All-Star Squadron
The All-Star Squadron are a superhero team that features in DC Comics.
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History
The All-Star Squadron
On the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathers available superheroes at the White House and asked them to work together to battle sabotage and keep the peace on the home front during World War II. At the time, many of the Justice Society members had been captured by the villain Per Degaton, but the available heroes were asked to first guard against a potential attack on the American West Coast.
Degaton himself used some stolen Japanese planes to launch such an attack, so the new Squadron's first major mission was to stop the attack and rescue the captured heroes, who also became part of the new group. The rationale for not using the Squadron in combat situations in the European or Pacific Theaters of War was that Adolf Hitler had possession of the Spear of Destiny, a mystical object that gave him control of any superheroes with magic-based powers or a vulnerability to magic including Superman, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, and others who crossed into territory held by the Axis Powers.
Overview
The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named Gernsback.
The All-Star Squadron HQ was depicted as the Trylon and Perisphere, actual structures in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York, constructed for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Perisphere contained the Squadron meeting hall, while the Trylon was retrofitted as an aircraft hangar/vertical launch platform.
Members
- Amazing-Man :
- Starman :
- Doctor Fate :
- Liberty Belle :
- Shining Knight :
- Robotman :
- Johnny Quick :
- Tarantula :
Notes
- The All-Star Squadron was created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway where they made their first full appearance in All-Star Squadron v1 #1 (September, 1981).
In other media
Television
- In Stargirl, the All-Star Squadron were referenced in the setting of the DC Universe live-action television series in the episode "Hourman and Doctor Mid-Nite". It was mentioned that Red Bee had been a member of both the All-Star Squadron and the Freedom Fighters before getting murdered by Baron Blitzkrieg.
Appearances
- All-Star Squadron v1: (1981)
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