All Star Comics #44 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1948) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $28,800.00

Sold: Nov 21, 2021

All-Star Comics #44 Values

Publisher: DC, 1948

About All-Star Comics #44

Intro of Golden Age Evil Star. Irwin Hasen cover. Hasen, Bob Oksner, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, and Howard Purcell art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Evil Star Over Hollywood!

Characters: Justice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider] (inset); Black Canary [Dinah Drake] (inset); The Atom [Al Pratt] (inset); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)]; Evil Star [Guy Pompton] (villain, introduction)

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Irwin Hasen

Notes: Inker credit from Craig Delich. Previously both Irwin Hasen and Bob Oksner were suggested as possibilities.

Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Evil Star Over Hollywood [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]]; Fred T. Fanum (film producer); Miss Forbes (Fanum's Secretary); Tom Colway (actor); Mr. Benton (movie director); Pete (cameraman); Bob Hope (cameo); Bing Crosby (cameo); Humphrey Bogart (cameo); Lauren Bacall (cameo); Peter Lorre (cameo); Evil Star [Guy Pompton]

Synopsis: A new crime expose film, "Thief in the Night," is in production when one of the cast disappears during a scene. Soon, producer Fred Fanum gets a warning note from a criminal named "Evil Star" to stop production at once, so Fanum calls in the JSA to investigate. Fanum tells them how a mysterious writer started providing only parts of the script so that production could begin, but he had not seen the final part. Dr. Mid-Nite deduces that the script may be factual, exposing the activities of a real criminal, probably Evil Star, who would stop at nothing to halt production on the film.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Irwin Hasen (also splash)

Inks: Bob Oksner (also splash)

Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)

Title: Evil Star Over Hollywood, Part II

Characters: Justice Society of America [Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]]; Mr. Benton (movie director); Jimmy (cameraman); Tom Colway's unnamed double (actor); Mr. Summers (movie director); Jimmy Stewart (cameo); Barry Fitzgerald (cameo); Evil Star [Guy Pompton] (villain, movie rental agency owner)

Synopsis: At Lake Arrowhead, Evil Star and his gang suddenly appear on the set, but Flash and Dr. Mid-Nite battle them and chase Evil Star into an office, where they are captured. Elsewhere, a comedy sequence is being shot when Hawkman and Wonder Woman discover that a gun is loaded with real bullets, and that the "Keystone Cops" are really Evil Star's gang. The villain over-powers the duo. At Stellar Studios, Atom and Black Canary are on the set as Fanum instructs Guy Pompton to secure props for the next scene. When Evil Star sneaks away with silver ingots, the duo are lured into a trap.

Pages: 13.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)

Notes: Pencil credit from Craig Delich; previously credited to Arthur F. Peddy.

Title: Evil Star Over Hollywood, Part III

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]]; Ned Jenkins (Postmaster, Mayor, Police Chief of Faberville); Harold Forbes (Pompton's Secretary); Evil Star [Guy Pompton] (villain)

Synopsis: GL visits a ghost town where the scripts to "Thief in the Night" had been mailed from, and discovers the author at work, when Evil Star knocks the Emerald Crusader out. When he recovers, he and the other JSA members find themselves securely bound on the front row of a private theatre...facing a knife-throwing machine, whose weapons are aimed at the JSAers' chests. G.L. muses that if all members move one way together, the knives thrown will miss them entirely, which proves true. The JSA return to the studios and accuse Pompton of being Evil Star, a battle ensues and he is captured.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Bob Oksner

Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)

Notes: Inker credit from Craig Delich; previously credited to Bernard Sachs.

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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	1	1	0	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	1	1	6	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Total	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	3	4	1	4	1	1	1	7	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	38

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