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Issue: All-Star Comics #57
Publication Date: February 1951
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Issues: #57 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
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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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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; The Great Gordoni
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New -- And Great! Big Town

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Feature(s): Big Town
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! [Part I]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Frank Giacoia; Art Peddy (splash page only)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; Bernard Sachs (splash page only)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan (Honolulu Police Chief); Mustapha Hakim (Turkish detective); Jacques Durand (Paris Surete detective); Bill (audience member); The Key [also as Detective Drew Dawes of Scotland Yard] (villain)
Synopsis: Four famous detectives are invited by the JSA to Civic City to attend a meeting at the Civic City Palace Auditorium, wherein the crime detection methods used in their various nations will be used to "solve" a crime committed in their presence. After solving the staged crime, the four detectives disappear mysteriously, with the clue of a silver skeleton key left behind. When the JSA receive urgent telegrams from their home nations to return home to solve a mysterious crime, the All-Stars realize a master criminal is at work and set out to find the detectives as quickly as possible.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue #[nn] published July 2000
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Schreiber
Inker(s): Bill Schreiber
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll Pop
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Chief Inspector MacReady; unnamed bank watchman; unnamed Frenmch Surete Commissaire; Bert (villain); Harry (villain); Pierre (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite meets London's Chief Inspector McReady at a bank where Police officials found the vault emptied, and a silver skeleton key left at the scene. Dr. Mid-Nite chases the crooks into a dense fog, and they then board a train, where he captures them with a Blackout Bomb. Meanwhile, the Flash meets the Parisian Commissaire of the Surete, who explains that the famed gargoyles atop the Notre Dame Cathedral have been disappearing. The Flash sets a trap, follows the crooks to a club where the crooks are emptying the treasure-filled gargoyles, and turns all over to the Surete.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue #[nn] published July 2000
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Feature(s): Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Character(s): Straight Arrow
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How to Build a Periscope

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America Laboratory Notes
Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]
Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite tells readers how to build a simple periscope out of cardboard.
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Lucky Block

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Frank Giacoia
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Emir of Kashdan; Colonel Masir (Instanbul Police official); F. Fred Wallis; un-named Captain of the Laronia; Honolulu Police Capatin Tom Lim; fake Emir (villain); The Great Gordoni (villain)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman decides to employ Turkish psychology to round up a fake Emir who has made off with 300 pounds of gold, leaving a silver skeleton key behind, Using her invisible plane, she spots a submarine, and brings it ashore, rounding up the crooks. In Honolulu, multi-millionaire J. Fred Wallis has had his "short-snorter" $100,000 bill, signed by celebrities, stolen, so G.L. hurries aboard, and using Harry Wan's methods of not hunting for the criminal, but making the criminal come to him, rounds up his suspect, turns him over to the Police, and then hurries back to Civic City.
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Pages: 8
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Daniel Majeske, Sylvia Dee

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Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stookie Allen
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): In the Groove
Character(s): Daniel Majeskee; Sylvia Dee; Wayne Shepard; Dick Hayes
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Feature(s): Columbia
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part IV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan; Drew Dawes; Jacques Durand; Mustapha Hakim; The Turtleneck Gang (villains); The Key [also as Inspector Drew Dawes] (villain)
Synopsis: When the JSA arrive back at the now deserted Civic City Arena, Black Canary tells them that she, Hawkman and Atom discovered a phony cellar below the arena stage, where they were attacked by a gang. After turning them over the the Police, the JSA discovers clues dropped by the missing detectives, follow them, and find the men around a table in a trance in a mansion. An image of Dawes suddenly appears on a screen, who then unmasks, revealing the true face of the Key. The JSA watch him attempt to flee in a cable car, but Wonder Woman stops it and the Key jumps 1000' to his death!
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In Issue: FlagAll Star Comics Archives #11 published April 2005
In Content Item: FlagJustice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue #[nn] published July 2000
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Pages: 6
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The Divided Old Glory

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Martin Naydel
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
Inker(s): Martin Naydel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin Naydel
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Flag Facts
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #10 published February 1957
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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Feature(s): Tomahawk
First Line: Panic stalks the forest...
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The Last Dictator

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The Lady of Mars

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
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Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Johnny Peril's Surprise Story
Character(s): Johnny Peril
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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