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Issue: All-Star Comics #24
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #24 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: An All-American PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/13/1945
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Scripter Gardner Fox reports writing this issue's story in August of 1944 under the title, "The Story of Germany," and in the slot reserved for #30 and after the actual issue numbers #25 and #26 but the story, no doubt, was pushed ahead due to the fact that the war was winding down.
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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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This Is Our Enemy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Johnny Thunder; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]
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Editorial Advisory Board

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All-American Publications for All American Boys & Girls!

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Feature(s): Sensation Comics; Flash Comics; All-American Comics
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This Is Our Enemy! [Introduction]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel
Inker(s): Martin Naydel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Sergeant Dick Amber; Conscience of Man; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); the Nazis (villains, cameo)
Synopsis: G.L. and Flash enter JSA HQ and are welcomed back, then Hawk tells the group about Dick Amber, who is about to be drafted, and who can't see why the U.S. should be fighting Germany. Dick is told by various members the history of the German people and their attitude toward peace. That doesn't sway him until the Conscience of Man re-awakens and appears at the meeting, and tells them all that she will send Dick back through varied times of Germany's past to see for himself. A JSA member will go along, but cannot interfere, as Dick alone must make up his mind.
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This Is Our Enemy! Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dick Amber [as Reinhard the Fair]; Wanda (Polish girl); Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan] (cameo); Teutonic Knights (villains, some die)
Synopsis: The Hawk and Dick arrive in 1410, where Dick, as a member of the Teutonic Knights, discovers a maid in trouble and helps her, a fact that puzzles her since she is Polish, who are hated by the Germans. He explains that his culture is the right one, but, later, changes his mind when he sees his fellow Knights wanting to slaughter the Poles. He is banished, saved by Wanda, then teaches the Poles how to defeat the Knights, and the battle is won with a little help of the Feathered Fury! Then Dick is pulled into another era by Mr. Terrific, where Amber will now be known as Manfred von Klug.
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Wonder Woman Explains Waste Paper Salvage

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): William Marston
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hippolyte
Synopsis: Queen Hippolyte, having noted strange things in her Magic Sphere, asks her daughter about why Americans are trying to conserve paper. Diana explains that the Americans use paper to pack rations, cartridges and shells in it, use it to line their shoes, being used to make bomb bands, practice bombs wing tips, parachute flares, airplane signals and other essentials for war. Wonder Woman then repeats the need for all boys and girls to also collect and turn in all waste paper themselves in this effort.
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This Is Our Enemy! Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Asch [as Stan Josephs] (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Asch [as Stan Josephs] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Mr. Terrific
Character(s): Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Dick Amber [as General Manfred von Klug]; Dr. Mid-Nite (cameo); Frederick Wilhelm [aka Emperor Frederick Wilhelm II] (villain, Manfred's cousin); Elva von Klug (traitorous villain, Manfred's wife)
Synopsis: In 1740, Manfred's cousin becomes Emperor Frederick II, and Manfred the trainer of his armies. The Emperor says he will convince the German people that other nations are plotting against Germany, giving him the right to crush them. Manfred voices his concerns, but goes ahead with the Emperor's plans. Later, as a General, he decides that he will no longer follow the Emperor's mad schemes. But Elva betrays her husband. Fortunately, Mr. Terrific lends a hand mopping up the Emperor's hit squad just before Dr. Mid-Nite shows up to take Dick Amber to yet another era of Germany's history.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John M. Jenks
Penciller(s): John M. Jenks
Inker(s): John M. Jenks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Flying Colors
First Line: The American flag that decorated Abraham Lincoln's box...
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This Is Our Enemy! 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]; Dick Amber [as Wilhelm von Shurtleff]; The Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Kurt (Wilhelm's friend, death); unnamed daughter of a Prussian General; Fritz Underwurtz (villain)
Synopsis: In 1824 Dick becomes Wilhelm von Shurtleff, who attends a war academy to become an officer, and meets Fritz Underwurtz in dueling class, who thinks that obtaining a dueling scar is the true mark of a Prussian officer. Wilhelm thinks something is wrong with a German who glories in the disfigurement of someone. At the academy ball, Wilhelm's friend Kurt, distraught over not having a scar, commits suicide, and Wilhelm out-duels Fritz before Dr. Mid-Nite intervenes to protect Dick. Then The Atom appears to whisk him away to yet another era, where he becomes Helmut von Conrad.
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Want to Be a Champion?

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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This Is Our Enemy! Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dick Amber [as Helmut von Conrad]; Wildcat [Ted Grant] (cameo); Otto von Bismarck (villain)
Synopsis: Dick appears in 1872 in Prussia as Helmut and finds himself holding a gun on Otto von Bismarck, calling him a liar and a cheat, reminding von Bismarck that he is his official aide, and believed the stories he was told about France's treachery towards Germany. Now privy to state secrets, Helmut learns that the supposed treachery was a lie and calls Bismarck on it. The Atom helps overcome the danger to Dick Amber, who now realizes that, if Germany continues on this course, the world will one day rise up against her. Wildcat shows up to take Dick Amber on to his next rendezvous, as Franz Unger.
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Writer(s): John M. Jenks
Penciller(s): John M. Jenks
Inker(s): John M. Jenks
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Flying Colors
First Line: An American flag trimmed with lace...
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Glider Plight

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Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jay Marr] (credited)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Ben Boyd (Air Scout); Jerry Ross (President of the Warren Junior Chamber of Commerce); Jink (trapper); Clem Samuels (trapper)
Synopsis: Air Scout Ben Boyd was at the controls of the Silver Swallow, which was flying from Colorado (where it had taken off from Pike's Peak) to the wheat fields near Eureka, Kansas. If he made it, it would set a U.S. record for flight! Suffering through many weather-related crises, he finally made it to the Ferris Mountains, some 275 miles from Pike's Peak, not to Eureka, as he hoped, but still setting the record he was after!
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This Is Our Enemy! Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Wildcat
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Dick Amber [as Franz Unger]; unnamed political prisoner; Johnny Thunder (cameo); Mr. Unger (villain, Franz's unnamed father); Gretchen Unger (villain, Franz's mother)
Synopsis: Germany, 1896, and Franz Unger studies chemistry in a lab because his fanatical father is forcing his son to become an officer in the chemical division of the Army. An escaped prisoner, who dared to disagree with the principles of the Pan-Germanic League, reaches the house. Mr. Unger wants to kill him, but Franz forges a document, and frees the man. Wildcat notices that Franz's father has sent men out to follow Franz, and takes care of the problem before they can harm Dick, who Johnny Thunder now takes away to the final era in Germany history, where Amber is known as Karl Wertz.
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Join the Junior Justice Society of America

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Feature(s): The Junior Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]] (head views)
Synopsis: Ad for readers to join the JJSA.
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This Is Our Enemy! Chapter 6

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: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Dick Amber [as Karl Wertz]; Adolf Hitler (villain, image only); German Police (villains); Nazis agents [August (Karl's friend); rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: Karl and Johnny in the Berlin of 1923, where he remembers that he is a veteran of WW I and was an aviator that slaughtered people without mercy. Now the Nazis are already talking about the next war. August saves Karl from the German Police, but later, when Karl discovers that a razor factory is making weapons, August is ready to kill him. But Johnny and the Thunderbolt show up and make quick work of August and his thugs, then Johnny escorts Dick Amber back to the present time at JSA HQ.
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This Is Our Enemy! Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel
Inker(s): Martin Naydel
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; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo)]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Conscience of Man
Synopsis: Conscience asks Dick if his views are now changed after all of his experiences, and he confesses he has finally learned the truth about German war-mongering, and that it must be stopped for the good of the world! Therefore he will enter the Army. Conscience tells the members that they have a responsibility to now inform the world of the truth learned by Dick Amber. And their solution is the "Formula for a Lasting Peace," which was signed by all the regular members of the JSA and Wonder Woman, Secretary.
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Captain Tootsie and the Giant Cannon

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Writer(s): Rod Reed
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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