Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1950-12-11
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #57 Edit Cover
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives!
(Table of Contents)

Justice Society of America / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; The Great Gordoni
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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

New -- And Great! Big Town
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Big Town / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! [Part I]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Art Peddy (splash page only)
Inks:
Bernard Sachs (splash page only)
Colors:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan (Honolulu Police Chief); Mustapha Hakim (Turkish detective); Jacques Durand (Paris Surete detective); Bill (audience member); The Key [also as Detective Drew Dawes of Scotland Yard] (villain)
Synopsis:
Four famous detectives are invited by the JSA to Civic City to attend a meeting at the Civic City Palace Auditorium, wherein the crime detection methods used in their various nations will be used to "solve" a crime committed in their presence. After solving the staged crime, the four detectives disappear mysteriously, with the clue of a silver skeleton key left behind. When the JSA receive urgent telegrams from their home nations to return home to solve a mysterious crime, the All-Stars realize a master criminal is at work and set out to find the detectives as quickly as possible.
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Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part II
(Table of Contents: 5)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Chief Inspector MacReady; unnamed bank watchman; unnamed Frenmch Surete Commissaire; Bert (villain); Harry (villain); Pierre (villain)
Synopsis:
Dr. Mid-Nite meets London's Chief Inspector McReady at a bank where Police officials found the vault emptied, and a silver skeleton key left at the scene. Dr. Mid-Nite chases the crooks into a dense fog, and they then board a train, where he captures them with a Blackout Bomb. Meanwhile, the Flash meets the Parisian Commissaire of the Surete, who explains that the famed gargoyles atop the Notre Dame Cathedral have been disappearing. The Flash sets a trap, follows the crooks to a club where the crooks are emptying the treasure-filled gargoyles, and turns all over to the Surete.
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[no title indexed]
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Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

How to Build a Periscope
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Justice Society of America Laboratory Notes / activity / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
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Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]
Synopsis:
Dr. Mid-Nite tells readers how to build a simple periscope out of cardboard.

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT reprinted in the Archive.

Artist credits by Craig Delich.

Lucky Block
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part III
(Table of Contents: 9)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Emir of Kashdan; Colonel Masir (Istanbul Police official); F. Fred Wallis; unnamed Captain of the Laronia; Honolulu Police Captain Tom Lim; fake Emir (villain); The Great Gordoni (villain)
Synopsis:
Wonder Woman decides to employ Turkish psychology to round up a fake Emir who has made off with 300 pounds of gold, leaving a silver skeleton key behind. Using her invisible plane, she spots a submarine and brings it ashore, rounding up the crooks. In Honolulu, multi-millionaire J. Fred Wallis has had his "short-snorter" $100,000 bill, signed by celebrities, stolen, so Green Lantern hurries aboard, and using Harry Wan's methods of not hunting for the criminal but making the criminal come to him, rounds up his suspect, turns him over to the police, and then hurries back to Civic City.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich. Pencil credit originally tentatively given to Art Peddy.

[Daniel Majeske, Sylvia Dee]
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In the Groove / cartoon / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:
Daniel Majeskee; Sylvia Dee; Wayne Shepard; Dick Hayes

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT in the Archive.

The filler contains facts about music.

[no title indexed]
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Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

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

The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part IV
(Table of Contents: 14)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]]; Harry Wan; Drew Dawes; Jacques Durand; Mustapha Hakim; The Turtleneck Gang (villains); The Key [also as Inspector Drew Dawes] (villain)
Synopsis:
When the JSA arrive back at the now deserted Civic City Arena, Black Canary tells them that she, Hawkman and Atom discovered a phony cellar below the arena stage, where they were attacked by a gang. After turning them over the the Police, the JSA discovers clues dropped by the missing detectives, follow them, and find the men around a table in a trance in a mansion. An image of Dawes suddenly appears on a screen, who then unmasks, revealing the true face of the Key. The JSA watch him attempt to flee in a cable car, but Wonder Woman stops it and the Key jumps 1000' to his death!
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[The Divided Old Glory]
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Flag Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
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Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed)
  • Genre:non-fiction
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This filler was NOT in the Archive.

Letterer credit by Craig delich.

[no title indexed]
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

[no title indexed]
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statement of ownership / 0.33 page

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typeset

The Last Dictator
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset

The Lady of Mars
(Table of Contents: 20)

Johnny Peril's Surprise Story / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Johnny Peril

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This story was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

[no title indexed]
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MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives!
    Justice Society of America
  2. New -- And Great! Big Town
    Big Town
  3. The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! [Part I]
    Justice Society of America
  4. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  5. Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  6. The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part II
    Justice Society of America
  7. [no title indexed]
    Nabisco Shredded Wheat
  8. How to Build a Periscope
    Justice Society of America Laboratory Notes
  9. Lucky Block
    Nestlé's Crunch
  10. The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part III
    Justice Society of America
  11. [Daniel Majeske, Sylvia Dee]
    In the Groove
  12. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles
  13. ["Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  14. Editorial Advisory Board
  15. The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives! Part IV
    Justice Society of America
  16. [The Divided Old Glory]
    Flag Facts
  17. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  18. ["Panic stalks the forest..."]
    Tomahawk
  19. [no title indexed]
  20. The Last Dictator
  21. The Lady of Mars
    Johnny Peril's Surprise Story
  22. [no title indexed]
    MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals
  23. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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  • David Banuelos
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Chris Gomez
  • Matthew Head
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Dan Kocher
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Steven Samuels
  • Per Sandell
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