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Issue: All-Star Comics #30
Publication Date: August 1946
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Issues: #30 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Scripter Gardner Fox reports writing this story for issue #24 (after he had written All-Star #23's and All-Star #22's stories), but that the story was bumped so that the story, "This Is Our Enemy," could be published in a timely manner. This story was originally written and illustrated featuring Starman and Spectre, but because of the AA-DC split, those heroes could not appear, thus requiring artist Martin Naydel to replace the Starman figures and Spectre figures with Green Lantern and the Flash.
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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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Dreams of Madness!

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Penciller(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
Inker(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Johnny Thunder; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Help!

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Genres: opinion
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The Dreams of Madness [Introduction]

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher; Martin Naydel (figures of Flash and Green Lantern)
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher; Martin Naydel (figures of Flash and Green Lantern)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Johnny Thunder; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary, cameo)]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.; aka Forest Malone] (villain)
Synopsis: Hawkman brings a newspaper ad to the attention of the members from a Forest Malone, who wants them to participate in a never before done experiment for the good of humanity. They visit Malone and view his "dream recorder," a machine that will allow one not only to graph the electrical emanations from a person's thoughts as they dream, but to also translate those thoughts into pictures! The members agree to an experiment, they sleep and then Malone reveals himself as the Brain Wave, bragging that the machine is really a "dream inducer," which he plans to use to drive them totally insane.
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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 1

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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]; Ice Creatures (villains); Fire People (villains); Boreas (villain, The Wind); the Furnace Tenders (villains)
Synopsis: Hawkman finds himself in a city of iceboxes, among cold people expecting to battle the Fire People, their mortal enemies. One of them feels sorry for the birds there who suffer because of their battles, so Hawk manages to escape from the ice box he is in and attempt to help the bird creatures. If he fails, the battle will result in hot and cold waves that would kill them all. But try as he will, Hawk gets the worst of it...one minute hot, the other minute cold, until he believes that he is a thermometer!
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Those Blokes with Jokes

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Writer(s): Ed Wheelan
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
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Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fat and Slat
Character(s): Fat; Slat
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Tommy Holmes

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Aschmeier
Inker(s): Stan Aschmeier
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]; Alfred; The Germ People (villains, one dies)
Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite finds himself in a world where germs are the lords of creation and he saves a man they plan to save for future study. The humans there convince Mid-Nite that his former life is all a dream, but he uses his scientific ability to try and fight the Germ People. He develops a noxious gas to use on the Germ People, but it fails to work, and he is convinced the other humans are right. But his instinct to fight remains strong and he battles them with his fists until one of the Germ People with the plague enters, blaming it on Mid-Nite. He is then convinced that he is a living sickness.
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Swell New Prizes!

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Aschmeier; Martin Naydel (Green Lantern figures)
Inker(s): Stan Aschmeier; Martin Naydel (Green Lantern figures)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; two astronomers; the Gemini Twins; the Man in the Moon; three unnamed crooks (villains)
Synopsis: The sputtering of a 4th of July sparkler arouses the interest of not only Green Lantern, but astronomers as well in this dream world, who seem to think that the sparks are actually new stars being born. The Emerald Crusader tells them no, but they think he is mad. Then several crooks steal the sparkler and the Emerald Crusader chases them through maddening situations, and finally he spots the astronomers below watching him (holding three balloons by strings), and he suddenly feels that he is the Sun and the three balloons are his little planets!
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel [as mn] (signed)
Inker(s): Martin Naydel [as mn] (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis: The Crimson Speedster finds himself plunged into a dream world of funny animals who talk and act as if they are human (humans are enslaved), but the Flash says otherwise, so the animals try to prove humans can't talk. Fact is the animals can't hear other humans, just the Flash, but Flash can hear men speak. The animals' law states that if a human can beat one of the animals in a race, enslaved humans will be freed. He races a frog, but when his feet grow large and heavy, and a series of calamities occur, the Scarlet Speedster loses. Flash now believes he is a laughing stock.
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Captain Tootsie and Trouble "A-Head"

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Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
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Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 5

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; two unnamed crooks (villains)
Synopsis: The Atom awakens to a world where the beings have umbrellas for arms and clocks for heads. Just then, Atom sees large crooks heading into a bank, and he attempts to combat them. But he finds out that the rain is shrinking his size and he falls into the water. He heads back after the thieves, only to discover that he has now grown tremendously, and he reaches up to a cloud and pulls a chain to turn on the sunlight, hoping it will shrink him back down to normal size. Catching up with the thugs, the criminals begin to wring him out, convincing the Mighty Mite that he is a sponge!
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Submarine Man

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Writer(s): Jim Robinson (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jaimie (a giant); Professor Murock (villain, death)
Synopsis: The ad in the newspaper was short and sweet: man wanted who can swim underwater for two minutes, handsome salary. Seven men appeared to qualify in response to the ad, but only one, Jamie, made it. In fact, he eventually set a record, according to Professor Murock who was timing him, by staying underwater for thirty-two! This had been made possible by secret injections on Jamie by the Professor. What Jamie didn't know was why the professor was training him to be a "human submarine". When he did find out one day, Jamie turned the tables on the professor!
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Hits the Bull's Eye Every Time!

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The Dreams of Madness, Chapter 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs] (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs] (signed)
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America; Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; four unnamed gangsters (villains); unnamed magician (villain)
Synopsis: Johnny arrives in the Land of Already Equipped and spots an artist with a brush for a hand and an artist pallet for a head, painting a picture of a young lady, whose head was a bowl of fruit! Johnny thinks that's normal, while the T-Bolt thinks he is nuts! Others in this world are also weird in appearance, but considered normal. Some human crooks get a magician to hex people into looking "normal", and Johnny sends the T-Bolt to capture them and the magician who hexed people. While other JSA members were driven insane in their dream worlds, Johnny was driven sane!
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The Dreams of Madness, Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher; Martin Naydel (Green Lantern and Flash figures)
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher; Martin Naydel (Green Lantern and Flash figures)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Chales McNider]]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain); Brain Wave's gang (villains)
Synopsis: In the Brainwave's lab, the JSA members are stirring restlessly in their dream-induced states. As the villain leaves the lab, the JSA members begin waking up, acting out their dreams. Johnny has had enough of this and calls for the T-Bolt to come and figures out what to do to restore them. Brainwave returns with his gang to see the JSA in their state. Johnny and the T-Bolt storm in and Johnny wades into them, fists flying, while the T-Bolt uses an electrical shock to restore the JSA back to themselves. Furious, the JSA wades into the crooks and mops up, then T-Bolt explains what happened.
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Feature(s): Wonder House Products
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Feature(s): Schwinn
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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