All Star Comics #51 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1950) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $18,000.00

Sold: Apr 10, 2022

All-Star Comics #51 Values

Publisher: DC, 1950

About All-Star Comics #51

Justice Society of America appearance. Featuring the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, the Atom, Wonder Woman, and Dr. Mid-Nite. Johnny Peril backup story. Arthur Peddy cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Invaders from the World Below!

Characters: Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; the Diamond People [Exnam; Obnir; Aknon]

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Colors: Jack Adler ?

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Invaders from the World Below! [Part I]

Characters: Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Dr. Craig (mention only); Charles Crillon [aka The Crackpot of Science]; the Diamond People [Exnam] (villain)

Synopsis: Several mysterious events in Civic City spur the JSA to meet with Army officials, and are mystified by the uncanny predictions of a scientist named Crillon. They attend a meeting where Crillon is speaking about a race of Diamond People who live beneath the surface of the Earth whom he believes are responsible for the events happening re the Bottomless Lake and Old Reliable Geyser, and that a major catastrophe may occur if people do not act soon. When Crillon and a Mr. Exnam suddenly disappear at the meeting and the JSA reads the scientist's notebook, they decide to act.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: Invaders from the World Below! Part II

Characters: Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; the Diamond People [Exnam; Obnir; Aknon]

Synopsis: Flash, Wonder Woman and Black Canary head to the old World's Fair grounds, where Crillon's notes indicate the Diamond People will strike. When a volcano suddenly emerges on a playground, the trio stops the lava flow and faces the Diamond People, who use a gem ray on the JSA, blinding them and plunging them into the smoking volcano. Meanwhile, at Bottomless Lake, G.L. and the Atom investigate why the lake suddenly has filled with ice. They succeed in saving the city, but the Diamond People arrive and over-power the duo with the gem ray, blinding them and causing them to go over a cliff.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: The Perisphere and Trylon will later be the headquarters for the All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series), though those stories are set before this story.

Title: Invaders from the World Below! Part III

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Ed (government crew worker); Charles Crillon; unnamed 8th Army Command General; The Diamond People [Exnam; Illmra; Aknon; Obnir] (villains, all die]

Synopsis: Dr. Mid-Nite and Hawkman head to a secret government facility and discover that the Diamond Men are already on the attack there. The duo have them disabled, but one creature pulls out the Gem Ray, blinding the JSA pair, who nearly fly into a high tension wire. Returning to HQ, the duo meet with the other members, who relate their escapes...then a Diamond Man, Charles Crillon, walks in and spills the beans on the Diamond People, while Flash discovers that sound vibrations can destroy them. A battle ensues, the Diamond People destroyed and Crillon returned to normal.

Pages: 12.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Win Mortimer

Inks: Stan Kaye

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: This PSA does NOT appear in the Archives.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	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	2	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	2	4	4	0	2	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	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
Restored	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	2	1	1	0	1	4	5	1	2	4	4	0	2	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	39

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