All-Star Comics #5

Price history & market evidence

Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.

Reading this edition’s market

Compare the same cover, printing and grade before setting a bid. A raw guide or a higher-grade price does not establish a slab’s value. Include selling fees, shipping and the depth of completed-sale evidence when assessing an exit price.

The table includes 6 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.

Graded population

CGC records 159 graded copies for All Star Comics #5 (1941). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Justice Society of America: "The Mysterious Mister X, Introduction"

Mister X), the mysterious mastermind of a large American crime syndicate, sends the various gangs at his command in an aggressive operation against the individual Justice Society members. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Justice Society of America) ** Atom (Al Pratt)) ** Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)) ** Flash (Jay Garrick)) ** Green Lantern (Alan Scott)) ** Hawkman (Carter Hall)) ** Hourman (Rex Tyler)) ** Sandman (Wes Dodds)) ** Spectre) (Jim Corrigan)) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) **Items:** * Amulet of Anubis * Cloak of Destiny * Helmet of Fate * Green Lantern Ring * Green Flame of Life Power Battery * Miraclo * Nth Metal * Ring of Life

| Writer2_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler2_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Inker2_1 = Harold Wilson Sharp | Letterer2_1 = | StoryTitle2 = The Flash: "Flame Farmer" | Synopsis2 = Flash defeats Flames Farmer, an arsonist, and learns about the larger plot against the JSA. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Flash (Jay Garrick)) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * Arson Racketeers ** Flame Farmer

| Writer3_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler3_1 = Cliff Young | Inker3_1 = Cliff Young | Letterer3_1 = | StoryTitle3 = The Sandman: "The Kidnapper's Union" | Synopsis3 = Dian Belmont gets kidnapped, and the Sandman rescues her. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandman (Wes Dodds)) **Supporting Characters:** * Dian Belmont) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * The Kidnappers Union ** Gentle Grady **Locations:** * New York City ** Manhattan

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker4_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Letterer4_1 = | StoryTitle4 = Hawkman: "Wing Norris" | Synopsis4 = Hawkman builds a second Nth metal belt and wings for Shiera Sanders, who, while not yet Hawkgirl, does have an adventure. She makes a fool of some criminals but is shot in the process. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman (Carter Hall)) **Supporting Characters:** * Shiera Sanders) Hawkgirl **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * Wing Norris * Masie **Items:** * Nth Metal wings and harnesses

| Writer5_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler5_1 = Howard Sherman | Inker5_1 = Howard Sherman | Letterer5_1 = Howard Sherman | StoryTitle5 = Doctor Fate: "Magico" | Synopsis5 = Inza Cramer also gets shot. | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)) **Supporting Characters:** * Inza Cramer) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * Magico **Locations:** * Massachusetts ** Salem **Items:** * Amulet of Anubis * Cloak of Destiny * Helmet of Fate

| Writer6_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler6_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker6_1 = Bernard Baily | Letterer6_1 = Bernard Baily | StoryTitle6 = Hour-Man: "The Phony Hour-Man" | Synopsis6 = Hourman gets framed for yet another crime that he didn't commit, but he outsmarts the framers. | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Hourman (Rex Tyler)) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * "Monkey" Macy * Joe * Tony * Patsy * Nix **Items:** * Miraclo

| Writer7_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler7_1 = Ben Flinton | Inker7_1 = Ben Flinton | Letterer7_1 = | StoryTitle7 = The Atom: "Muscles, Butch, Crusher, Bloody, Smasher, and Slug" | Synopsis7 = The Atom breaks up a gymnasium racket. | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Atom (Al Pratt)) **Antagonists:** * Mister X) * Muscles * Butch * Slug * Crusher * Smasher

| Writer8_1 = Evelyn Gaines | Penciler8_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Inker8_1 = Sheldon Mayer | StoryTitle8 = Johnny Thunder: "Johnny on the Spot" | Synopsis8 = Johnny Thunder gets a new job as an elevator boy in the building where Herman Darling works. One day, two gunmen, Joe "The Butcher" and "Small Change," arrive at the building to pay a visit to Mr. Darling; Johnny refuses to take them to the floor where Darling lives. At the same time, Daisy Darling arrives and tells Johnny to take her to her father's floor. Stymied, Johnny takes her there, and the two gunmen follow her into her father's office.

Back in the elevator, Johnny accidentally says his magic word, summoning his Thunderbolt. During the following hour, Johnny discovers that the gunmen have been sent by Commissioner Darcy, who wants to get a rake-off from Darling. Johnny prevents Mr. Darling from being shot and orders the two gunmen to walk into the elevator with him. Compelled to comply by the Thunderbolt, the two villains do as they are told, but, once they are inside the elevator, Johnny is knocked unconscious and is left at the bottom of the elevator shaft. The gunmen return to the office and they kidnap the Darlings.

Daisy Darling is left bound and gagged along with her father in the elevator. The two gunmen cut the cable so they will both die when it crashes down, crushing Johnny in the process. Fortunately, Johnny wakes up just in time, and, as his magic hour isn't over yet, he orders the elevator to stop. When he goes up again, he finds that the police have arrived, and they have rescued Daisy and her father. Johnny uses his Thunderbolt once again to find the two hidden gunmen. They are arrested, and Commissioner Darcy's corruption is exposed.

Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Evelyn Gaines, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox

Interior art: Everett E. Hibbard, Harold Wilson Sharp, Cliff Young, Sheldon Moldoff, Howard Sherman, Bernard Baily, Ben Flinton, Sheldon Mayer, Bernard Baily, Irwin Hasen, Everett E. Hibbard

Source records & attribution

Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.

COMICBASE: comicbase:44406

GCD: 1443

PANEL PROFITS: 2335726