All-Star Comics #19

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Justice Society of America: "The Crimes Set to Music, Introduction"

The Justice Society) members are surprised when Hawkman)'s hawks give them a piece of paper with musical notation on it and then lures them to a deserted country house with a piano. Convinced that Hawkman is in trouble, the other members try to find him, but Wonder Woman) thinks that Hawkman must have had a reason for sending the musical notes. She plays the piano. When each note is played, the piano reveals a name, address, and a riddle: assignments from Hawkman to prevent crimes before they happen. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Justice Society of America) ** Atom) ** Doctor Fate) ** Doctor Mid-Nite) ** Hawkman) ** Johnny Thunder) ** Sandman) ** Spectre) ** Starman) ** Wonder Woman) **Supporting Characters:** * Hawkman's hawks and Big Red) * Sandy) * Shiera Sanders) * the Thunderbolt) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer2_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Letterer2_1 = | StoryTitle2 = Chapter 1: "Starman and the Stradivarius" | Synopsis2 = Starman) helps to protect a violinist's Stradivarius from theft. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Starman) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer3_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Letterer3_1 = | StoryTitle3 = Chapter 2: "Johnny Thunder and the Trumpet Player" | Synopsis3 = Johnny Thunder) and the Thunderbolt) help stop the kidnapping of a trumpet player. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) **Supporting Characters:** * Thunderbolt) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Chester Kozlak | Inker4_1 = Chester Kozlak | Letterer4_1 = | StoryTitle4 = Chapter 3: "Dr. Fate and the Singer" | Synopsis4 = Doctor Fate) helps to protect an opera singer's voice. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Doctor Fate) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer5_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler5_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker5_1 = Joe Gallagher | Letterer5_1 = | StoryTitle5 = Chapter 4: "Atom and the Hand Molds" | Synopsis5 = The Atom) clears a musician's wrongly convicted daughter of murder. | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Atom) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer6_1 = Gardner Fox | Writer6_2 = Jack Kirby | Penciler6_1 = Jack Kirby | Inker6_1 = Joe Simon | Letterer6_1 = | StoryTitle6 = Chapter 5: "Sandman and the Pianist's Fingers" | Synopsis6 = The Sandman) stops gangsters from cutting off a pianist's fingers. | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Sandman) **Supporting Characters:** * Sandy the Golden Boy) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer7_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler7_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker7_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Letterer7_1 = | StoryTitle7 = Chapter 6: "Dr. Mid-Nite and the Composer" | Synopsis7 = Doctor Mid-Nite) rescues a composer from brain surgery designed to make him tone-deaf. | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Doctor Mid-Nite) **Supporting Characters:** * Hooty) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer8_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler8_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker8_1 = Bernard Baily | Letterer8_1 = Howard Ferguson | StoryTitle8 = Chapter 7: "The Spectre and the Carillon Bells" | Synopsis8 = The Spectre) helps to remove an ancient Chinese curse from a set of carillon bells. | Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Spectre) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer9_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler9_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker9_1 = Joe Gallagher | Letterer9_1 = | StoryTitle9 = Justice Society of America: "The Crimes Set to Music, Conclusion" | Synopsis9 = After the members complete their missions, some things are learned. : The seven musicians who were rescued by the Justice Society, as well as their friend Hector Bauer, an aspiring composer, all graduated together, and then moved to New York, to continue their musical education and become successful, while Hector had struggles at home. Hector finally moved to New York too, and convinced his friends to play his compositions, but even their talents were not enough to make up for Hector's lack of musical aptitude. Then Hector suffered a head injury, for which he blamed his friends, and began to plot revenge. Society. | Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Justice Society of America) ** Atom) ** Doctor Fate) ** Doctor Mid-Nite) ** Hawkman) ** Johnny Thunder) ** Sandman) ** Spectre) ** Starman) **Supporting Characters:** * Hawkman's hawks and Big Red) * Sandy) * Shiera Sanders) * the Thunderbolt) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer10_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler10_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker10_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Letterer10_1 = | StoryTitle10 = Chapter 8: "Hawkman and Hector Bauer" | Synopsis10 = The members of the Justice Society capture Hector Bauer, and find Hawkman, who was his prisoner. Hawkman tells the other members that after preventing a murder, Hawkman pursued Bauer to his house but got captured. Bauer then told Hawkman of all his plans, including the piano with the hidden riddles detailing the crimes. Once Hawkman is alone, he calls for his hawks to bring the notation to the Justice Society. | Appearing10 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman) **Supporting Characters:** * Hawkgirl) **Antagonists:** * Hector Bauer) **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer21_1 = | Penciler21_1 = | Inker21_1 = | StoryTitle21 = Hop Harrigan: "Hop Harrigan over Torres Strait" | Synopsis21 = Hop Harrigan), Tank Tinker), and the rest of their crew are sent to find a missing hospital ship. En route, they are attacked by Japanese Zeros and engage in a dogfight. Hop and the crew shoot down the planes, but the fight takes them off-course and leaves them with damaged navigation equipment. Attempting to find their bearings with the radio, Hop locates the hospital ship, and opens fire on it. Thinking Hop must be delirious from the dogfight, Tank tries to wrestle control of the plane from Hop, until the hospital ship starts firing at them with anti-aircraft guns. Then Hop and Tank work together to sink the ship. Hop explains that he heard Japanese voices on the radio until he spotted the hospital ship, and assumed that the ship had been hijacked by Japanese armed forces. | Appearing21 = **Featured Characters:** * Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Tank Tinker) **Antagonists:** * Japanese armed forces **Other Characters:** * Colonel Bryson * Hastings * Powers **Locations:** * Cape York, Australia * Port Moresby * Torres Strait **Vehicles:** * Mitsubishi A6M Zero * North American B-25 Mitchell

| Notes = * Published quarterly by All-American Comics, Inc. ** The previous few issues were published bi-monthly. ** Reprinted in All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 5 (Collected). * Hawkman's solo chapter follows the epilogue, instead of leading the individual character chapters, for the only time ever in this magazine. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Jack Kirby, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox

Interior art: Joe Gallagher, Stan Aschmeier, Stan Aschmeier, Chester Kozlak, Joe Gallagher, Jack Kirby, Stan Aschmeier, Bernard Baily, Joe Gallagher, Sheldon Moldoff

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