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All-Star Squadron, #62 Newsstand

Published: October 1986

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All-Star Squadron #62

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Issue Contents:
The Origin of the Shining Knight!

Featuring Tales of the All-Star Squadron

1 page superhero
Characters
  • All-Star Squadron [Shining Knight]
  • Merlin (background)
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story Notes

Art credits confirmed by Mr. DeZuñiga through Mr. Roy Thomas. Previous indexer had Mike Harris for pencils and DeZuñiga for inks.

The Origin of the Shining Knight

Featuring Tales of the All-Star Squadron

Story 1 22 pages superhero
Storyline

The Shining Knight is sent by King Arthur to battle the ogre Blunderbore. While travelling to where Blunderbore lives, the Shining Knight frees Merlin, who gives him new armor, sword and a flying horse to use to battle evil. After defeating Blunderbore, Merlin is frozen in ice and is not awakened until the 1940's off the coast of New England.

Characters
  • All-Star Squadron [Shining Knight (origin)
  • Winged Victory
  • Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback)
  • Star-Spangled Kid (cameo, flashback)
  • Green Arrow (Earth-2, cameo, flashback)
  • Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (cameo, flashback)]
  • King Arthur (flashback)
  • Queen Guinevere (flashback)
  • Sir Launcelot (flashback)
  • Sir Fallon (flashback)
  • Blunderbore (villain, flashback)
  • Merlin (flashback)
  • Dr. Moresby (flashback)
  • Mrs. Johnson (flashback)
  • Eve Barclay (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

Origin of the Shining Knight. Based on the story in from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #66.

The First! Legends Cross-Over
Story 2 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Magpie
  • Batman
Credits
The Man of Steel
Story 3 1 page
Credits

Featuring All-Star Squadroom

Story 4 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Includes letters from Stan Brown, Andy Sved, Greg Schienke, Daniel C. Patri, Brian Cook, and Tim Richards reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #57, as well as a short article on the history of the Shining Knight.

Story 5 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

With the DC Checklist for titles on sale the week of July 24.