unnamed Kagar of the Northern Martians; northern Martians; Butor (villain, Kagar of the southern Martians); southern Martians (villains)
Synopsis: Atom finds himself crash-landing on the planet Mars, and, strangely enough, he finds it to be like a garden paradise! He also discovers, because of the low gravity, he can jump and fly like Superman. He comes upon two groups battling and decides to fight for the weaker guys. As a reward, the inhabitants show him the canals of Mars, which actually have water in them, and is given an Educatograph, which conducts thought knowledge into the brain. The Atom then wages war on Butor, a renegade that threatens to poison the water supply of the planet before heading back to Earth.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #57.
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Spectre
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Thin Ones [Fanna; rest unnamed]; the Furred Ones (villains, all reform)
Synopsis: Spectre heads towards Pluto and exits his ship before it crashes. Unaffected by the cold, he begins to fully explore the planet when he finds a man-made cover for a shaft going into the ground. shrinking, he enters the shaft, reaching a city below, and encountering a resident who believes him to be evil. He explains to the Spectre that they are menaced by the "furred ones" who inhabit in the city's square buildings. Spectre finally makes peace between the two groups. Rewarded by Pluto's scientists with the secret of making heat used for travel in cold areas, Spectre heads back to Earth.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted in All Star Squadron #59.
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Turtles and T.N.T.

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Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Brigadier General Smithers; Corporal Lacey (stenographer); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: A Japanese prisoner relates to General Smithers about how Hop Harrigan and Tank Tinker helped to destroy a secret Japanese submarine base.
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Feature(s): Hop Harrigan; All-American Flying Club
First Line: Follow the adventures of Hop Harrigan...
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Vultee Vanguard-P48

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Falcon Mathieu
Penciller(s): Falcon Mathieu
Inker(s): Falcon Mathieu
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational
Feature(s): How to Spot Planes in the Skies
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; giant bug creatures; the "Hungry One" (villain, an anteater, death)
Synopsis: Johnny is headed directly at the planet Mercury and only the Thunderbolt keeps Johnny from roasting alive inside. Once on the planet, Johnny encounters a giant bug-like spider, is knocked silly and taken prisoner and put into a cage. Thunderbolt saves him again, this time from a giant ant-eater, and saves the giant bug-like spiders from it as well. Johnny is rewarded with an Occelerator, a device that can be used to get information out of people.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #58.
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Feature(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: Here it is, boys and girls!
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Feature(s): All-Flash
First Line: Here's good news, boys and girls...
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Shanghaied into Space! Chapter 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox (first draft); William Marston (re-write)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince; aka The Oracle of Aphrodite]; Aphrodite (cameo); Queen Desira (introduction); the men of Venus; The Meteor Men [Solaris; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: The goddess Aphrodite directs the rocket bearing the unconscious Wonder Woman to the planet Venus, and the Amazon is brought before Queen Desira, who immediately recognizes her as the Oracle of Aphrodite. Wonder Woman is asked to help battle giant men-warriors, who are killing and capturing the men of the planet. In a series of desperate adventures, Wonder Woman defeats the warriors and is given the gift of magnetic hearing by the Queen.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Adapted into the story in All-Star Squadron #57.

Queen Desira will next be seen in the Wonder Woman story Sensation Comics #11 (November 1942).
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Shanghaied into Space! Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]]; unnamed FBI agent; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); Dr. Gootsden (villain); Nazi spies (villains)
Synopsis: After returning from their galactic adventures, the Justice Battalion members are informed as to the whereabouts of the German spies who were responsible for rocketing them into space, and they make short work of them. Wonder Woman, now an Honorary Member of the JSA, is assigned permanent duties as Secretary for the group.
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published July 1997
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Adapted into story in All-Star Squadron #60.
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Messerschmitt ME109E

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Falcon Mathieu
Penciller(s): Falcon Mathieu
Inker(s): Falcon Mathieu
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: aviation, informational
Feature(s): How to Spot Planes in the Skies
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Pages: 1
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The Big Eight!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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