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All-Star Squadron, #8 Direct

Published: April 1982

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All-Star Squadron #8

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Issue Contents:
Afternoon of the Assassins! (1)
1 page superhero
Characters
  • All-Star Squadron [Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
  • Liberty Belle
  • Robotman [Robert Crane]
  • Shining Knight
  • Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]]
  • Winston Churchill
  • Kung (as a giant praying mantis)
Credits
Afternoon of the Assassins!
Story 1 24 pages superhero
Storyline

Winston Churchill is saved from assassination by Steel during his trip to America and Canada in 1941.

Characters
  • All-Star Squadron [Shining Knight
  • Liberty Belle
  • Steel [Hank Heywood] (origin recap)
  • Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
  • Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
  • Robotman [Robert Crane]]
  • Winston Churchill
  • Kung (villain)
  • Dr. Gilbert Giles (flashback)
  • Major Morton
  • Baron Blitzkrieg (cameo)
  • Zwerg (cameo)
  • Gloria Giles (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

This and the next issue incorporate pages from the never-published Steel, the Indestructible Man (DC, 1978 series) #6 re-inked, re-lettered, and partially re-drawn and re-written. Pages 1-8 are penciled by Adrian Gonzales. Pages 10, 11, 14, 15, and 17 are penciled by Don Heck. Pages 9, 12, 13, and 16 feature panels drawn by both Heck and Gonzales. Versus Kung the Assassin from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #238 (December 1977) and Baron Blitzkrieg. Steel the Indestructible Man is introduced into the feature. Story continues in All-Star Squadron #9 (May 1982).

The Shining Knight; Robotman; Johnny Quick (1)

Featuring All-Star Squadron Fact File

Story 2 1 page superhero
Characters
  • All-Star Squadron [Shining Knight
  • Winged Victory
  • Robotman [Robert Crane]
  • Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]]
Credits
Story 3 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters reviewing All-Star Squadron #4 from Mark Waldman, John K, Austin, and Wally Podrazik.