All-Star Squadron #7 Cover by Joe Kubert!
Artists: Joe Kubert (All) , Roy Thomas (Writer)
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Description"He can fly ?! Then why the roadster?"— Robotman This is such a memorable cover. I don't think I bought it off the stands, as I seem to remember having to pay an extra .15 cents for it (yes, .75 cents was a lot of money to me back then). Kubert just killed it on these covers, and this more so as all of the images are art. No stats for the characters! Rare Earth 2 Batman appearance! Baron Blitzkrieg also has his first chronological appearance! The cool extra, posting on December 19th, is the story takes place on December 22nd to the 24th. Thanks to Will Gabri-El for making it available to me! More info: This issue is divided into four chapters: Part I: Carnage for Christmas Part II: In Battle Joined Part III: Divided We Stand Part IV: Tragedy and Triumph This story takes place on December 22nd through the 24th, 1941, and includes flashbacks to events chronicled in DC Special #29 (the origin of the JSA), All-Star Comics #11 (the JSA men enlist in the military), and More Fun Comics #80 (the Spectre fights Spectrum). In their conversation in the Oval Office, it seems as if the Atom is trying to conceal the identities of his JSA colleagues from FDR, or at least he refrains from naming them out loud, but given that the President already knows who the Atom is, it seems likely that these other secrets are known to him also. Either way, according to the Atom: The Sandman is in the Army's Artillery Corps, mastering 37-mm antiaircraft cannons and presumably other weapons as well. (Sandman was famously depicted on the cover of Adventure Comics #78, firing a 37-mm gun.) (Until at least 1933, Wesley Dodds was a pilot in the U.S. Navy.) Dr. Fate is in paratrooper training. Hawkman and Starman are both in the USAAF, undergoing pilot training, on the West Coast and at Fort Randolph, Texas, respectively. (FDR definitely knows Starman's secret identity, as revealed in All-Star Squadron #10.) Dr. Mid-Nite's alter ego has joined the Army Medical Corps, at the rank of Captain, and is stationed, with his civilian assistant Myra Mason, on a Pacific island, to work on a cure for Tropical Fever. (Atom names Myra Mason in his remark, so Mid-Nite's secret identity is definitely compromised also.) Johnny Thunder has joined the Navy. Green Lantern has enlisted in the Army. The Spectre has not joined up, with the Atom not saying why, and possibly not knowing why. Jim Corrigan is dead, thus unqualified for military service. The flashback montage shows him fighting Spectrum, the King of Color, with his sidekick Percival Popp. Page 13, panel 2: At the time of this story, Shiera Hawkgirl Saunders has recently inherited a fortune. Winston Churchill arrives in America aboard the HMS Duke of York, which historically was, and here is illustrated as, a (King George V class) battleship, despite being referred to as a "destroyer" by several of this story's captions, and characters who should know better. Baron Blitzkrieg has appeared in earlier (publishing time) issues of Wonder Woman, but this is chronologically his first appearance. Social/Sharing |
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Marvel Two-in-One Guy
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 12/19/2020
I agree with you - an eye catching cover well worth the extra price of admission.
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor 
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 12/19/2020
Marvel Two-in-One Guy wrote:
I agree with you - an eye catching cover well worth the extra price of admission.
It is, I am so lucky to have been able to get it. It's up there with the #1 cover.
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/19/2020
Steve Kro wrote:
Killer Kubert! Kongrats!
Thanks Steve! Coming from you and your love of Kubert, it means a lot!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/19/2020
Bill J wrote:
Killer Kubert Kover!
Agreed, thanks Bill!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/19/2020
Dino Mauricio wrote:
Outstanding! Comin' at ya, Kubert style!
right in your face! Love that it's all art!
Brian Peck
Member Since 2003
Posted on 12/19/2020
WOW!!! One of my favorite cover from All-Star Squadron series. Congrats!!!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/19/2020
Brian Peck wrote:
WOW!!! One of my favorite cover from All-Star Squadron series. Congrats!!!
thank you Brian!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/20/2020
Lloyd White wrote:
One of Kubert's best---congratulations!
Thank you very much Lloyd. Means a lot comeing from you sir.
Fred Bronaugh
Member Since 2005
Posted on 12/20/2020
Loved this comic back in the day. Would love to see something like it again
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/20/2020
Fred Bronaugh wrote:
Loved this comic back in the day. Would love to see something like it again
That makes 2 of us Fred!
Fred Bronaugh
Member Since 2005
Posted on 12/21/2020
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor wrote:
That makes 2 of us Fred!
The problem is that what sort of story could you tell in that Time period that hasn't been told yet?? would it be better to hit another time period
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/21/2020
Fred Bronaugh wrote:
The problem is that what sort of story could you tell in that Time period that hasn't been told yet?? would it be better to hit another time period
the right writer, would make it work. Geoff Johns would kill it!
Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/26/2020
Robert Binkley wrote:
Great Kubert Cover! Congrats!
thank you so much Robert!
Mike (aka Off White) White
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/23/2023
I loved Kubert's Justice League covers so this cover is great! Harkens back to those covers from that time ! Congrats!
Mark Geier
Member Since 2013
Posted on 7/26/2023
Wow, great piece! Get some of the Squadron, some JSA in the background, and all by Kubert. Doesn't get much better!
R Shur
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 4/8/2025
Somehow I missed this great cover when you originally posted... In a total tie my 2 favorite Kubert All-Star Covers are this one (#7) and #13.
I also recall when DC raised their cover price from .50 to .60 it too was a huge deal-breaker for me. IIRC Marvel remained at .50 for nearly 10 more months. During that time frame I had to scale back my DC purchases from about 10 to only 4 per month. I kept only All-Star, Captain Carrot,New Teen Titans and Legion.
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