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Post by foxley on Jun 29, 2015 16:35:20 GMT -5
Unless the marquee mentions the cast, the theatre could have been showing the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon (a revival movie house, perhaps?).
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 29, 2015 16:46:01 GMT -5
Unless the marquee mentions the cast, the theatre could have been showing the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon (a revival movie house, perhaps?). With Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade and Dwight Frye as Wilmer (the Elisha Cook, Jr. role). It has a reputation as being a bad movie, but I've seen it a few times on TCM and I love it! It's not as good as the famous Bogart version - but what is?
And then there's 1936's Satan Met a Lady, based on The Maltese Falcon, with Bette Davis in the Brigid O'Shaughnessy role, Arthur Treacher in the Joel Cairo role, and the Casper Gutman role is a woman! I love that one, too!
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 29, 2015 16:53:40 GMT -5
Unless the marquee mentions the cast, the theatre could have been showing the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon (a revival movie house, perhaps?). NO PRIZE!!! |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 29, 2015 20:57:42 GMT -5
I loved Steel's costume so much, I bought issue #1.
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Post by zilch on Jun 30, 2015 1:48:42 GMT -5
Really liked this when it first came out... on one of my first trips to an actual comic book shop!
Another thing i liked about this series is that it was told in "real time" for the first few issues... one month passes between stories... would have been cool to see this a few years down the road as he moved thru WWII.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 30, 2015 6:59:33 GMT -5
All-Star Comics #71March-April 1978 (December 26, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Joe Staton (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker) “The Deadliest Game in Town!” 17 pages Joe Orlando (Editor), Paul Levitz (Writer), Joe Staton (Penciller), Bob Layton (Inker), Ben Oda (Letterer), Adrienne Roy (Colorist) FC: Doctor Fate, Power Girl, The Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat teamed as the Justice Society of America GS: The Huntress SC: Doctor Mid-Nite (as Charles McNider), The Flash (as Jay Garrick), Green Lantern (as Alan Scott), Shiera Hall, Hawkman (as Carter Hall), Inza Nelson, Jimmy Olsen (?, see the third Good Guys note below), Superman (as Clark Kent) Villains: The Strike Force and Number One SynopsisThe battle between the Strike Force and the team of Wildcat, the Huntress and the Star-Spangled Kid goes the heroes' way until it moves from the Force's secret lair beneath Gotham Stadium into the ballpark. Out in the open, the bad guys are free to employ their powerful futuristic tanks. The Kid holds the tanks at bay long enough for Huntress and Wildcat to escape but he himself is recaptured. En route to Justice Society headquarters, Wildcat activates his emergency signal to summon the other active duty members but the Flash and Green Lantern are touring Jay Garrick's Keystone City laboratories in their civilian identities and Doctor Fate is being swallowed up by the shadow haunting his Salem tower. At the brownstone, Wildcat refuses to trust the Huntress further until she explains who she is, how she knows her way around JSA HQ and why she doesn't want the police involved in the Kid's rescue. She reluctantly reveals her true identity of Helena Wayne but begs Wildcat to keep it to himself lest the news of her super-heroic career prove the final straw for her father, Police Commissioner Bruce Wayne. The retired Batman is still reeling from the death of his wife and his possession by the Psycho Pirate and she fears this additional shock will kill him. They try to signal the reservists but every other JSAer is either in mid-adventure themselves or away from his or her signaler. Back at the stadium, the Kid is shocked and anguished to learn that the Strike Force's leader, Number One, is actually his nephew, Arthur Pemberton, and that it is the Kid's own fortune financing the criminal band's activities. Arthur boasts of inheriting everything when “dear sweet Uncle Sylvester” vanished decades earlier, unaware that his costumed captive is a time-displaced Sylvester Pemberton. Hours later, Wildcat and the Huntress return to the now-deserted stadium, looking for clues. A divot of Astroturf on a field of real grass leads the duo to Gotham City's Meadowlands horse race track and stables. With the element of surprise on their side, they are able to free the Star-Spangled Kid and bring Arthur Pemberton and his Strike Force to justice. The Kid decides it is time to step down from active duty with the JSA and reclaim his life as Sylvester Pemberton. In the Nile Valley, the mysterious shadow from Fate's tower stalks Carter and Shiera Hall. ContinuityThe story in this issue occurs simultaneously with the “Power Girl” story in Showcase #98. Meeting MinutesThe whereabouts of the other nine JSA members signalled in this issue ― the Atom, Hourman, Johnny Thunder, Mister Terrific, Robin, the Sandman, the Spectre, Starman and Wonder Woman ― are not revealed. The Good GuysThe Huntress says that Bruce Wayne has been “disturbed” for “the last few years” since her mother's death. According to the previous issue, it has only been one year since that event. Guess it must seem longer if you're living it. The exact familial relationship between Sylvester and Arthur Pemberton is unclear. Other than Sylvester's adoptive sister Merry Creamer (a.k.a. Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks), no mention was made of a sibling during the Star-Spangled Kid's Golden Age solo series. Although the bearded figure next to Clark Kent in one panel of this issue is not identified as Jimmy Olsen, the red hair, bowtie and presence in the Daily Star offices make a convincing argument for such a conclusion. Points to PonderThe flying saucer invasion of Metropolis seen in one panel of this issue is never mentioned again.
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Post by MDG on Jun 30, 2015 11:06:20 GMT -5
With Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade and Dwight Frye as Wilmer (the Elisha Cook, Jr. role). It has a reputation as being a bad movie, but I've seen it a few times on TCM and I love it! It's not as good as the famous Bogart version - but what is?
And then there's 1936's Satan Met a Lady, based on The Maltese Falcon, with Bette Davis in the Brigid O'Shaughnessy role, Arthur Treacher in the Joel Cairo role, and the Casper Gutman role is a woman! I love that one, too!
Saw these as a double feature years ago. Both good movies, but nothing to write home about. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 30, 2015 14:14:00 GMT -5
The flying saucer invasion of Metropolis seen in one panel of this issue is never mentioned again. In a city like Metropolis, flying saucer invasions are only a little bit unusual. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 1, 2015 6:43:14 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #241March 1978 (December 26, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Joe Staton (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), signed “Three Roads to Destiny” 17 pages Larry Hama (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Joe Staton (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), Clem Robins (Letterer), Adrienne Roy (Colorist) FC: Wonder Woman GS: The Spectre SC: Pvt. Etta Candy, Lt. Pierre Marchand, Maj. Steve Trevor Villains: Emperor Hirohito, Sumo the Super Samurai (dies in this story), Hideki Tojo (?) Intro: The Bouncer (true name unknown, dies in this story) SynopsisIn a dimly lit room of the Imperial Palace, the Emperor of Japan and his minister of war command a mysterious samurai dying of radiation poisoning to perform one last mission for his homeland: the assassination of Wonder Woman. Some time later and halfway around the world, their target dances with Steve Trevor at a Manhattan war bond rally. The festivities are interrupted by the Bouncer, a costumed thief who absconds with the evening's receipts. Wonder Woman pursues him but the mutant villain escapes when her fans inadvertantly block her path. Watching from a nearby limousine is the assassin, now encased in heavy radiation-proof body armor. He muses that he dare not attack the Amazon now lest he waste his waning energy on anything other than his appointed victim. Returning to her civilian identity, Diana's bad mood worsens when she learns that Pierre Marchand has proposed marriage to Etta Candy. Already suspicious of the French officer, she makes a mental note to investigate him at the earliest opportunity. In the safety of his apartment, the Bouncer thinks back to his childhood. At the urging of her society friends, his mother forced him to study dance. Made fun of and beaten up as a result, the abnormally strong young mutant grew up vowing vengeance on “society women.” The next day, Wonder Woman is guest of honor at an outdoor rally sponsored by the Manhattan Women's Club, the very people the Bouncer has pledged to rob and humiliate. Sure enough, the super-villain appears and puts the Amazing Amazon out of the way long enough to steal the contributions, seize a little girl as a hostage and leap away. Summoning her robot plane, WW searches the rooftops for her foe, unaware the lead-armored samurai is watching her every move. Confronting the Bouncer, Wonder Woman finds herself in a Mexican standoff until the Japanese assassin, unwilling to see an innocent child killed, uses what remains of his energy to fry the Bouncer. It is only then that he removes his helmet to reveal the face of Sumo, the super-powered samurai who was exposed to nuclear radiation during the events of All-New Collectors' Edition #C-54. Sumo is consumed by the atomic energy within him, leaving Wonder Woman to ponder the nature of honor in wartime. Behind the ScenesThe role of Hirohito in the planning and execution of Imperial Japan's war effort is still being debated but most Japanese and American historians believe that the Emperor (a kind, scholarly man in real life) was deliberately kept in the dark on such matters. Considering that Hirohito was both alive and a staunch ally of the United States at the time of this issue's publication, it is curious that DC would explicitly depict him as a villain. The Japanese general seen with the Emperor strongly resembles Minister of War (and later Prime Minister) Hideki Tojo but is not identified by name. ContinuityThe story in this issue takes place not long after the previous issue, though it is not clear if it is still June. A caption says only that it is summer. The Good GuysThe Spectre plays no active role in this issue, serving merely as narrator. The Bad GuysThe Bouncer should not be confused with the Earth-One villain of the same name introduced in the “Batman and Robin” story in Detective Comics #347.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 2, 2015 6:51:54 GMT -5
Showcase #99April 1978 ( released January 16, 1978) $.35  Cover Art: Joe Staton (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), signed “The Crater That Was Keystone City” 17 pages Joe Orlando (Editor), Paul Levitz (Writer), Joe Staton (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), Shelly Leferman (Letterer), Adrienne Roy (Colorist) FC: Power Girl GS: The Flash, Green Lantern SC: Andrew Vinson Intro: Doctor Ginsberg (first name unknown) Villain: Brain Wave SynopsisBrain Wave's plans for revenge on the Justice Society were to begin with Power Girl but when his computers cannot locate the Girl of Steel, he is forced to start with Jay Garrick. Where is Power Girl? She's in her new civilian identity of software engineer “Karen Starr” touring the offices of her new employer, Ultimate Computer Corporation. The tour is interrupted by a report that “Keystone City just vanished from our [UCC's] nationwide computer network!” Investigating, Power Girl discovers Keystone gone, leaving nothing behind but a huge crater. A projection of Brain Wave appears in the sky, claiming responsibility and promising to destroy every city harboring a JSA member unless the entire team surrenders to him for execution. Safely watching from Jay Garrick's lab, the villain decides to kill PG now and get it over with. Forced to surrender to protect the soldiers on the scene, Power Girl is seemingly disintegrated by one of Brain Wave's tripod-monuted blasters. When she comes to, the Last Daughter of Krypton finds herself imprisoned alongside the Flash and Green Lantern. After overconfidently dismissing his men, Brain Wave boasts that he has removed Keystone City to an interdimensional limbo where it will remain until the entire JSA is dead. Power Girl has other ideas. She bursts free and neither Brain Wave's gang, a specially bred monster nor the diminutive mastermind himself can put her back in her cage. With the bad guys soundly spanked, she releases Flash and GL and uses her new-found computer skills to return Keystone to Earth. Behind the ScenesThis is the final Power Girl solo story in the Earth-Two canon. ContinuityIt is not clear how long after the events of the previous issue this story takes place. Enough time has to have elapsed for Power Girl to acquire her professional skills and create her new identity (see the following note). Several days have probably elapsed but how many is uncertain. The Good GuysThis is the first appearance of Power Girl as Karen Starr. She has become an instant expert in software engineering with the help of an Amazonian “memory teacher” provided by Wonder Woman in between last issue and this.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 2, 2015 13:14:51 GMT -5
She has become an instant expert in software engineering with the help of an Amazonian “memory teacher” provided by Wonder Woman What a coincidence - that's exactly how I learned software engineering! |
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Post by zilch on Jul 2, 2015 18:26:29 GMT -5
About Brain Wave...
After looking at his arsenals and headquarters, i think Henry King stole from his fellow criminals...
The ONLY thing he might have invented is the machinery that he uses on the JSA in both All-Star Squadron and later in All-Star Comics #30.
His lighthouse headquarters in A-SC #15 may be the same lighthouse from Dr. Doome...
And how did he get the records and his Shrinking ray machine? Well, he obviously had a secret entrance to the Perisphere, and stole both from the JSA meeting rooms there (the shrinking machine was originally built by Mekanique) and the Spider-Web gun... well, Tarantula probably had one laying around and he picked that up also, the little sneak!
The equipment he uses in A-SC #58-59 was probably Degaton's, and his promise to build him a new body was just a lie on his part to get him to go along with him.
The things he uses in Showcase #97-99 are surprisingly similar to the equipment used by the trio of Shade, Thinker and Fiddler to heist Keystone City, and still set up to do the same!!
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 3, 2015 7:06:04 GMT -5
The Batman Family #17April-May 1978 (January 16, 1978) $1.00  Cover Art: Michael Kaluta, signed “Scars!” 23 pages Al Milgrom (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Jim Aparo (Art and Lettering), Adrienne Roy (Colorist) FC: Batman [of Earth-One] GS: The Huntress, Robin [of Earth-One] SC: Batwoman [of Earth-One] (as Kathy Kane) SynopsisAn intruder alert interrupts a meeting of the minds between Batman and Robin. Despite the Masked Manhunter's state-of-the-art security, the invader penetrates to the Batcave itself and stands revealed as the Huntress, daughter of the Earth-Two Batman. Because her father is unaware of her superheroic activities and would not approve if he were, Helena Wayne has sought out his dopplegänger to ask him for career advice. Bruce suggests she talk to Kathy Kane, the semi-retired Batwoman, who knows crimefighting from the female point of view far better than he. Batman and Huntress ride out to the fairgrounds where Kathy's traveling circus has pitched its tents. Helena and Kathy hit it off immediately and make plans to meet Barbara Gordon, better known as Batgirl, in Provincetown the following evening. Huntress thanks Batman with a kiss on the cheek, saying “You're a lot like Father, but you're different.” She leaves the Darknight Detective smiling wistfully and pondering “what it'd be like to have a daughter.” “Horoscopes of Crime” 21 pages Al Milgrom (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Writer), Don Heck (Penciller), Bob Wiacek (Inker, pages 1-11), Vince Colletta (Inker, pages 12-21), Clem Robins (Letterer), Jerry Serpe (Colorist) FC: Batgirl GS: Batwoman [of Earth-One], The Huntress Villains: The Catwoman [of Earth-One], Poison Ivy Intro: Madame Zodiac (true name unknown) SynopsisIn Provincetown, a fortuneteller named Madame Zodiac predicts that the next crimes attempted by Poison Ivy and Catwoman will be foiled by Batgirl and the Huntress unless the villainesses heed Zodiac's advice. Since that advice will cost them a large percentage of their take, the disbelieving super-crooks ignore her warnings. Congresswoman Barbara Gordon accompanies a contingent of foreign dignitaries on a tour of the forests of upstate New York. All are astonished when the plant life begins to grow at an accelerated rate and attack. Barbara changes into her Batgirl costume and confronts Poison Ivy, who hopes to establish a reputation as an international assassin by killing the tour group. The Dominoed Daredoll destroys Ivy's “energizer,” the device that allows her to control plants, but is kayoed by an unseen third party before she can capture the villainess. Catwoman's scheme to hold Gotham Giants pitcher “Catfish” Turner for a multimillion dollar ransom goes awry when the Huntress breaks up the kidnap attempt. Although Helena Wayne experiences conflicting emotions about fighting her own mother's doppelgänger, she comes out triumphant… or would, if not for a well-aimed piece of luggage that takes her out of the fight. Both villainesses were bailed out of trouble by Madame Zodiac, whose offer of help is no longer so lightly scorned. Madame Z is an employee of the circus run by Kathy “Batwoman” Kane. As the trio of criminals plot in Zodiac's tent, Kathy introduces Barbara Gordon to Helena Wayne just outside. The girls decide to discuss super-herodom over lunch, choosing a cozy restaurant near the Provincetown Museum. Unfortunately for Madame Zodiac and her costumed cohorts, that puts the three heroines in perfect position to oppose their theft of an invaluable peace pipe on exhibit at the museum. Though the girls overcome the thieves, Zodiac manages to spirit herself and the pilfered pipe away, leaving Catwoman and Ivy holding the proverbial bag. “There’s a Demon Born Every Minute” 19 pages Al Milgrom (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Writer), Michael Golden (Art), Jean Simek (Letterer), Jerry Serpe (Colorist) FC: Man-Bat GS: Batman [of Earth-One], Batgirl, The Huntress Using the Justice League satellite's transmatter cube, the Huntress returns to Earth-Two. Behind the ScenesDetails of the “Batman” and “Man-Bat” stories not pertinent to the Huntress' guest appearance have been omitted from the statistics and plot synopses for their entries. The character of Catfish Turner is a parody of the Oakland A's star pitcher of the 1970s, Jim “Catfish” Hunter. ContinuityIt is not clear where these stories fit into JSA continuity. The Huntress' appearance here probably takes place between the conclusion of the “Justice Society of America” story in All-Star Comics #71 and her swearing in as a JSA member in the subsequent issue (the only break in that title's storyline long enough to incorporate these events) but this cannot be confirmed. The Huntress states that she has been active for several months at the time of this story.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 4, 2015 6:08:52 GMT -5
Secret Society of Super-Villains #14April-May 1978 (released January 23, 1978) $.35  Cover Art: Rich Buckler (Penciller), Jack Abel (Inker), signed “Crisis On Earth-3 (Reprise)!” 17 pages Jack C. Harris (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Mike Vosburg (Penciller), Bob Smith (Inker), no lettering credit, Jerry Serpe (Colorist) FC: The Blockbuster, The Plant Master, The Reverse-Flash, Star Sapphire, The Wizard; teamed as the Secret Society of Super-Villains GS: Captain Comet Villains: Johnny Quick, Power Ring, Superwoman; teamed as the Crime Syndicate of America Intro: Lois Lane of Earth-3 SynopsisWhile Captain Comet takes a brutal beating from the Crime Syndicate in Earth-Three's Metropolis, the Wizard and his cronies triumphantly materialize in Earth-Two's Gotham City. Comet wakes up in a hospital, brought there by Daily Star reporter Lois Lane. While he recuperates, the CSA goes on a planet-wide rampage of crime, unaware that magic radiation leaking from Power Ring's battery of power is turning ordinary people into monsters. Comet defeats the villains and uses the battery — which has “gone bad” after years of disuse — to restore the innocent to normal, put the Syndicate back in their interdimensional prison and teleport himself to Earth-Two. ContinuityAccording to a caption in this story, the Crime Syndicate has been imprisoned between the dimensions ”for months.” Captain Comet later correctly notes that they have been away “for years.” The Bad GuysThe Injustice Society of the World is referred to as the Injustice Gang through this story.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 5, 2015 7:22:30 GMT -5
World's Finest Comics #250April-May 1978 (January 23, 1978) $1.00  Cover Art: Jim Aparo, signed “The Reality War” 56 pages Jack C. Harris (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), George Tuska (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), Ben Oda (Letterer), Carl Gafford (Colorist) FC: Superman [of Earth-One] and Batman [of Earth-One] GS: Black Canary [of Earth-One], Green Arrow [of Earth-One], Hawkman [of Earth-One], Wonder Woman SC: Aquaman (as Arthur Curry), The Atom [of Earth-One] (as Ray Palmer), The Creeper (as Jack Ryder), The Elongated Man (as Ralph Dibny), The Flash [of Earth-One] (as Barry Allen), Green Lantern [of Earth-One] (as Hal Jordan), Hippolyta, Wonder Woman [of Earth-One] (as Princess Diana) SC: Amazons of Paradise Island [of Earth-One] Intro: Agent Axis (true name unknown) Intro: The Ravager of Time (Professor Mark Ronsom) SynopsisReturning to Gotham City following a mission in space with Superman, Batman finds a pair of World War II-era Panzer tanks — new tanks, not antiques, manned by Nazi soldiers — wreaking havoc on the streets. The Darknight Detective neutralizes the tanks' threat but the armored behemoths vanish before he can interrogate their crews. In their place appears a glowing figure around which time seems to swirl. It too vanishes. In over his head, Batman activates his Justice League emergency signal. Superman, meanwhile, has a similar encounter with German U-boats attacking a supertanker in the waters of Metropolis Harbor. The Action Ace easily defeats the subs but, like the Gotham Panzers, they disappear before he can get any answers. The glowing creature appears to Superman as well and vanishes just as inexplicably. Meeting at Bruce Wayne's penthouse, the World's Finest heroes learn of similar attacks by Nazi German, Fascist Italian and Imperial Japanese forces all over America and England. Not a single JLA member other than themselves has appeared to deal with these menaces. Most disturbingly, Alfred has never heard of the League or its members and has no idea of why Bruce is “wearing that bizarre costume.” Scouring the country, they find that none of their teammates recognizes the duo or remembers his or her own super-heroic identity. Visiting Paradise Island, where Wonder Woman has no memory of ever visiting Man’s World, they learn that time is being disrupted by the glowing being Queen Hippolyte calls “the Ravager of Time.” The Amazon monarch has learned through her magic sphere that Green Arrow, Black Canary and an otherdimensional doppelgänger of her daughter are somehow responsible for the time distortions through their actions on August 13th, 1942… and that if those actions aren't somehow prevented, “the world will end with the sure finality of a room plunged into eternal darkness.” As they prepare to enter the timestream, Superman and Batman realize that they have no memories of GA or the Canary. Some time earlier, Green Arrow and Black Canary arrive at the JLA satellite. The Canary hopes that a trip to Earth-Two will help her come to terms with her unresolved feelings about her husband's death, feelings that are inhibiting her relationship with GA. Though Hawkman tries to explain that the transmatter cube was damaged during the two Supermen's recent battle with Krogg (as seen in the “Superman” story in The Superman Family #187), the Arrow impetuously activates it anyway… with disastrous results. Earth-One's history changes, eliminating all traces of the super-heroes of that dimension except for the off-planet Superman and Batman. Black Canary and Green Arrow emerge from the interdimensional void in the skies over Earth-Two's Washington, DC, circa 1942, just in time to collide with Wonder Woman's robot plane. Rebounding back through the space-time rift, the three heroes re-emerge over Earth-One's Washington on August 13, 1942. By the time the JLA couple convince Wonder Woman of their bona fides, the military arrives. The officer in command suggests the trio help Professor Mark Ronsom complete his “chronal transponder,” a device that will hopefully allow American troops to attack the Axis nations before they can start the war. Agents of the mysterious Agent Axis leave Professor Ronsom mortally wounded. Hoping to place himself in stasis until medical help can be obtained, Ronsom instructs Wonder Woman to activate the transponder. The device transforms the dying physicist into the Ravager. Mere seconds after the creature disappears, the nearby Lincoln Memorial fades away. “Holy Hannah,” exclaims Green Arrow, “What've [we] let loose?” All through the night and into the following morning, the heroic trio try to capture the Ravager as he fades in and out of their time period. Once Superman and Batman arrive from the future, the five costumed crusaders confer with President Roosevelt about the danger the transformed Ronsom poses to reality. Agent Axis' spies within Ronsom's staff develop a “neutralizing device” that should give the Nazi villain control over the Ravager. Repeated attempts by the super-heroes to contain the rampaging creature are to no avail. Not even the Man of Steel is immune to the aging effect caused by the Ravager's red-hot aura. As they battle on, Axis and his men appear. Activating the neutralizer, Axis and the Ravager disappear. Two days later, Military Intelligence learns that the Ravager is imprisoned in Festung Todesfall, a “top secret Nazi headquarters in Bavaria.” Aided by the German resistance, a disguised Wonder Woman and Black Canary join the fortress' workforce. While Superman scouts the territory at super-speed, Batman and Green Arrow deliberately get captured. Brought to the heart of the castle, they learn the Nazis have yet to harnass the captive Ravager's “chronal energies.” The super-heroes, attacking as one, overcome Agent Axis' men. Vowing that “if the Fatherland can't have the chronal transponder-- --neither can the world,” the costumed fanatic frees the Ravager. Time stops. In the final desperate seconds before the space-time continuum is destroyed, Superman uses the last of the damaged neutralizer's energies to return Professor Ronsom to human form and reverse the distortions to Earth's history. All the players are returned to their places in the timestream before the Arrow's activation of the faulty transmatter set these events in motion. Only he and the Canary remember what happened. ContinuityIt is not clear where this story falls in the Earth-Two Wonder Woman's continuity. Although the 1940s sequences take place on August 13-15, 1942, that is the Earth-One date. If time passes slower on Earth-Two, as first asserted in Justice League of America #82, dates on the two planets probably do not coincide. Assuming the date is approximately accurate would place it between the “Wonder Woman” story in World's Finest Comics #249 and Wonder Woman #230, but this cannot be conclusively proven. The Bad GuysAlthough Agent Axis claims to be the second super-villain to bear that name, the only other DC character of that name ― a woman ― appeared in Boy Commandos #1 (Winter 1942-43). This seems to create a continuity problem, as the Commandos' teaming with the Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy in the “Boy Commandos” story in Detective Comics #76 (June 1943) indicates that they operated on Earth-Two. It was, however, established in the ketters page of Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #139 (July 1971) that doppelgängers of the Boy Commandos, having nearly identical adventures, exist on both Earths. So while it is possible the second Axis originated on Earth-Two, it is not necessary that he did for the story to make sense.
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