All-Star Squadron Annual Vol 1 3

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 * Title              = All-Star Squadron
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 * Volume             = 1
 * Issue              = Annual 3
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 * Year               = 1984


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 * Publisher          = DC Comics
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 * Executive Editor   = Dick Giordano
 * CoverArtist1       = Rick Hoberg
 * CoverArtist2       = Jerry Ordway


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Ian Karkull was an enemy of Doctor Fate, who was presumed dead. Karkull was not dead however, but fled to the Dark Dimension worshiped by the denizens of Ragnor known as the Shadowlands. The priests of Ragnor sacrificed the shadows of their victims to the forces of the Shadowlands and Karkull collected these shadows to empower himself. In 1941, he used the arcane forces in the Shadowlands to learn the names of future presidents of the United States and dispatched a strike force of super-villains to murder them (The villains: Alexander the Great, Catwoman (Selina Kyle), Doctor Doog, Ian Karkull, Lightning Master, Sieur Satan, Tarantula, Wotan and Zor). This effort was opposed by the Justice Society, which thwarted each of the villains except for Karkull's ally, Wotan. What effect the murder of Wotan's victim was has never been revealed. Tracking the trails of the emissary villains, the JSA confronted Karkull, blasting him with their combined powers. The forces exceeded Karkull's ability to contain the ancient shadows, which then exploded out of him, seemingly tearing him apart. The radiation of the shadows' departure bathed the assembled heroes, apparently extending their lives and affecting them in other, unknown ways.
 * StoryTitle1        = "Justice Society of America"
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The people affected included Atom (Al Pratt), Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Flash (Jay Garrick), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Hawkman, Hourman (Rex Tyler), Johnny Thunder, Sandman (Wesley Dodds), Spectre (Jim Corrigan), Starman (Ted Knight) and non-members Hawkgirl and Joan Williams. The radiation vastly extended their lifespans.


 * Editor1_1          = Janice Race
 * Editor1_2          = Roy Thomas


 * Writer1_1          = Roy Thomas
 * Writer1_2          = Dann Thomas


 * Penciler1_1        = Wayne Boring
 * Penciler1_2        = Rich Buckler
 * Penciler1_3        = Keith Giffen
 * Penciler1_4        = Rick Hoberg
 * Penciler1_5        = Richard Howell
 * Penciler1_6        = Carmine Infantino


 * Inker1_1           = Bill Collins
 * Inker1_2           = Frank Giacoia
 * Inker1_3           = Keith Giffen
 * Inker1_4           = Rick Hoberg
 * Inker1_5           = Richard Howell
 * Inker1_6           = Mike Machlan


 * Colourist1_1       = Gene D'Angelo


 * Letterer1_1        = Lois Buhalis
 * Letterer1_2        = David Cody Weiss

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 * {{a|Tarantula (Jonathan Law)}}


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 * {{a|Atom (Al Pratt)}}
 * {{a|Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)}}
 * {{a|Flash (Jay Garrick)}}
 * {{a|Green Lantern (Alan Scott)}}
 * {{a|Hawkman (Carter Hall)}}
 * {{a|Hourman (Rex Tyler)}}
 * {{a|Johnny Thunder (Jonathan L. Thunder)}}
 * {{a|Sandman (Wesley Dodds)}}
 * {{a|Spectre (Jim Corrigan)}}
 * {{a|Starman (Ted Knight)}}

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 * {{a|Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders)}}
 * {{a|Joan Williams}}
 * {{a|Major Arthur Williams}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Lois Lane}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Robin (Dick Grayson)}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Alexander the Great}} {{Flashback}} {{Final}}
 * {{apn|Catwoman (Selina Kyle)|Batman Vol 1 1|Batman Vol 1 2}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Doctor Doog}} {{Flashback}} {{Final}}
 * {{a|Ian Karkull}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Lightning Master}} {{Flashback}} {{Final}}
 * {{a|Sieur Satan}} {{Flashback}} {{Final}}
 * {{a|Tarantula (Crossart)}} {{Flashback}} {{Final}}
 * {{a|Wotan}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Zachary Zor}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Nabu the Wise}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} {{Flashback}}
 * Robert Cummings {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Richard M. Nixon}} {{Flashback}}
 * Pat Nixon {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Harry S. Truman}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|John F. Kennedy}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|Lyndon B. Johnson}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|Gerald R. Ford}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|James E. Carter}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|Ronald W. Reagan}} {{Flashback}} {{BTS}}
 * {{a|Earth-Two}}
 * {{a|New York}} {{Flashalso}}
 * {{a|Manhattan}}
 * {{a|Queens}}
 * {{a|Flushing Meadows}}
 * {{a|Trylon and Perisphere}}
 * {{a|Long Island}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Gotham City}}
 * {{a|JSA Headquarters}} {{Flashback}}
 * {{a|Washington, D.C.}} {{Flashback}}}
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 * Hot Springs {{Flashback}}
 * Fort Lewis
 * Fort Lewis
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 * Fort Lewis
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 * Notes              =
 * Though having various Pre-Crisis elements [presence of Earth-Two Batman, Robin, and Catwoman, and Tarantula (Crossart), whose existence were all eliminated after Crisis on Infinite Earths], this story was still valid inside the Post-Crisis chronology.


 * Final Annual for the series.


 * Includes a four-page preview for the Jemm, Son of Saturn limited series.


 * The framing sequence of this story takes place in Late February, 1942. The flashback takes place on June 28-29, 1941, immediately following the events depicted in All-Star Comics #7.


 * Most of these villains were already dead in their own timelines, to which they seemingly returned at the end of this story. This implies, but never states, that Ian Karkull's henchvillain-recruiting technique was the same one used by Per Degaton, in the first through fourth issues of All-Star Squadron.


 * Wotan’s powers of science and magic are vast, plus more importantly, ill-defined. By late June 1941, Wotan (4th scheme, 2nd team-up w/ Karkull) had already escaped Hades, escaped the earth’s core, and “seemingly perished” in one fire.  Also he packed a ray-gun whose crimson rays negated GL's green flame.  Of Karkull’s eight hench-super-villains, Wotan is the only one who accomplished his assigned assassination.


 * Catwoman (named only as "The Cat" here) wears her literal cat mask, the same as in Batman Vol 1 3.


 * According to Green Lantern, Dr. Fate’s most recent victory over Karkull & Wotan (in More Fun Comics #70, Aug 1941) had been “last year.” Therefore the Dr. Fate stories in More Fun #s 58 ~ 70 all need to have happened during 1940, at an average of about three per month.


 * Zor’s powers of magic are also vast, and also ill-defined.  By late June 1941, Zor (3rd scheme) had already 1/ escaped paralysis in a distant dimension and 2/ escaped paralysis encoffined in ectobane in the far-flung depths of the universe. "Once he had been stronger than The Spectre, but the tables had long since turned."  The chronicles are unclear as to what exact steps The Spectre took in 1941-June to disable or kill or paralyze or neutralize the threat of Zor, but it is clear that they were effective.


 * Ian Karkull returned to menace the JSA in 1999, after a very long convalescence.


 * At this story's end:
 * 1/ Dr. Fate starts to realize that Nabu is taking control of him whenever he dons the Helm of Nabu.
 * 2/ Hourman starts to reassess his dependency on Miraclo, and leaves the JSA to refine his Miraclo formula.
 * 3/ Green Lantern, shaken by his failure against Wotan, opts for honorary membership, naming Hawkman the new chairman.


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 * The events of this story are later referenced in America vs. the Justice Society Vol 1 2.
 * The events of this story are followed, starting the next day, by the events of DC 2000.


 * Recommended        =
 * All-Star Comics
 * All-Star Squadron
 * Justice Society of America (Volume 1)
 * Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
 * Justice Society of America (Volume 3)
 * Young All-Stars

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