All-Star Comics #16 (1943)

Hawkman informs the members that the Nazis are trying a new strategy on America: divide and conquer, by using prejudices and hatred among people to severely disrupt our war effort. Each member is asked to enlist the assistance of the Junior Justice Society members in their locality and to sign up new members where possible.

Hawkman becomes involved in a situation involving the Bolton Steel Works, located near Hawk Valley. It seems that a fifth columnist has gained a job at the factory and is stirring up resentment against their boss. Hawkman arrives on the scene and uncovers the plot to stir up hate and prejudice between the workmen, and nabs the Nazi agent. Then Hawkman passes out each member's assignment to uncover Fifth Columnists at work in various areas.

Tony Scarlotti was a big-time gangster until his son was born, then he vowed to give it up and lead the type of life his son could be proud of. Dr. Mid-Nite comes to visit the Scarlotti home...not to see Tony, but his son, a JJSA member, who has been the victim of racial and religious prejudice, vowing to stop it. Meanwhile, an old "friend" of Tony shows up and wants Tony to help spread racial and religious prejudices, or else! Tony agrees, not wanting his son to find out about his past. But when young Scarlotti is kidnapped, Dr. Mid-Nite steps in to straighten out the situation.

The Atom has saved the lives of many workers in a coal mine, when the roof caves in on top of him. As he lay there, his mind goes back when a JJSA member tells him about the "killer mine" that the miners refuse to enter. A Nazi newcomer spreads propaganda that the mine owner has not adding safety features in the mines...but the Atom refutes that claim. The Atom kicks the guy out of camp, takes miners down himself to prove that the mine has safety features. When other fifth columnists sabotage the mine, the Atom digs his way out, and collects evidence against the men who rigged the accidents.

A strange seer named Mr. Fortune is predicting the very accidents or fortunes that begin occurring to people. Unknown to them, he not only predicts the situations, but makes sure they come true. When people begin to believe anything he tells them, he plans to begin spreading Nazi propaganda that they should hoard rationed items against their helpless future. Dr. Fate enters the scene, only to be accused by Fortune of actually being un-American! Fate visits the down-hearted JJSA members in the area and tells them that he will prove that Fortune is a Nazi, spreading phony propaganda.

The publisher of a Nazi newspaper called the New Way is being haunted by visions of the Sandman. But the real Sandman enlists the aid of a JJSA newsie to spread the truth about the paper and its publisher in order to smoke the rat out of hiding, and put an end to his activities.

In the town of Granary, Nazi propagandists move in to convince the farmers that, while they do all the hard work of planting and harvesting the grain, it's the storekeepers who are making all the profit from their labors. Starman arrives on the scene and is accused by the farmers themselves that he's on the side of the storekeepers, so he enlists the aid of the JJSA to help prove that the propagandists are really Nazis...and they do...big time!

In the small town of Shelby, a defense plant's safe is robbed, nothing being taken except a floor plan. However, from that point on, newer workers in that plant begin stirring up racial hatred by accusing one of the workers of the attempted theft, after planting the stolen floor plan on him. Spectre handles the situation by taking a sleeping propagandist into outer space and pretending to be Satan himself. Scared silly, the propagandist contacts Hitler by radio and the other workers see him do it and beat him up.

Johnny is given the location of a hideout being used by fifth columnists and the password to get in...and in he goes, in spite of what the Thunderbolt tells him. While in there, he listens to Nazi propaganda about how farmers are destroying foodstuffs in order to rake in huge profits, and Johnny falls for it, even becoming their spokesperson! Johnny finally sees the error of his beliefs, and, with the help of the T-Bolt, defeats the bad guys. The owner of a theatre then tells Johnny that he is having a War Bond rally, and the T-Bolt suggests the JSA all appear on stage.

The JSA gather at a giant motion picture palace to talk to the American people about what the Nazis are attempting to do and ask for their help in ending racial and religious prejudices. After all, as Hawkman says, we are ALL Americans, regardless of race, creed or religion, and the enemies are Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo, and together we can defeat that enemy!