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34April-May 1947
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All-Star Comics #34

DC · April-May 1947 · on sale 1947-02-24

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Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#34
Publication date
April-May 1947
Key date
1947-04-00
On-sale date
1947-02-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Wiles of the Wizardcover1pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenJustice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; The Wizard [William I. Zard]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Wiles of the Wizard! [Introduction]comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenJustice Society of America [Johnny Thunder; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; The Wizard [William I. Zard; aka W. I. Zard] (villain, introduction)
5The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 1comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe KubertHawkman [Carter Hall]; Mrs. Eberley; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Wizard's unnamed assistants (villains, waiters)
7The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 2comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank HarryDr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Mollon (villain); Mollon's Gang (villains)
8The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 3comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Richards (scientist, death?); The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); two safe-crackers (villains)
9The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 4comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry LampertThe Atom [Al Pratt]; unnamed Ace Fur drivers; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); Wizard's unnamed thugs (villains)
10Fate Laughs Last!text story2script: Cliff Rhodes
11Snowball Fightcomic story5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry LampertCotton-Top Katie; Perfessor
12The Wiles of the Wizard! Chapter 5comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanGreen Lantern [Alan Scott]; Mr. Farnsworth (model train enthusiast); The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain); unnamed thugs of the Wizard (villains)
13The Wiles of the Wizard! Conclusioncomic story7script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenJustice Society of America [Johnny Thunder; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Wizard [William I. Zard] (villain, origin)

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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All Star Comics Archives #8
ISBN 1-56389-812-8
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