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Bold Memories of Bright Color

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The Man Who Created Images!

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (inset)]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.]

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The Man Who Created Images! Introduction

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary); Johnny Thunder (head view); The Atom [Al Pratt] (head view); Starman [Ted Knight] (head view); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head view); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (head view); The Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (head view); The Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (head view); Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider] (head view)]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Peachy Pet; Inza Cramer (dresses as Dr. Fate); Dian Belmont (dresses as the Sandman); Doris Lee (dresses as the Starman); Clarice Winston (dressed as the Spectre)

Synopsis: Every member of the JSA miss their regularly scheduled meeting, leaving Wonder Woman with only letters from each member stating that they hate to miss, but they are working on very important cases. So, the Princess gathers together the girlfriends of the members and has them costume themselves as their boyfriend's heroic identity, then head out to capture the man behind the crisis.

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Notes: Wonder Woman is not listed in the roll call, except in the text preceding it.

This is the Brain Wave's first appearance, later appearing in All-Stars #17, 30, and 37.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 1

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Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; "Rubber-Man" Nevil (rubber plantation tycoon, death); Mark Nevil (Nevil's son, chemist, death); Homer Nelson (villain, partner of Nevil); "Big Tiny" Norman (villain); two unnamed crooks (villains)

Synopsis: Hawkman is working on a strange case concerning men who disappear after being touched. Tracking down clues after seeing a man murdered and the killer disappearing in a flash of light, he discovers a man named Big Tiny, who may have knowledge about what is happening. Tiny, however, thinks the Feathered Fury is an agent of "The Brain Wave," but Hawkman convinces him otherwise and takes him into custody, then heads out to Sharktooth Bay and the tower in which Brain Wave resides.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by the Hawkman through his letter to Wonder Woman.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 2

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Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty (an owl); Jason Shannon (multi-millionaire amateur sculptor); Hedda (Shannon's wife); Charles (Shannon's step-son); unnamed doctor; two unnamed crooks (villains); "Hunky" Pollak (villain)

Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite, Hooty, and an amateur sculptor are mystified by statutes that come to life, but soon learn through crook "Hunky" Pollak that the Brain Wave is using his uncanny abilities to materialize thought images.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by Dr. Mid-Nite through his letter to Wonder Woman.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 3

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Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; unnamed Naval officer; Horatio Morrison (villain, museum director); Sticker (villain)

Synopsis: After setting a record for the lowest score on the Naval Officer Candidate School exam, Johnny begins looking into the Morrison Museum, a supposedly public museum that avoids paying taxes like the private museum it really is. In reality, the museum serves as a warehouse for stolen loot and when brother John investigates, the statues of Caesar and others come to life before his eyes. The Thunderbolt puts an end to this, but is also mystified about the sudden disappearance of the ghostly figures. Further investigation uncovers the stolen gems, and the criminals behind the plot are apprehended.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by Johnny Thunder through his letter to Wonder Woman. Johnny wears his U.S. Naval uniform in the story.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 4

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Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Spartan (baseball player); Spartan's unnamed Coach; "Runty" Becker (villain); Big John Timberlake (villain, racketeer); unnamed thug (villain)

Synopsis: Johnny Spartan, big-league ball player, was once hit by a pitch and has been plate-shy since. A shifty-eyed man approaches and tells Johnny that he has the cure for this problem. It's cured all right, but at crucial times in the game, Johnny doesn't make sure plays, and the Atom confronts him. He discovers that, by Johnny not making plays, a gambler is making money. Atom makes quick work of the guy.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by the Atom through his letter to Wonder Woman.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 5

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Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Stanley Cord (villain); Baldy (villain); Baldy's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Wealthy men across the nation begin to suffer nightmares concerning the Sandman, perhaps brought on by guilty consciences. They dream that the Sandman was actually blackmailing them, and then fading away! One night, however, Sandman appears before Wesley Dodds and Sandy Hawkins, and the pair don their costumes to investigate what the true situation is and put an end to this vicious blackmailing racket.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by the Sandman through his letter to Wonder Woman.

Script credit from Craig Delich. Re-writes confirmed by Jack Kirby.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 6

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Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Edwin Ackerman (physicist); Lucy Ackerman (Edwin's wife); Henry King [aka the Brain Wave] (villain, flashback); Blackie (King's pet dog, flashback); two thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Edwin Ackerman is beset each night by phantoms that keep him awake. One day he decides he'll get sleep, no matter what, but is once again is awakened by three strange little people that are seen even by Starman, who learns the man is working on atomic energy and the little imps are begging him to stop the project. Ackerman tells Starman of a kid he knew growing up named of Henry King, who had the ability to "create" his own friends. Seeing a connection with that person and the dreams, Starman learns about the Brain Wave and decides to head to Sharktooth Bay to confront him.

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by the Starman through his letter to Wonder Woman.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 7

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Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Big Turk Thompson (villain); Thompson's gang (villains)

Synopsis: The Spectre interrupts robbery by confronting the felons, who then disappear in a puff of smoke. He later learns of more phantom burglaries, connects it with findings made by the Psychic Research Society in Boston, and puts an end to the phantom and real-life crooks before heading to the lonely tower at Sharktooth Bay...home of the Brain Wave!

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Notes: The chapter is narrated by the Spectre through his letter to Wonder Woman.

Letterer credit from Craig Delich.

The Man Who Created Images! Chapter 8

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Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; "Fan" Gregory (reformed racketeer); Gregory's unnamed sister; some thugs (villains)

Synopsis: "Fan" Gregory, racketeer, had made quite a life for himself in the rackets until the very men he had murdered began appearing to him, and he vowed to go straight. But there are others who want to use his services, but he doesn't knuckle under to the pressure, but goes instead to the lonely tower of Dr. Fate to seek assistance. Fate promises help and delivers.

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The Man Who Created Images! Conclusion

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; Peachy Pet; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Dian Belmont (dressed as the Sandman]; Doris Lee (dressed as the Starman); Inza Cramer (dressed as Doctor Fate); Clarice Winston (dressed as the Spectre); Sir Lancelot (image only); two unnamed college professors of Henry King's; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain, introduction); Attila the Hun (villain, image only)

Synopsis: At Sharktooth Bay, a strange figure called the Brain Wave oversees the inert forms of the JSA members. He thinks back to the time that he learned the ability to materialize people out of thin air. Unfortunately, he was only motivated by money, and that led him to a life of crime. Then he sees Wonder Woman and the girlfriends in their uniforms, and decides to use mental images of their boyfriends against them, and are captured. Brain Wave attempts to gas them all, Wonder Woman breaks her fetters and breaks out of their prison just in time to see the Brain Wave jump to his death from the tower.

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Notes: The Brain Wave appears to commit suicide, but returns in All-Star Comics #17 with an explanation of how he survived.

The Justice Society Fights for a United America!

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]]

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Introduction

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Superman [Clark Kent] (inset splash page, Honorary Member, not in story); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (inset splash page, Honorary Member, not in story); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset splash page, Honorary Member, not in story); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset splash page, Honorary Member, not in story); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Johnny Thunder]; Adolf Hitler (villain, flashback); Ernst Buehler (villain)

Synopsis: Hawkman informs the members that the Nazis are trying a new strategy on America: divide and conquer, by using prejudices and hatred among people to severely disrupt our war effort. Each member is asked to enlist the assistance of the Junior Justice Society members in their locality and to sign up new members where possible.

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Notes: On page C, panel 3, are shown the JSA membership certificate, the decoder, and membership badge.

The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 1

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Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Mr. Bolton (steel company owner, Jim's father); Mrs. Bolton (Jim's mother, cameo); Bolton's un-named butler (cameo); Jim Bolton; Al Reed (union representative, Bill's father); Al Reed; Mrs. Casey (landlady, cameo); Ernst Buehler (villain)

Synopsis: Hawkman becomes involved in a situation involving the Bolton Steel Works, located near Hawk Valley. It seems that a fifth columnist has gained a job at the factory and is stirring up resentment against their boss. Hawkman arrives on the scene and uncovers the plot to stir up hate and prejudice between the workmen, and nabs the Nazi agent. Then later Hawkman passes out each member's assignment to uncover Fifth Columnists at work in various areas.

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Notes: Hawkman is the narrator of this chapter.

The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 2

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Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Tony Scarlotti, Jr. (JJSA member); Mrs. Scarlotti (cameo); "Tough Tony" Scarlotti (former racketeer, death); Kurt Schultz (villain, death); Schultz's thugs (villains, some die)

Synopsis: Tony Scarlotti was a big-time gangster until his son was born, then he vowed to give it up and lead the type of life his son could be proud of. Dr. Mid-Nite comes to visit the Scarlotti home...not to see Tony, but his son, a JJSA member, who has been the victim of racial and religious prejudice, vowing to stop it. Meanwhile, an old "friend" of Tony shows up and wants Tony to help spread racial and religious prejudices, or else! Tony agrees, not wanting his son to find out about his past. But when young Scarlotti is kidnapped, Dr. Mid-Nite steps in to straighten out the situation.

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 3

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Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; Eddie Brackus (JJSA member); Mr. Brackus (mine owner, Eddie's father); group of Fifth Columnists (villains)

Synopsis: The Atom has saved the lives of many workers in a coal mine, when the roof caves in on top of him. As he lay there, his mind goes back when a JJSA member tells him about the "killer mine" that the miners refuse to enter. A Nazi newcomer spreads propaganda that the mine owner has not adding safety features in the mines...but the Atom refutes that claim. The Atom kicks the guy out of camp, takes miners down himself to prove that the mine has safety features. When other fifth columnists sabotage the mine, the Atom digs his way out, and collects evidence against the men who rigged the accidents.

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 4

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Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Jimmy; Jimmy's unnamed brother; Eddie; Eddie's unnamed father; Mr. Fortune (villain); Mr. Fortune's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: A strange seer named Mr. Fortune is predicting the very accidents or fortunes that begin occurring to people. Unknown to them, he not only predicts the situations, but makes sure they come true. When people begin to believe anything he tells them, he plans to begin spreading Nazi propaganda that they should hoard rationed items against their helpless future. Dr. Fate enters the scene, only to be accused by Fortune of actually being un-American! Fate visits the down-hearted JJSA members in the area and tells them that he will prove that Fortune is a Nazi, spreading phony propaganda.

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Notes: Jimmy and Eddie aid Dr. Fate during the story, then are made members of the JJSA at the end.

The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 5

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Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ted Worth (JJSA member, newsboy); Henry Overman [aka Hans Emil Obermeyer] (villain); Nazi thugs (villains); Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo)

Synopsis: The publisher of a Nazi newspaper called the New Way is being haunted by visions of the Sandman. But the real Sandman enlists the aid of a JJSA newsie to spread the truth about the paper and its publisher in order to smoke the rat out of hiding, and put an end to his activities.

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Notes: Script credit from Craig Delich. Re-writes confirmed by Jack Kirby.

The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 6

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Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; unnamed JJSA members; two unnamed Fifth Columnists (villains)

Synopsis: In the town of Granary, Nazi propagandists move in to convince the farmers that, while they do all the hard work of planting and harvesting the grain, it's the storekeepers who are making all the profit from their labors. Starman arrives on the scene and is accused by the farmers themselves that he's on the side of the storekeepers, so he enlists the aid of the JJSA to help prove that the propagandists are really Nazis...and they do...big time!

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 7

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Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Jan Szybowski; Peg Szyboweski [aka Peg Kelly]; Agent Z-4637 (villain)

Synopsis: In the small town of Shelby, a defense plant's safe is robbed, nothing being taken except a floor plan. However, from that point on, newer workers in that plant begin stirring up racial hatred by accusing one of the workers of the attempted theft, after planting the stolen floor plan on him. Spectre handles the situation by taking a sleeping propagandist into outer space and pretending to be Satan himself. Scared silly, the propagandist contacts Hitler by radio and the other workers see him do it and beat him up.

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Chapter 8

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Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; group of Fifth Columnists (villains)

Synopsis: Johnny is given the location of a hideout being used by fifth columnists and the password to get in...and in he goes, in spite of what the Thunderbolt tells him. While in there, he listens to Nazi propaganda about how farmers are destroying foodstuffs in order to rake in huge profits, and Johnny falls for it, even becoming their spokesperson! Johnny finally sees the error of his beliefs, and, with the help of the T-Bolt, defeats the bad guys. The owner of a theatre then tells Johnny that he is having a War Bond rally, and the T-Bolt suggests the JSA all appear on stage.

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The Justice Society Fights for a United America! Conclusion

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; The Thunbderbolt [Archibald]

Synopsis: The JSA gather at a giant motion picture palace to talk to the American people about what the Nazis are attempting to do and ask for their help in ending racial and religious prejudices. After all, as Hawkman says, we are ALL Americans, regardless of race, creed or religion, and the enemies are Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo, and together we can defeat that enemy!

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The Brain Wave Goes Berserk

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (inset)

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The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Introduction

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Johnny Thunder; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary); Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Starman [Ted Knight]]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain)

Synopsis: Wonder Woman informs the JSA that all the minutes of past meetings have been stolen. The scene then shifts back to the moment the Brain Wave jumped from his tower, supposedly to his death. He survived and invented a way using electricity and special substance to shrink the JSA to 8" tall! Meanwhile, Wonder Woman heads home to look for the minutes and after she leaves, the members find themselves shrunk to 8" in height, and Brain Wave enters, imprisoning each member in a cage. When Brain Wave leaves the room, Hawkman calls his hawks, who come and take the members away as Brain Wave watches.

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The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 1

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Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Ted Purvis (JJSA member); Mr. Purvis (Ted's father); thugs (villains)

Synopsis: While flying along, Hawkman is captured by a JJSA member in a net, and he informs the young boy that his father is to be robbed by Brain Wave's men, so they head for the house, only to discover living tiny soldiers that are mixed in with the boy's regular toys. With a special yellow ray they regain their regular size and the Feathered Fury must come up with a different way of defeating the foe. As the Police arrive to arrest the thugs, Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt shows up and takes Hawkman away.

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Notes: The Hawkman chapter was cut 2-3 pages from its original length and doesn't have a splash. Sheldon Moldoff said he purposely drew it that way, indicating he combined pages of Fox's script in order to shorten the chapter.

The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 2

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Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Silk O'Mara (villain); O'Mara's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Sandman is dumped out of his cage by the hawk who rescued him near a tree that grew money! Each $1 bill has a message on it to thugs connected with the Brain Wave, so he hides and awaits them. When they show, they read the bills, which tells them to take jewels from Riffanys. He follows them from the store and is able to whip them before a Policeman shows up to take them into custody. Then the Thunderbolt arrives to whisk him away.

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Notes: Script credit from Craig Delich. Re-writes confirmed by Jack Kirby.

The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 3

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Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Spider (villain); the Brain Wave's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Brain Wave's thugs use a special gun that shoots indestructible spider webs at some guards protecting a safe in a person's home, which incapacitates them while they begin looting the safe. The Spectre arrives and takes on the crooks, but has a difficult time because of his size, so he rockets into outer space, finds a meteor and aims it toward the house where the crooks are looting the safe. It crashes and knocks the men out. As the Spectre is setting off an alarm for the Police, the Thunderbolt arrives and takes him away to Johnny Thunder.

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Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Lucky Luke (villain); the Brain Wave's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: The Brain Wave's minions, headed by Lucky Luke, are posing as plumbers in order to get into a bank to loot it. Doctor Fate shows up in time to trail the thugs back to Lucky's apartment, and he uses a typewriter to type out some bad news to Lucky. Noting that he has one more job to do, and it's Friday the 13th, Lucky decides to go through with the job, and Fate puts a stop to the plot just as the Thunderbolt shows up.

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Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Augustus Flack; Edward (Flack's butler); Dr. Charles T. Grant; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain, cameo); the Brain Wave's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: A special newspaper is delivered to Augustus Flack (and others), telling of "The Ace of Spades." Then an ace of spades card falls out with a note telling him where to take his blackmail money. Mid-Nite arrives and discovers the address to which the men are asked to bring their money, so he heads over to it, takes on the thugs under cover of his blackout bomb, and convinces the men that they have gotten lead poisoning from handling the papers Brain Wave had printed. They head over to a doctor that Charles McNider has recommended, and the doctor gases them and calls the Police.

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The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 6

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Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); Brain Wave's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Townspeople head over to Keller's Circus, which is putting on a free show for the people, a clever ruse by the Brain Wave because it leaves the town deserted and wide open to be robbed blind. While the people back at the circus have been gassed, Starman shows up and follows the crooks into town from the circus and takes them on until the Police arrive...and then Thunderbolt shows up to whisk him away.

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The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 7

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Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); The Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain, cameo); Crafty Connors (villain); Knuckles O'Grady (villain); Slipper Joe Dixon (villain)

Synopsis: The Atom witnesses many strange accidents and the victims, taken to a nearby hospital, just happen to be crooks of every description. He discovers that the Brain Wave has taught the men how to fake accidents in order to commit theft. The men, in spite of the Atom's attempts, escape from the hospital with a supply of radium and head for their hideout, followed by the Mighty Mite. He attacks the best he can until the Police arrive to arrest the thugs...and the Thunderbolt appears to take the Atom away.

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Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Senator Sebastian J. Graves (bank President and multi-millionaire); phony Senator Graves (villain); Brain Wave's thugs (villains)

Synopsis: Johnny arrives at the Keystone Hotel, ready to take on the Brain Wave's thugs, but lands head first and is knocked out. Inside the hotel, a phony Senator Sebastian Graves overpowers the real Senator and takes his place. Johnny attempts to intervene, but his small size presents a real challenge to him until he thinks to have the Thunderbolt make his full size again! Still, Johnny is captured, so he asks the Thunderbolt to get the rest of the JSA pronto!

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Character(s): Justice society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Johnny Thunder; Starman [Ted Knight]]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Brain Wave [Henry King, Sr.] (villain, death?)

Synopsis: The JSA saves Johnny and the Senator, then head over to the Brain Wave's tower at Sharktooth Bay. Brain Wave has wired explosives outside the tower to blow up the JSA as they arrive, but the Thunderbolt moves the explosives inside the tower and the Brain Wave accidentally blows himself up!

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Insects Turn to Crime!

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]]

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Insects Turn to Crime! Introduction

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Johnny Thunder; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Secretary)]

Synopsis: Chairman Hawkman displays a wax exhibition of a miniature insect world for the JSA members to look at as they arrive at the JSA meeting, and explains what a new master criminal is doing to use insect hormones to create a race of super men-insects to commit crimes! Johnny Thunder comes in late...walking on the ceiling and buzzing like a fly, which demonstrates to the members the urgency of their task to find this madman and defeat his minions.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 1

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Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Abner Mason; group of thugs [Slick; rest unnamed] (villains); The Termite Men (Abner's unnamed son; rest unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis: Abner Mason writes to Hawkman about his son, who has been taken by a gang of termite men to the deserted Cartwheel house. The termite men were being used to rob banks, after disabling bank guards with a gummy substance. The Feathered Fury tracks down the gang, but is overcome by the gummy substance and left suspended over a fire that had been set to kill him in the house. But the heat melts the substance and Hawkman escapes, tracking down the thugs and termite men.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 2

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Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Serge Astrakoff (scientist); group of thugs (villains); Borer Men (villains)

Synopsis: Serge Astrakoff has discovered a way to make rubber from plants, and he tells Sandman that one evening, while working in his lab, he heard a strange noise and some men that looked like giant snails, bored up from underneath his lab and stole the synthetic rubber formula. The Sandman follows the trail of the "borer-men" and disables them with gas and captures the thugs and secures the formula.

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Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Water Bug [Chick Demsey] (villain, reforms); the Water Bug's Gang (villains, all reform)

Synopsis: The Spectre battles a man known as the Water Bug, who, in reality, is Chick Dempsey, world record holder in a dozen swimming events. Unable to get work after he graduated from college, Dempsey is approached by the King Bee and goes to work for him. He's glad when the Spectre nabs him and then helps the Ghostly Guardian to round up the rest of the gang.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 4

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Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Fred (airliner pilot); Brown (airliner pilot); Hasher (villain); Hasher's gang (villains); The Hornet Men (villains)

Synopsis: An airliner is attacked by hornet men, who force the plane down, and take it away, leaving the passengers stranded. Dr. Fate just happens to pass by the area and is seen by one of the members of King Bee's gang: the Hasher! He reports back to the rest of his gang that Fate is in the area, and sends up the hornet men after him. Fate makes short work of them, then captures Hasher and his gang, then discovers paperwork from the King Bee, and heads out after him.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 5

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Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Fred Norman (bank employee); Jim (Fred's friend, flashback, death); gang of thugs (villains); The Spider Men (villains)

Synopsis: Fred Norman had a fear and hatred of spiders, due to the fact that his friend Jim, whom he had been camping with, was killed by one ten years earlier. Working late in a bank, Fred was startled to see some human spiders invading the bank to steal some loot. Later, Dr. Mid-Nite convinces Fred that he can beat his phobia and together they face these minions of the King Bee. After throwing his blackout bomb into the area to frighten the spider-men, Fred runs out, reconsiders and comes back in to sock one of the thugs whom he thought to be one of his spider enemies, thus over-coming his fear.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 6

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Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; gang of thugs (villains); The Ant Men (villains)

Synopsis: The city faces the threat of ant-men, who have the power to crush a car in their bare hands. They are being used by the King Bee's thugs to rob local banks, and when the Astral Avenger arrives, he tries to figure out a way to handle them safely without killing them. When Starman discovers that the ant-men are controlled by a microphone through antennas on their heads, Starman pounds the thugs and brings the ant-men under control with that microphone.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 7

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Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; Percival Norman; unnamed head of Entomology; group of thugs (villains); The Grasshopper Men (villains)

Synopsis: An emerald necklace called the Green Glacier tells the story of how it was stolen by Grasshopper Men from Carteret's House of Jewels. Arriving on the scene, the Atom directs the grasshopper thieves into a field of grain while he overcomes the human criminals and takes the Glacier into his safe-keeping.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Chapter 8

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Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; group of thugs (villains); The Fly Men (villains)

Synopsis: Already under the influence of the fly hormone, Johnny goes to the diner where he ate the funny tasting bologna laced with that hormone. He is immediately forced to eat soup also containing the ingredient, and is given a set of wings so he can fly with the rest to commit yet more crimes. Johnny has enough presence of mind to suggest ways to capture the group and the Thunderbolt handles the details, then they head for the King Bee's residence.

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Insects Turn to Crime! Conclusion

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Character(s): Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Atom [Al Pratt]]; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; The King Bee [Elmer Pane] (villain, bug exterminator)

Synopsis: Elmer Pane, a lowly bug exterminator, has been made fun of all his life due to his interest in bugs and his career. One day he is able to isolate insect hormones, crystallize them, and find a way of ingesting them in humans to do his bidding. Having overcome Pane's weird creations, the JSA shows up at the King Bee's residence and overpower him, finding the antidote for the hormones which they will use on the King Bee's innocent victims to restore them to their real selves.

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Writer(s): Steven Rowe (credited)

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