All-Star Comics #17

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Introduction," Wonder Woman alerts the JSA that their meeting minutes have vanished—just as the villainous Brain Wave, presumed dead after a fall from his tower, reemerges with a shocking new scheme. Using a mix of electricity and a mysterious substance, he shrinks the entire team to just 8 inches tall, trapping them one by one in cages before vanishing. With the JSA now tiny and vulnerable, Hawkman calls on his hawks, who arrive just as Brain Wave watches from the shadows—leaving the outcome uncertain.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 1," Hawkman is snared mid-flight by a JJSA member and quickly drawn into a mystery when a young boy reveals his father is in danger from Brain Wave’s gang. Racing to the boy’s home, Hawkman discovers a bizarre twist: the child’s toys include tiny, living soldiers, and only a special yellow ray can restore them to normal size. With the police closing in and the threat still looming, the Feathered Fury must think fast—just as Johnny Thunder’s Thunderbolt arrives, pulling Hawkman away in a flash.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 2," Sandman finds himself on the run after escaping his cage, only to discover a tree sprouting dollar bills—each stamped with coded messages leading to a robbery at Riffanys. As he tracks the thugs who read the bills, he intervenes just before a policeman arrives to arrest them, only to be whisked away moments later by the Thunderbolt.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 3," Brain Wave’s thugs deploy indestructible spider webs to subdue guards protecting a safe in a private home, launching a daring heist. The Spectre arrives to stop them, but his size puts him at a disadvantage—so he rockets into space, redirects a meteor toward the house, and crashes it into the scene to knock out the crooks. As he prepares to alert the police, the Thunderbolt appears and takes him away to Johnny Thunder.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 4," the Brain Wave's gang, led by the cunning Lucky Luke, disguises itself as plumbers to infiltrate a bank—only for Doctor Fate to intercept them, tracing their movements to Lucky’s apartment. With a typewriter, Fate delivers a chilling message, but as Friday the 13th looms and one final job remains, Lucky presses on—just as the Thunderbolt’s arrival threatens to derail everything.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 5," Augustus Flack receives a mysterious newspaper that names him as the target of a sinister scheme tied to the Ace of Spades. When a card and note point him to a secret drop, Mid-Nite takes the lead, using his blackout bomb to outwit the thugs and expose their fear of poison—thanks to a clever ruse orchestrated by Charles McNider.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 6," the townspeople are lured to Keller's Circus with promises of a free show—part of a clever ruse by the Brain Wave to empty the town for a robbery. Starman arrives to stop the crime, confronting the crooks in the deserted streets until the police arrive, only to be abruptly taken away by Thunderbolt.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 7," the Atom races to stop a string of suspicious accidents—each victim a known crook—only to uncover a scheme where the Brain Wave is manipulating criminals into faking their own mishaps. With the thieves escaping the hospital clutching stolen radium, the Mighty Mite pursues them through the city, battling until police arrive—only for the Thunderbolt to appear and take the Atom away.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Chapter 8," Johnny finds himself flat on his face—literally—after crashing into the Keystone Hotel, only to be knocked out cold. Inside, a fake Senator Sebastian Graves has already replaced the real one, and Johnny’s tiny size makes it nearly impossible to stop the deception. With quick thinking, he calls on the Thunderbolt to restore his full stature, but even then, he’s captured—forcing him to send for the rest of the JSA before the impostor’s scheme can go any further.

In "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk, Conclusion," the Justice Society of America races to stop the villainous Brain Wave at his tower in Sharktooth Bay, where he’s rigged explosives to destroy them. With quick thinking and teamwork, the JSA thwarts his final trap—only for the villain’s own scheme to backfire in a dramatic, explosive end.