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48August-September 1949
$0.10

All-Star Comics #48

DC · August-September 1949 · on sale 1949-06-22

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Identification plate

Series
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
August-September 1949
Key date
1949-08-00
On-sale date
1949-06-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Strange Lives of Edmund Blake!cover1pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Bernard Sachs; colors: Jack AdlerJustice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Edmund Blake
1Now - More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Strange Lives of Edmond Blake! [Part I]comic story8script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy, Irwin Hasen; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; Edmund Blake; Helen Blake (Edmund's sister); Dr. Starret; Dr. Jarman
4The Strange Lives of Edmond Blake, Part IIcomic story13script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only)]; Edmund Blake; Joan Nevins (Edmund's fiancee, image only); Dr. Jarman
6World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
7The Strange Lives of Edmond Blake! Part IIIcomic story11script: John Broome; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Bernard SachsJustice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Edmund Blake; Helen Blake; Dr. Jarman; Joan Nevins; Mrs. Hooker (Joan's housekeep
8How an Electric Motor Works; Drawing Pictures with Soundactivity1pencils: Arthur F. Peddy, Irwin Hasen; inks: Bernard Sachs, Bob OksnerThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
10-cartoon1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
11Frontier Surgeontext story2script: William Irwin
12Watch for Wakely!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
13The Littlest Planet!comic story5pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: John CelardoJohnny Peril
15Superman on Safety First!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superman

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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All Star Comics Archives #10
ISBN 1-4012-0159-8
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