All-Star Squadron, #61 Direct
Published: September 1986
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Issue Contents:
The Amazing Origin of Liberty Belle!
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]]
Credits
- Pencils: Mike Harris
- Inks:
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
The Origin of Liberty Belle
Storyline
Libby Lawrence sees her father killed when the Nazis invade Poland. She later escapes Europe during the evacuation at Dunkirk. Upon returning home she tries to convince the American public to join the war against Germany. On a trip to Independence Hall she meets Tom Revere and discovers that ringing the Liberty Bell gives her enhanced physical abilities.
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (origin)
- Tarantula
- Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (cameo)
- Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo)
- Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo, flashback)
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo, flashback)
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo)]
- Adolf Hitler (cameo, flashback)
- Richard Cannon (flashback)
- Major James Lawrence (flashback)
- Tom Revere (flashback)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Mike Harris
- Inks:
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: David Cody Weiss
Story Notes
Based on story in Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #1. Beginning a "special new series," Tales of the All-Star Squadron. Some are origin stories that would have eventually been printed in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series).
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Includes letters from Dale J. Roberts, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Pat Craig, and Helmut Schoetter reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #56, errata for Who's Who in the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #9-16, and a history of Liberty Belle in comic books.