Classic flag cover by Frank Harry, featuring the Justice Society, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Last Hop Harrigan feature. Sheldon Moldoff and Bernard Baily art.
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COVER DETAILS
Title:
A Cure for the World
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder]; Thomas Jefferson (image only); Abraham Lincoln (image only)
Pencils:
Frank Harry
Inks:
Frank Harry
Reprints:
Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #39 (November 1965)
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Keystone Kids by John R. Tunis
Pages:
0.440
Script:
Josette Frank
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside front cover.
Title:
What War Bonds Buy
Pages:
0.230
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside front cover.
Title:
The Test of Time! [Introduction]
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]]; Conscience of Man (introduction); unnamed young boy
Synopsis:
After witnessing an attack on a boy because of his religious beliefs, Dr. Mid-Nite takes the young victim to the JSA, and lets the boy tell his story. But the members aren't sure how they can help until suddenly a strange female being appears and tells them they can IF they are willing to undergo a test, which they agree to do. Each member will be hurled back in time to eras of great persecution and prejudice [without their present knowledge] to become opponents of those prejudices and hatreds. If they let the difficulties of the past overcome them, they will fail their missions.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Joe Gallagher
Inks:
Joe Gallagher
Notes:
Conscience next appears in All-Star #24.
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 1
Characters:
Hawkman [Carter Hall; aka Ga]; Tow (caveman); Mok (caveman)
Synopsis:
Hawkman is in the stone age era, whom the natives consider to be a large bird, enough for several meals. Hawk overcomes their attack and of a bear, and is hailed as the new leader of a tribe. He is shown a cave painting of a woolly mammoth, who members of the tribe believe not to be a painting, but a real animal, and they intend to kill the artist. Hawkman, now known as "Ga," prevents this. The artist tells him these animals indeed exist and helps Ga protect the tribe from a herd of the beasts. He is then accepted as one of their own as Hawkman disappears into the mists of time.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 2
Characters:
Starman [Ted Knight; aka Theodoratus]; Galen (Theodoratus' aide); Leonidas (General); Phidias (a slave); Xerxes (villain, Persian leader)
Synopsis:
Starman is in ancient Greece in 480 B.C. where he is a Greek soldier and member of the Strategoi. He recommends the training of their slaves in warfare, making the Greek Army second to none. But the Generals think the slaves are cowards and the plan foolish. Starman begins to train the slaves, until that day when they are first taken into battle. Accidentally discovering the power of the gravity rod, Starman uses it to push the foe back. The slaves win their freedom and word goes out to train their other slaves to fight and earn their freedom as well...all just as Starman fades from view.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Stan Asch
Inks:
Stan Asch
Notes:
The Strategoi were members of a ruling Greek class who were considered its ablest military Generals.
Title:
"Corn" on the Side
Characters:
Fat; Slat
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Ed Wheelan
Pencils:
Ed Wheelan
Inks:
Ed Wheelan
Letters:
Ed Wheelan
Notes:
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
This filler does NOT appear in the Archives.
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 3
Characters:
Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Baron's unnamed daughter; unnamed Baron (villain)
Synopsis:
Johnny finds himself in medieval England, a lowly shepherd boy, and is brutally flogged for accidentally hurting a soldier. He wants to go before the Baron and tell him that the Serfs are men, not be robbed and left to die, but, instead, makes the Baron laugh and he becomes court jester. The Baron is so impressed that, if Johnny enters the Knight's Tourney and wins, then he'll consider doing something good for the Serfs. With the help of the Thunderbolt, Johnny wins and is knighted by the Baron...but disappears just as the Baron's (ugly) daughter is brought before Johnny as his bride-to-be.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Stan Asch
Inks:
Stan Asch
Title:
Lead-Lease for China
Characters:
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; unnamed USAF Major; the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Having just flown a shot-up bomber into the Calcutta airport for repairs, Hop learns that he is to pilot a transport plane, loaded down with engines for the free Chinese forces, to Chungking. "No problem," thinks the young airman, until he learns that every other transport plane to try the same thing has mysteriously vanished without a trace!
Pages:
1.500
Pencils:
? (spot illustration)
Inks:
? (spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 4
Characters:
The Atom [Al Pratt; aka Nathaniel Pratt]; Julie (Nathaniel's wife); Nathaniel's unnamed Mother; Mother Rathlow (supposed witch)
Synopsis:
Atom is in old Salem in Colonial America, where witch hunts and trials occurred. At home hears of a "witch" living in the forest, and he later finds her trapped by a tree and saves her. Her knowledge of medicinal herbs brands her a witch. Later, using his disguise as the Atom, he tackles a mob and tries to convince them that she isn't. Instead, they believe him to be a wizard and flee. Then Mother Rathlow comes by and thanks him for understanding, and that she is going to live with relatives in Virginia. Just then, Atom begins to vanish, making Mother Rathlow to think he actually is a wizard!
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Joe Gallagher
Inks:
Joe Gallagher
Title:
Those Super-Duper Dealers in Unrationed "Corn"
Characters:
Fat; Slat
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Ed Wheelan
Pencils:
Ed Wheelan
Inks:
Ed Wheelan
Letters:
Ed Wheelan
Notes:
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 5
Characters:
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider; aka Dr. De Nider]; Le Duc De Harigny (a nobelman); Le Duc's unnamed son; Duc D'Ormonde (villain, military commander)
Synopsis:
Dr. Mid-Nite is in Paris in 1793 during the French Revolution, embroiled in the deep-rooted mistrust and hatred of a royal family that has does much harm to the common people. As a city doctor named M'sieu De Nider, he is told about a seriously injured nobleman, and heads out to help, being branded a traitor by the common people, but is also fearful that the people have let their new freedom go to their heads. Re-disguising himself as Dr. Mid-Nite, he travels out into the night to keep the people from trying to kill all noblemen and succeeds only at the last moment.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Stan Asch
Inks:
Stan Asch
Title:
The Test of Time! Chapter 6
Characters:
The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Stephen Hare (inventor); Robert Fulton (steamboat inventor); unruly mob (villains)
Synopsis:
The Spectre, in the year 1815, meets Stephen Hare, who has invented a tiny motor powered by electricity, which is not well received by the townspeople who want to smash the invention. The Spectre intervenes, and afterwards, convinces Hare to continue with his inventing, that someday people will accept such things rationally. But Spectre's work is not finished, as other inventors are headed for the same treatment. Heading such an attack off, the Ghostly Guardian introduces a young inventor named Robert J. Fulton, who just invented a contraption called the steamboat, to Hare.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Title:
The Test of Time! Conclusion
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Johnny Thunder; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]]; Conscience of Man; unnamed young boy
Synopsis:
The JSA members return to their HQ after having all succeed in their individual assignments. Conscience now identifies herself to the members as the Conscience of Man and tells them that by educating people, their understanding will then overcome their hatreds, fears and prejudices. Conscience then disappears, but the young lad whose dilemma started the whole matter, suggests that the JSA visit his school and start a program of education there. They do, with resounding success!
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Joe Gallagher
Inks:
Joe Gallagher
Notes:
The last page is a full page spread where the JSA and the students all stand and repeat together the Pledge of Allegiance.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
2
5
4
4
7
8
4
4
8
7
8
4
3
2
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
81
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
5
5
5
7
8
6
5
10
8
9
5
3
2
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
92
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