All-Star Squadron, #65 Newsstand
Published: January 1987
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Issue Contents:
The Origin of Johnny Quick
The Origin of Johnny Quick
Storyline
Johnny uses his magic formula to stop a circus who are using their skills to commit burglaries.
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (origin)
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback)
- Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback)
- Liberty Belle (cameo, flashback)
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo, flashback)
- Tarantula (cameo, flashback)
- Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (cameo, flashback)
- Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback)
- Robotman [Robert Crane] (cameo, flashback)]
- Professor Ezra Gill (flashback)
- Thaddeus W. Morgan (flashback)
- Tubby Watts (flashback)
- King George VI (flashback)
- Queen Elizabeth (flashback)
- Elektro (flashback)
- The Phantom of the Fair (flashback)
- Great Caesar [Sam Leroy] (villain, flashback)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks:
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: David Cody Weiss
Story Notes
The Origin of Johnny Quick, retold from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #71.
Jerry Ordway Version of the Cover to All-Star Squadron #11 (1)
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
- Shining Knight
- Winged Victory
- Liberty Belle
- Commander Steel
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
- Robotman [Robert Crane]
- Atom [Al Pratt]
- Firebrand [Danette Reilly]]
- Akhet
Credits
- Pencils: Jerry Ordway
- Inks: Jerry Ordway
Story Notes
Jerry Ordway's first try at a DC cover, for All-Star Squadron #11. Explains that editor Len Wein had already asked Joe Kubert to do the cover and this version was not used.
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Includes an article on the history of Johnny Quick, as well as letters from T.E. Pouncey, Robert Kowalski, Ronald Bialkowski, Douglas A. Puthoff, and Frank Balkin reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #60.