All-Star Comics #2

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CGC records 72 graded copies for All Star Comics #2 (1940). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Hawkman: "Sacrifice for Yum-Chac"

Hawkman's curiosity is attracted by the police in a house he finds a woman's body who seems to be drowned. He also finds a series of clues that leads him to link the crime with the ancient Aztec Empire so he decides to pay a visit to an expert in the field, Chet Norris.

At Norris' home, he finds Chet tied up and sees that his wife, Irene has been kidnapped by Nyola, an alleged descendant of Montezuma, who is taking her to Mexico where she plans to sacrifice her to Yum Chac, a name given to the Aztec God of rain.

Hakman stops a henchman in the U.S. and then follows Nyola to Chichen Itza (actually a Mayan city) where he contacts the Mexican police and saves Irene just when she is about to be thrown into a pit.

Seeing her plans thwarted, Nyola jumps into the pit to her apparent death. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Nyola) ** Aztec Natives **Other Characters:** * Chet Norris (a writer) * Irene Norris (Chet's sister) * Chichen Itza sheriff * New York police officers * Mexican police **Locations:** * Mexico ** Yucatan *** Chichen_Itza|Chichen Itza * New York ** New York City *** Manhattan **** Statue of Liberty **Items:** * Nth Metal **Vehicles:** * S.S. Meridan (a ship)

| Writer2_1 = Bill Finger | Penciler2_1 = Martin Nodell | Inker2_1 = Martin Nodell | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = | StoryTitle2 = Green Lantern: "The Robot Men" | Synopsis2 = In cities across America, vagrants and bums are turned into "robot-men." At night, the robot-men pillage and sabotage the cities. Police shoot these robot-men and the bodies go to the morgue. Concerned about the situation, Green Lantern goes to the morgue, steals a body, and performs an autopsy. He discovers that the robot-men have been injected by a drug that ruins conscious thought, and he creates an antidote for the drug.

Posing for several nights as a wandering hobo, Green Lantern is picked up by Baron Von Zorn's cronies. Once in the Baron's lair, he puts off his disguise, but is captured by Baron Von Zorn. The Baron describes his plan - to attack American statesmen with the drug and abolish democracy. The Baron gives Green Lantern a shot of the drug, and Green Lantern pretends that the drug takes effect, but the needle didn't actually penetrate his skin because of his immunity to metals. He chases the Baron and the Baron's cronies to Rocky Point, where a battle ensues. Green Lantern shoots the robot-men with the antidote, and they help defeat the Baron's crew. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Baron Von Zorn **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Rocky Point **Items:** * Green Lantern Ring

| StoryTitle3 = Spectre: "The Curse of Kulak" | Synopsis3 = For aeons Kulak, high priest of the world Brztal, used his sorcery to destroy civilizations on many worlds. Under unknown circumstances he was imprisoned millennia ago in a tomb on earth. After archaeologists discovered the tomb, Kulak awoke and attempted to destroy the earth by various cataclysms, but was thwarted by the Spectre. | Writer3_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler3_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker3_1 = Bernard Baily | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Spectre) (Jim Corrigan)) **Supporting Characters:** * Police Chief **Antagonists:** * Kulak) **Other Characters:** * Benson **Locations:** * Cliffland, New Jersey **Items:** * Ring of Life

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Creig Flessel | Inker4_1 = Chad Grothkopf | Colorist4_1 = | Letterer4_1 = Chad Grothkopf | StoryTitle4 = Sandman: "The Glowing Globes" | Synopsis4 = A horrible figure enters the vaults, boasting that on place is secure against his life-taker. At home, Wesley Dodds is entertaining eminent scientist Sir Basil Lorimer, when a report of the deaths comes over the radio. The two men go to the vault and Sir Basil notices a burn caused by a hot object, but Dodds is suspicious that he didn't identify it as radium. Wes Dodds races homeward and changes into The Sandman and analyses the residue from the robbery. He visits Sir Basil, to find he has been shot. Surprised, he attacks Sir Basil's butler. Going through Sir Basil's book on criminology, Sandman finds a reference to the U.S. Treasury, but a yellow blotched hand send a glowing ball rolling towards him. The mystery man leaves and throws his life-taker into the treasury, killing the guards. Back at the Lorimer home, the unconscious Sandman is unmasked by a detective - revealing a straw man. The real Sandman is in the laboratory when he is attacked by the masked crook and his identity revealed. As the detective runs downstairs, Wes Dodds topples a pot of sulphur-lead onto the ball, smothering its deadly radiation. Downstairs, the detective accuses the butler of attacking him; the yellow-faced terror leaps, but s caught by the Sandman. The Sandman proceeds to chip off the cement-like covering which conceals the features of the criminal, revealing Sir Basil's twin brother. The brother reaches for the detective's fallen gun, but the swift-moving Sandman turns the gun against its bearer, killing him instantly.

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandman) **Supporting Characters:** * Sir Basil Lorimer **Antagonists:** * Lorimer, twin brother **Other Characters:** * two bank guards **Locations:** * New York City ** Scientist Bank & Trust Company ** Manhattan *** Dodds Manor, on Park Drive *** U.S. Treasury Building **Items:** * Lorimar's "Life Taker": a ball of white metal that steals life from living men * Sandman's gas gun **Vehicles:** * Dodds' Red Sedan

| StoryTitle5 = Red, White, and Blue: "The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L" | Synopsis5 = Red), his pals White) and Blue), and Doris West foil a plot by the evil Professor Leaman to destroy the secret records of G-2 with a gas that temporarily blanks out writing from documents. | Writer5_1 = Jerry Siegel | Penciler5_1 = William Smith | Inker5_1 = William Smith | Colorist5_1 = | Letterer5_1 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Red, White and Blue) ** Red) ** White) ** Blue) **Supporting Characters:** * Doris West) **Antagonists:** * Professor Leaman * Truck Bieler **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** *

| StoryTitle6 = Johnny Thunder: "The Darling Apartment" | Synopsis6 = Johnny has a girl called Daisy Darling, and Daisy's papa is in the real estate business, of all things. Mr. Darling is going to put up a great big apartment building at the corner of Oak and Spring Streets, and make a lot of money on it. When the three of them get to the property, the former owner refuses to close his pool hall. Back in the office, Daisy suggests to Johnny that he goes and throws the mean old man out and Johnny decides to try out his magical power. Johnny is thrown out, but says his magic word and tells the crooks to throw themselves in the county jail. He then rolls up the walls of the low dive like a window shade. The tough guy who ran the joint complains to his higher-up boss, Hiram Crooker, in the City Hall, who sabotages Darling's building company. Johnny accidentally says his magic word again and the sabotage ends and the crooks scram out of town.

| Writer6_1 = John B. Wentworth | Penciler6_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker6_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Colorist6_1 = | Letterer6_1 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) **Supporting Characters:** * Thunderbolt) * Daisy Darling) * Herman Darling **Antagonists:** * Hiram Crooker * Faber **Other Characters:** * Mr. Throstle **Locations:** * **Items:** *

| Write7_1 = Ken Fitch | Penciler7_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker7_1 = Bernard Baily | Letterer7_1 = Bernard Baily | StoryTitle7 = Hour-Man: "Dr. Morte, Spiritualist" | Synopsis7 = Dr. Morte, a fake clairvoyant, persuades Robert T. Davis that his late wife Clara wishes him to bring her jewelry to 'Ever-Rest'. Davis's brother-in-law tells the story to Rex Tyler, who contacts the Minute Men and tells them to keep the men from entering the cemetery. As time wears on, the boys become jittery and try to hide in Dr. Morte's house, where they are chased out by Longo. Hour-Man contronts Dr. Morte in an unoccupied mausoleum and their conversation is heard by Davis. Longo is chasing the Minute Men, but Hour-Man intervenes and exposes the plot.

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Hour-Man) **Supporting Characters:** * Minute Men of America ** Jimmy Martin) ** Thorndyke Thompkins) * Mr. Bannerman **Antagonists:** * Dr. Morte * Longo **Other Characters:** * Robert T. Davis (Mr. Bannerman's brother-in-law) * Clara Bannerman Davis **Locations:** * Cosmos) ** Bannerman Laboratories ** Ever-Rest Cemetery ** Minute Men Headquarters ** Morte's Seance Parlor **Items:** * Miraclo * portable short-wave two-way radio sets

| StoryTitle8 = Flash: "The One-Man Newspaper" | Synopsis8 = Jay Garrick visits the Daily Column, but finds the building deserted. He returns as The Flash and composes, prints and distributes the paper himself. When the men who kidnapped the staff arrive at the Column offices, Flash remains invisible until he can capyure them and hand them over to the police. Meanwhile "The Boss" is threatening John Baxter, the owner of the Daily Column to sign over the paper. When he refuses, his daughter Anne Baxter and Joan Williams, Flash's girlfriend who is visiting her, are kidnapped. Flash approaches the gangster's house again, rescues the girls, prevents Baxter's murder and captures the crooks.

| Writer8_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler8_1 = Everett E. Hibbard | Inker8_1 = Everett E. Hibbard | Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * The Flash) **Supporting Characters:** * Joan Williams) **Antagonists:** * The Boss **Other Characters:** * John Baxter * Anne Baxter **Locations:** * **Items:** *

| Notes = * Published quarterly by All-American Comics, Inc. ** This issue includes a letter from the editors explaining that, as a result of the poll in the previous issue, Green Lantern) and Johnny Thunder have been added as regular features in All-Star Comics, and that Dr. Fate) will also be added in the next issue. Readers are invited to send in suggestions for features to be published in their own quarterly titles. The first 1000 readers to send in suggestions with the coupon provided are to receive free copies of issue #3. ** This issue is reprinted in All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 0 (Collected). * **Green Lantern**: ** Alan Scott is revealed to have spent two years in medical school. ** The captions imply that Baron Von Zorn is a foreign scientist, but his nationality is unstated. His goal is destroying democracy, so he's either a Nazi or not, but either way he's a mad foreign would-be conqueror. And it's still 1940. * **Hawkman**: In "Sacrifice for Yum-Chac", Nyola's Aztec temple is located in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, a famous Mayan city site. * **Hour-Man**: ** Per page 2 panel 2, "Bannerman" is spelled thus. Earlier issues had spelled it "Bannermain." * **Sandman**: In "The Glowing Globes", Sandman kills the villain Lorimer, in self-defense. * Also appearing in this issue of *All-Star Comics* was: ** The Invisible Star (text story), by Evelyn Gaines

| Trivia = * Wesley Dodds smokes a pipe. * This issue was not renewed for copyright after 28 years, effectively making its debut stories and characters public domain under United States law. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox, Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel, John B. Wentworth, Gardner Fox

Interior art: Sheldon Moldoff, Martin Nodell, Bernard Baily, Creig Flessel, William Smith, Stan Aschmeier, Bernard Baily, Everett E. Hibbard

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