All Star Comics #54 (DC, 1950) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. This is just a gorgeous copy from the collection of the ...

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All-Star Comics #54 Values

Publisher: DC, 1950

About All-Star Comics #54

Circus cover featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, and the Atom -- the Justice Society of America. Carmine Infantino art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Under the Big Top

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

Pencils: Art Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: The original art to this cover, with new title lettering (to replace that which had fallen off), became the back cover to America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985). There is a reference made early in the story to a case involving "smuggling gem-runners." No such case ever appeared in print in All-Star, nor was it one of Gardner Fox's "lost" JSA tales.

STORY DETAILS

(10 Stories)

Title: Circus of a Thousand Thrills [Part I]

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]]; unnamed Policeman; unnamed Chief of Police; Mr. Alimand (villain, circus owner); Goliath (villain, giant strongman); Felix the Great (villain, tightrope walker); Demon Dan (villain, trick motorcyclist); Frederick (villain, lion tamer); Mr. Mechanico (villain, man with a machanical mind)

Synopsis: Chairman Hawkman tells the JSA that all cases in the works are closed and, with nothing for them to do, Green Lantern suggests that all attend the circus, which has just come to town. As they near the circus, a Policeman tells them the Police Chief needs to see them, and the Chief informs them that he expects a major crime wave to strike Civic City within the week. Four cities have already been hit, each at 9 pm in the evening, and each having had a traveling circus in town. This fact leads the Flash to suspect the circus in town is somehow responsible and all decide to investigate.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Frank Giacoia (splash and chapter)

Inks: Frank Giacoia (splash and chapter)

Notes: Pencil credit from Craig Delich; previously tentatively assigned to Art Peddy.

Title: Circus of a Thousand Thrills! Part II

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake] (cameo)]; unnamed ocean-liner Captain; Mrs. Rockmillion; Felix the Great (villain); Frederick the Lion Tamer (villain); two circus clowns (villains); Tumbo (villain, an elephant)

Synopsis: Hawkman boards an ocean liner to protect "The Pharaoh", a valuable oil painting, but discovers Felix the Great and two circus clowns have already seized the painting. The Winged Wonder foils the robbery and jails the suspects, but is stunned to discover that Felix is performing at the circus! Likewise, the Flash and the Atom set out to guard Mrs. Rockmillion's prize Pompeii Tiara, but Frederick and his trained elephants purloin the tiara. The All-Stars stop the crime and jail the felon, but when the two return to the circus, they are shocked to see Frederick performing his routine!

Pages: 8.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Art Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: The Circus of a Thousand Thrills! Part III

Characters: Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake] (cameo)]; Edward Bronson (retired oil millionaire, mention only); Alvin Marcey (eccentric financier and amateur magician); Demon Dan (villain); Mr. Mechanico (villain); Goliath (villain)

Synopsis: At the Great Museum of Natural History, Dr. Mid-Nite and Wonder Woman are there to protect an expensive collection of electrum coins, but have to battle Demon Dan. who has seized them. They round him up and jail him, but then discover him at the circus performing! Meanwhile, G.L. arrives to the estate of Alvin Marcey to guard his Harmonimac (automatic orchestra) in time to foil Mr. Mechanico and Goliath from stealing it. Having jailed the pair, the Green Gladiator returns to the circus too see the pair in mid-performance. Both he and Black Canary wonder what is going on.

Pages: 8.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Art Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: Artist revision by Craig Delich; credit formerly given to Frank Giacoia.

Title: The Circus of a Thousand Thrills! Part IV

Characters: Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Mr. Alimond (villain); Goliath (villain); Demon Dan (villain); Felix the Great (villain); Mr. Mechanico (villain); Frederick (villain)

Synopsis: With all the JSA members re-assembled at ringside, they are stunned to see every one of the people that they had thrown into jail for committing crimes in the center ring! At that moment, Alimand announces to the crowd that the JSA will perform some feats, which they do...and the villains take it on the lam. The All-Stars round up the crooks, take them to the Police Station, where they are amazed to see two sets of circus performers. Finally, Alimand confesses that the Circus of a Thousand Thrills is, perhaps, the rarest circus of them all, because they have identical twin performers!

Pages: 6.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Art Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: Revised art credits from Craig Delich; formerly given to Frank Giacoia.

Title: The Dark Horseman!

Characters: Johnny Peril

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Notes: Pencil and ink credits from Craig Delich. Pencil and ink credits originally given to Howard Purcell. This story 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	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	5	5	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	42
Qualified	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
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	5	5	4	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	48

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