Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1

Name: Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1
Brand: DC

Nov 2011 · DC · 19.99 USD; 22.99 CAD

“Prologue”

"Prologue" in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 (2011) kicks off with a gripping historical thriller as President Franklin D. Roosevelt secretly meets British agent Smythe, setting the stage for the creation of the Justice Society of America. Written by Paul Levitz and illustrated by Joe Staton, with inks by Bob Layton, the story unfolds with the weight of wartime stakes and the birth of a covert superhero team. The cover, penciled by Joe Staton and inked by Dick Giordano, captures the tension of that pivotal moment.

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writer Paul Levitz · artist Joe Staton · inker Bob Layton · cover Joe Staton, Dick Giordano

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Full credits

writer Paul Levitz

artist Joe Staton

inker Bob Layton

cover pencils Joe Staton

cover inks Dick Giordano

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A secret meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British agent Smythe leads to the formation of the Justice Society of America, whose top secret mission is to stop the planned invasion of England by Hitler's Nazi Germany in November of 1940.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).