Johnny Thunder becomes an official member of the Justice Society of America, in All-Star Comics #6 (June 1941), while Jay Garrick (the Flash) becomes an honorary member like Superman and Batman. It’s pretty clear that DC / National only considers the team-up a gimmick to boost readership, because once the Flash gained a solid-enough founding […]
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The Justice Society of America debuts in All-Star Comics #3 (November 1940). In its first incarnation it consists of a whopping nine characters across Detective Comics Inc and All-American Comics (still separate companies at this point): The Flash, the Atom, Green Lantern, Hawkman, the Spectre, Doctor Fate, Sandman and Hourman, with Johnny Thunder thrown in […]
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The Flash gained a new power in Flash Comics #3 (January 1940) by learning how to vibrate rapidly to appear invisible!
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November 1939 was a big month for All-American Publications, as it debuted its second title, Flash Comics. In issue #1, Gardner Fox introduced a couple very important superheroes that would later become part of the DC Universe almost right away (even though All-American would not officially merge with DC for a half a decade). The […]
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All-American Comics #1 in March 1939, the first comic from All-American Publications. All-American was formed by Max Gaines and funded by Harry Donenfield (the owner of National Allied Publication and Detective Comics). All-American would go on to be the home for many characters we know well today like Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern […]
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