Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-08-23
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (uncredited editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #43 Edit Cover
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The Secret of the Golden Universe!
(Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Golden Robot
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Indexer Notes

Compare this cover with the cover of The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #29, and with the cover on Justice League of America (1961 series) #52.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

This is the first issue with a brand new logo, and this is the last story in which the JSA operates out of Gotham City.

[no title indexed]
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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

The Secret of the Golden Universe! [Part I]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen (splash also)
Inks:
Bob Oksner (splash also)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Black Canary; Hawkman [Carter Hal]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]]; unnamed editor of the Gotham Globe; Benson (reporter); Mr. Ferris (manager of Simpson Timer Company); Thomas (employee at Simpson Timer Company); Bill (Midwest Limited engineer); Ed (Midwest Limited fireman); Raymond (master illusionist); Aurikon (villain); The Gold Men (villains)
Synopsis:
Boston Globe reporter Benson sees a connection with amazing thefts of metal and begins an investigation. Elsewhere, the great Raymond tells the JSA that he went to an exhibit at Gotham Island to expose so-called men of gold as frauds, but discovered they WERE made of gold. The Gold Men followed him, knocked him out, put him in a crate and dumped him in the river. Having escaped, he takes the JSA to the exhibit, where they confront the Gold Men, and battle them unsuccessfully. The Gold Men then board the Caterpillar ride, which spins dizzily, and when it stops, the Gold Men are gone!
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Indexer Notes

The splash somewhat replicates the cover, but was redrawn with JSA members in different spots and a different-looking robot.

Johnny Mize
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Bit-o-Honey Races to the Rescue!
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Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page

The Secret of the Golden Universe! Part II
(Table of Contents: 5)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Myrla (Chief Scientist of Xenca); Myrlan (Myrla's ancestor, flashback); Krano (Myrlan's son, flashback); Maxon (gold employee at the National Museum); Copper People (villains, flashback); Aurikon (villain, Myrla's half-brother); The Gold Men [Nikro; others unnamed] (villains); the Golden Robots (villains)
Synopsis:
Having jumped on the Caterpillar ride, the JSA suddenly find themselves in a dimension of gold, meeting with a scientist, who informs them that the Men of Gold have stolen iron from Gotham City and brought it to Xenca to power giant robots, which will end 1000 years of peace, thanks to arrogant Aurikon. Hawkman, Dr. Mid-Nite and Atom witness a robot come back to life in a bay, they battle it and its occupants, but are captured. Black Canary and Wonder Women battle the Gold Men at Xenca's National Museum who have brought a robot back to life, but are soon overcome and taken away.
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Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Secret of the Golden Universe! Part III
(Table of Contents: 8)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Myrla; Raymond; Benson; Aurikon (villain); The Gold Men (villains); Golden Robots (villains, destroyed)
Synopsis:
At Myrla's estate, GL and Flash battle another of the Golden Robots and defeats it, but are overcome by the steam from a lake of molten gold. Myrla is captured and taken to the museum where the JSA are on display in a glass case in suspended animation. But Aurikon also has Raymond as prisoner, in an inescapable trap, from which he eventually frees himself, then busts the glass case holding the JSA. The JSA then makes short work of the robots, rounds up Aurikon and the Gold Men, jails them, and then re-creates their travel on the Caterpillar ride back to Civic City.
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[no title indexed]
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Kellogg's Variety / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

To All Junior Justice Society of America Members
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The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Messengers from Space
(Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.5 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:science fiction

Indexer Notes

This text story was NOT reprinted in the Archive.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[Blue Boxer Crimes]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Johnny Peril's Surprise Story / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
  • Job Number:CC36
Characters:
Johnny Peril; The Blue Boxer [Ricky Jones] (villain)

Indexer Notes

This story was NOT reprinted in the Archive.

[no title indexed]
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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

Hero on the Bench
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Secret of the Golden Universe!
    Justice Society of America
  2. [no title indexed]
    Kodak Cameras and Film
  3. The Secret of the Golden Universe! [Part I]
    Justice Society of America
  4. Johnny Mize
    Wheaties
  5. Bit-o-Honey Races to the Rescue!
    Bit-o-Honey
  6. The Secret of the Golden Universe! Part II
    Justice Society of America
  7. [no title indexed]
    Spalding Sports Equipment
  8. ["What's that big crowd watching?"]
    Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
  9. The Secret of the Golden Universe! Part III
    Justice Society of America
  10. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Variety
  11. [no title indexed]
    Bendix Coaster Brake
  12. To All Junior Justice Society of America Members
    The Junior Justice Society of America
  13. Messengers from Space
  14. Editorial Advisory Board
  15. [Blue Boxer Crimes]
    Johnny Peril's Surprise Story
  16. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
  17. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  18. Hero on the Bench
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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