All-Star Squadron
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The All-Star Squadron was an American comic book (1981–1987) created by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics about the adventures of a large team of superheroes which comprised of most of the feature characters owned by the company that appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books, and included members of the Justice Society of America, Freedom Fighters, Seven Soldiers of Victory and Young All-Stars as well as a number of heroes who had previously battled crime alone. The All-Star Squadron was an example of "retroactive continuity" or "retcon", as it rewrote the already-established history of DC superheroes that had been published during the 1940s. The first known use of the term "retcon" was by Roy Thomas in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #20 (April, 1983).
The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named Gernsback. The Trylon and Perisphere, actual structures constructed in New York City for the 1939 New York World's Fair, housed the Squadron's headquarters.
Originally, the All-Star Squadron was supposed to exist on "Earth-2", a parallel world used by DC as the venue for stories occurring during the 1940s, and including heroes only published during that era as well as the early versions of characters still published up to the present day such as Batman and Superman (the contemporary versions of those characters existed on "Earth-1"). After the Crisis on Infinite Earths merged the parallel worlds into one continuity, the duplicate superhero versions were eliminated. The All-Star Squadron was then itself retconned and left only with the characters unique to that time period, so that Batman, Superman, etc., were never Squadron members.
All-Star Squadron members
- Air Wave I (Lawrence Jordan)
- Amazing-Man I (Will Everett)
- Aquaman (Arthur Curry)-Pre-Crisis only
- Atom I (Al Pratt) from the Justice Society of America
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) from the Justice Society of America -Pre-Crisis only
- Black Condor I (Richard Grey, Jr./Thomas Wright) from the Freedom Fighters
- Captain Triumph (Lancelot Gallant)
- Commander Steel (Henry Heywood I)
- Crimson Avenger I (Lee Walter Travis) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Dan the Dyna-Mite (Daniel Dunbar) from the Young All-Stars
- Doctor Fate I (Kent Nelson) from the Justice Society of America
- Doctor Mid-Nite I (Charles McNider) from the Justice Society of America
- Doctor Occult (Richard Occult/Rose Psychic)
- Doll Man (Darrell Dane) from the Freedom Fighters
- Firebrand I (Rodney Reilly) from the Freedom Fighters
- Firebrand II (Danette Reilly)
- Flash I (Jay Garrick) from the Justice Society of America
- Flying Fox from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- Fury I (Helena Kosmatos) from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory-Pre-Crisis only
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) from the Justice Society of America
- Guardian I (Jim Harper)
- Hawkgirl I (Shiera Sanders)
- Hawkman I (Carter Hall) from the Justice Society of America
- Hourman I (Rex Tyler) from the Justice Society of America
- Human Bomb (Roy Lincoln) from the Freedom Fighters
- Iron Munro (Arnold Munro) from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- Jester (Chuck Lane) from the Freedom Fighters
- Johnny Quick I (Johnny Chambers)
- Johnny Thunder I from the Justice Society of America
- Judomaster I (Rip Jagger)-Post-Crisis only
- Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence)
- Manhunter I (Donald "Dan" Richards) from the Freedom Fighters
- Manhunter II (Paul Kirk)
- Midnight I (Dave Clark) from the Freedom Fighters
- Miss America (Joan Dale) from the Freedom Fighters-Post Crisis only
- Mister America I (Tex Thomson)
- Mister Terrific I (Terry Sloane) from the Justice Society of America
- Neptune Perkins from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- Phantom Lady I (Sandra Knight) from the Freedom Fighters
- Ray I ("Happy" Terrill) from the Freedom Fighters
- Red Bee (Richard Raleigh) from the Freedom Fighters
- Robin (Dick Grayson)-Pre-Crisis only
- Robotman I (Robert Crane/Paul Dennis)
- Sandman I (Wesley Dodds) from the Justice Society of America
- Sandy the Golden Boy (Sanderson Hawkins) from the Young All-Stars
- Sargon the Sorcerer (John Sargent)
- Shining Knight I (Justin Arthur) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Spectre I (Jim Corrigan) from the Justice Society of America
- Speedy (Roy Harper) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory-Pre-Crisis only
- Starman I (Ted Knight) from the Justice Society of America
- Star-Spangled Kid I (Sylvester Pemperton, Jr.) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Stripesy (Pat Dugan) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Stuff the Chinatown Kid I (Daniel Leong) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Superman (Clark Kent) from the Justice Society of America -Pre-Crisis only
- Tarantula I (Jonathan Law)
- Tiger I-Post-Crisis only
- Tigress I (Paula Brooks) from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- TNT (Thomas "Tex" N. Thomas)
- Tsunami (Miya Shimada) from the Young All-Stars-Post-Crisis only
- Uncle Sam from the Freedom Fighters
- Victory from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Vigilante I (Greg Saunders) from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Whip I (Rodney Elwood Gaynor)
- Wildcat I (Ted Grant) from the Justice Society of America
- Wing from the Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) from the Justice Society of America-Pre-Crisis only
- Wonder Woman (Queen Hippolyta) from the Justice Society of America-Post-Crisis only
- Zatara (Giovanni (John) Zatara)
External link
- All-Star Squadron biography at DCUGuide.com (http://www.dcuguide.com/Who/AllStarSquadron_Bio.htm)