All Star Comics #42 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1948) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

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Sold: Apr 10, 2022

All-Star Comics #42 Values

Publisher: DC, 1948

About All-Star Comics #42

Atom and Hawkman get new costumes. Justice Society of America cover by Irwin Hasen.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Man Who Hated Science!

Characters: Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; The Alchemist [Zobar Zodiac]

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Irwin Hasen

Notes: Compare this cover with the cover on Justice League of America (1961 series) # 6.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Man Who Hated Science! [Part I]

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; unnamed judge; unnamed prosecuting attorney; Galio (scholar, includes flashback, death); Christopher Columbus (mention only); Professor Zabor Zodiac (villain, scientist, narrator)

Synopsis: Professor Zodiac, charged with murder, tells the court the story of Galio, a 15th Century scholar who discovered the Four Wonders of Alchemy, took the Elixir of Youth to remain young, but saw it wear off in the 20th Century. So he hid the Four Wonders, then went to the JSA to tell them where he had hid the items, which he did before he keeled over dead. However, Zodiac was in another room and overheard the conversation, and rushed out to find the objects, leaving his personal gold cane behind. The JSA realize they must find the objects before Zodiac does.

Pages: 9.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: The splash page by Peddy and Sachs was based on Hasen's cover, which is nearly identical.

Title: The Man Who Hated Science, Part II

Characters: Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Horace Albrook (millionaire, death); Jameson (Albrook's butler); The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac] (villain)

Synopsis: Professor Zodiac uses a special invention to scan 100 newspapers at a time, and discovers his first clue in the Gotham Globe that an odd occurrence at the Gotham Terminal may mean the Philosopher's Stone may be there, so he disguises himself as The Alchemist and heads there. The Flash and Hawkman have the same idea and run into him at the terminal, but are captured. A millionaire discovers the Universal Solvent and is disintegrated, but the news alerts the Alchemist, Atom and Dr. Mid-Nite, who race to the man's home. A struggle ensues, but the Alchemist overcomes the duo.

Pages: 8.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: The Man Who Hated Science, Part III

Characters: Justice Society of America [Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Jimmy (top-spinning contestant); Professor Michels (of Gother University); The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac; also as an unnamed contest judge] (villain)

Synopsis: The Alchemist discovers the Top of Perpetual Motion at a top-spinning contest, but must battle Wonder Woman and Black Canary until the villain claims the top and overcomes them. Zodiac's testimony at the trial is interrupted again by some youngsters claiming to be the JSA, who are ushered out of court, and Zodiac continues his story, telling of a professor who accidentally discovers the Elixir of Youth in a flower bed. GL attempts to capture the Alchemist, who throws his last alchemo-bomb at the Emerald Crusader, freezing the ray of his ring, and allowing the Alchemist to capture him.

Pages: 8.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Title: The Man Who Hated Science! Part IV

Characters: Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; unnamed judge; The Alchemist [Professor Zabor Zodiac] (villain, death); Zodiac's Alchemy Army (villains)

Synopsis: The JSA members awake, tied to the Perpetual Motion Machine, and The Alchemist doffs his disguise and heads back to Gotham to surrender to the Police for the murder of Michaels and to demand a trial, knowing that the JSA will not be able to appear to testify against him. His testimony judges him guilty and he is sentenced to death. The JSA members drink the youth elixir, escape the perpetual motion machine and arrive at the courtroom in time for Zodiac to throw an alchemo bomb at them to restore them to adults. After a battle, Zodiac attempts to escape by plane, but crashes and dies.

Pages: 7.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: Oddity: the splash on page 26 displays only 5 JSA members tied to the perpetual motion machine

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