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The '''All-Star Squadron''' is a [[DC Comics]] [[superhero]] team that debuted in ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' #193 (August 1981) and was created by [[Roy Thomas]], [[Rich Buckler]] and [[Jerry Ordway]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eury |first1=Michael |title=The Men Who Fell to Earth-Two: The All-Star Squadron Interview |journal=Back Issue |date=August 2018 |issue=#106 |pages=32–44 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]}}</ref> Although the team was introduced in the 1980s, its self-titled series took place in the 1940s, retroactively inserting their narratives into the fictional history of the DC Comics superheroes. The team included many of DC's Golden Age era characters, new characters, and other [[World War II]] superheroes which DC did not own during the 1940s but later acquired. The name "All-Star Squadron" was creator Roy Thomas' reference to ''[[All Star Comics]]'', the series that introduced the Justice Society of America, the first comic book superhero team.

According to the series ''All-Star Squadron'', US [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin Roosevelt]] creates a "superhero draft" called '''Article X''' during World War II. Article X asks all active American masked crime-fighters and superhuman adventurers to join forces as a single war-time organization, just as many American labor organizations did during World War II. In the canon of DC Comics, the [[Axis powers|Axis Powers]] used the mystical Spear of Destiny to create a "sphere of influence" over their occupied territories and surrounding areas during most of World War II. This sphere of influence caused superhumans, magically empowered people, and magic-users to fall under Hitler's control and take on some of his personality traits. For this reason, the All-Star Squadron focused its activities on protecting the US from invasion, super-villains, spies, and sabotage rather than risk their minds being controlled by the Axis Powers if they operated overseas in Europe or Asia.

After their introduction in Justice League of America, the team starred in the series ''All-Star Squadron'' which ran from 1981 to 1987. At different times, the organization's chairperson was [[Liberty Belle (comics)|Liberty Belle]] or [[Hawkman (Carter Hall)|Hawkman]]. A spin-off series entitled ''[[Young All-Stars]]'' began in 1987 and published 32 issues.

==Publication history==
During the [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age of Comics]] (roughly 1935–1951), several comic books featured crime-fighters, "mystery-men", adventurers, and superheroes. DC Comics began publishing the anthology series ''All Star Comics'' (sometimes referred to as ''All-Star Comics'') in 1940. In issue #3, DC had many of their superheroes join together for dinner and share stories, declaring the gathering to be the first meeting of the '''[[Justice Society of America]]'''. The JSA was the first comic book superhero team and became the main feature of ''All Star Comics'' until it was canceled with issue #57 in 1951.

Writer [[Gerry Conway]] revived the ''All Star Comics'' series in 1976, continuing the original numbering by starting with issue #58. By this time, DC had established that its modern day adventures took place in the universe of Earth-One, whereas DC's Golden Age stories during the 1930s and 40s occurred in a parallel reality called [[Earth-Two]]. While the Golden Age [[Superman]], introduced in 1938, had lived through World War II, the Earth-One Superman had not even been born until long after the war was over. While the modern-day Earth-One [[Wonder Woman]] was a superhero in her prime, new stories revealed that the Golden Age Wonder Woman of Earth-Two had fought Nazis during World War II, then later semi-retired, married her dear friend Steve Trevor, and had a daughter named Hyppolyta Trevor (who became a hero called Fury and joined a team of heroes known as [[Infinity, Inc.]]).

The 1970s revival of ''All Star Comics'' involved some flashback stories, but most of the issues took place in the modern day, showing the Justice Society members as older heroes decades after World War II. Conway also included younger heroes in the group, such as [[Power Girl]] (an Earth-Two version of [[Supergirl]]). His hope was to later have the younger members star in a spin-off series of their own, forming a team that could be called the All-Star Squadron. Management at DC worried that the team's name would be abbreviated as A.S.S., and so the group's name was changed to the Super Squad.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Roy|date=April 2002|title=All The Stars There Are in (Super-hero) Heaven!|url=http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/14conway.html|journal=Alter Ego|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|volume=3|issue=14|quote=Calling the resulting group the 'Super-Squad' was intended to differentiate it from the JSA. Also, while I wanted to use the All-Star name for the comic, I knew that, in fact, none of these characters were what readers of the '70s would consider to be 'stars'. Hence, 'Super-Squad'. Which also avoided the acronymic problem presented by the alternative 'All-Star Squad'.}}</ref>

A team known as the All-Star Squadron debuted years later in a [[DC Comics insert previews|special insert]] in ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' #193 (August 1981).<ref>{{cite journal|last = Catron|first = Michael|author-link = Michael Catron|title = Thomas Revives WWII Superheroes|journal = [[Amazing Heroes]]|issue = #1|pages = 28–30|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = June 1981|location=Stamford, Connecticut<!--location in 1981-->|quote= ''All-Star Squadron'', DC's new World War II-era superhero series debuts in May in a 16-page preview insert in ''Justice League of America'' #193.}}</ref> The team's official series ''All-Star Squadron'' then began the following month<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 195 |quote = The creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Rich Buckler on ''All-Star Squadron'' offered readers a nostalgic glimpse back in time, albeit through the slightly distorted lens of Earth-2's history.}}</ref> with the creative team of writer [[Roy Thomas]], with artists [[Rich Buckler]] and [[Jerry Ordway]].<ref name="dc-ency">{{cite book|last= Beatty|first= Scott|author-link= Scott Beatty|contribution= All-Star Squadron|editor-last= Dougall|editor-first= Alastair|title= The DC Comics Encyclopedia|page= 11|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year= 2004|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn = 9780756605926}}</ref> The comic book series lasted 67 issues from September 1981 to March 1987,<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2583|title= ''All-Star Squadron''}}</ref> with three annuals published as well.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2619|title= ''All-Star Squadron Annual''}}</ref>

In ''All-Star Squadron'' #1, series writer Roy Thomas published "An Open Letter to the Readers" wherein he described the impetus for the series. Namely, DC wanted a comic book telling tales of the [[Justice Society of America]] (JSA). The last series to do so was the second volume of ''[[All Star Comics]]'', which lasted only seventeen issues from 1976 to 1979. Roy Thomas said that DC management gave him "a chance to write a return of the JSA". Instead of writing stories in the modern era of Earth-Two, Roy Thomas chose to set the series during World War II. Roy Thomas decided to include other Golden Age era characters that were not published by DC Comics during the 1930s and 40s but were acquired by the company in later years, such as the [[Quality Comics]] characters. ''All-Star Squadron'' established that most of these characters co-existed with the Golden Age DC heroes on Earth-Two.

In a nod to the original JSA adventures in ''[[All Star Comics]]'', Thomas tried to include at least a cameo appearance by the Golden Age [[Hawkman (Carter Hall)|Hawkman]] in every issue, since he was the one hero to appear in every Golden Age issue of the original ''All Star Comics series'', including the two issues that predated the formation of the Justice Society of America. Although Hawkman did not appear in every issue of the second ''All Star Comic'' series, Roy Thomas wanted to create a new streak for the character in ''All-Star Squadron''. The artwork for issue #49 was printed without Hawkman's cameo included, making it the only issue of the series where he does not appear.

The All-Star Squadron is an example of "[[retroactive continuity]]" or "retcon", since the team was retroactively inserted into the history of DC superheroes and the series rewrote portions of DC canon published during the 1940s. The first known use of the term "retcon" was by Roy Thomas in the [[Comic book letter column|letter column]] of ''All-Star Squadron'' #20 (April 1983). Several story lines ironed out continuity errors, fleshed out characters' origins, explained inconsistencies in character development, and resolved lingering questions and plot threads. Roy Thomas had used the Marvel Comics series ''[[Invaders (comics)|Invaders]]'' in a similar way to address and revise official Marvel fictional history. Several issues of the series offered detailed origin stories of various characters, sometimes with revised details. Characters who had origin issues dedicated to them included [[Amazing-Man (DC Comics)|Amazing-Man]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=Hoberg, Rick|inker=[[Mike Machlan|Machlan, Mike]]|story=The Secret Origin of... Amazing-Man!|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#23|date=July 1983}}</ref> [[Starman (Ted Knight)|Starman]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy; [[Paul Kupperberg|Kupperberg, Paul]]|penciller=[[Arvell Jones|Jones, Arvell]]|inker=Collins, Bill|story=--Catch a Falling Starman!|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#41|date=January 1985}}</ref> [[Doctor Fate]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Todd McFarlane|McFarlane, Todd]]; [[Mike Clark (artist)|Clark, Mike]]|inker=[[Vince Colletta|Colletta, Vince]]|story=The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#47|date=July 1985}}</ref> [[Liberty Belle (comics)|Liberty Belle]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Mike Harris (comics)|Harris, Mike]]|inker=[[Tony DeZuniga|DeZuniga, Tony]]|story=The Origin of Liberty Belle|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#61|date=September 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=DeZuniga, Tony|inker=DeZuniga, Tony|story=The Origin of the Shining Knight|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#62|date=October 1986}}</ref> [[Robotman (Robert Crane)|Robotman]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Michael Bair|Bair, Michael]]|inker=Machlan, Mike|story=The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#63|date=November 1986}}</ref> [[Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)|Johnny Quick]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Don Heck|Heck, Don]]|inker=DeZuniga, Tony|story=The Origin of Johnny Quick|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#65|date=January 1987}}</ref> and the [[Tarantula (DC Comics)|Tarantula]].<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Alan Kupperberg|Kupperberg, Alan]]|inker=DeZuniga, Tony|story=The Origin of Tarantula!|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#66|date=February 1987}}</ref> The story arc in issues #32-33 detailed how the [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]] traveled from [[Earth-Two]] to [[Earth-X (DC Comics)|Earth-X]], an event indicated in an earlier Justice League story.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=[[Rick Hoberg|Hoberg, Rick]]|inker=[[Bill Collins (comics)|Collins, Bill]]|story=Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#32|date=April 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic|writer=Thomas, Roy|penciller=Hoberg, Rick|inker=Collins, Bill|story=The Battle of Santa Barbara—Times Two!|title=All-Star Squadron|issue=#33|date=May 1984}}</ref>

With so many characters to choose from, the creative team decided to concentrate on "quite promising characters who have been ignored or underplayed for years", instead of only those Earth-Two characters who had popular counterparts on Earth-One.{{cn|date=April 2025}} For examples, ''All-Star Squadron'' did not focus much on the Earth-Two versions of Superman and Wonder Woman, nor on the Golden Age version of the Flash, Jay Garrick, whose counterpart Barry Allen was very popular as the Flash of Earth-One. Roy Thomas wrote: "If we lost the original [[Alan Scott|GL]], we gained the Earth-Two [[Robotman (Robert Crane)|Robotman]]; if we dropped [[Flash (Jay Garrick)|Jay (Flash) Garrick]], we picked up on [[Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)|Johnny Quick]]; [[Liberty Belle (comics)#Libby Lawrence|Liberty Belle]] could stand in for [[Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman]] till more super-powered ladies came along. We even tossed in an Earth-Two version of the venerable [[Plastic Man]], whose series in ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' was just folding..."{{cn|date=April 2025}}

When Rich Buckler left the series after the fifth issue, editor [[Len Wein]] hired artist [[Adrian Gonzales]] as a replacement and notified Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales".<ref name="AE100">{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Roy|author-link=Roy Thomas|date=March 2011|title='I Want To Do It All Again!' Roy Thomas Talks About The 1980s at DC Comics – Schwartz, Warts, And All|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_4Uhx_baPQC&q=Alter+Ego+Centennial+Adrian+Gonzales&pg=PA22|journal=[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]]|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|volume=3|issue=#100|page=22|isbn=978-1-60549-031-1}}</ref> He drew the series for 13 issues, during which the team had a crossover with the ''Justice League of America''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Roy|title=The All-Star Companion|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|year=2000|isbn=1-893905-05-5|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|pages=191–192|chapter=The Justice League-Justice Society Team-Ups}} ''Justice League of America'' #207–209 (Oct.–Dec. 1982) and ''All-Star Squadron'' #14–15 (Oct.–Nov. 1982)</ref> Jerry Ordway, who had inked the series since its start, became the series regular penciler starting with issue #19 (March 1983). He and Thomas then co-created the [[Infinity, Inc.]] team, introducing it in ''All-Star Squadron'' #25 (Sept. 1983).<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 203: "The children of the original Justice Society of America made their smash debut in this issue by writer Roy Thomas and penciler Jerry Ordway...''All-Star Squadron'' #25 marked the first appearances of future cult-favorite heroes Jade, Obsidian, Fury, Brainwave Jr., the Silver Scarab, Northwind, and Nuklon".</ref>

''All-Star Squadron'' #31 (1984) featured the group's first "full roster" general meeting, taking place at their headquarters. 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. The All-Star Squadron had a robotic butler named '''Gernsback''', based on the [[Elektro]] robots from the fair and named after science fiction publisher [[Hugo Gernsback]].

During the 1985-86 series ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', Earth-Two and Earth-One, along with some other realities, merged into a new, unified reality with a revised history. The heroes of World War II now existed in the same timeline as modern heroes, simply operating at an earlier time. While it was not a major problem to establish that certain characters such as the Golden Age Flash (a man named Jay Garrick) and the later Flash (a man named Barry Allen) could co-exist and both operate during different time periods, this explanation did not work for heroes with direct counterparts. Golden Age heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, [[Batman]], [[Dick Grayson|Robin]], and [[Green Arrow]] all of whom had the same secret identities, same basic origin stories, and largely similar supporting casts as their modern day counterparts. For this reason, these particular Golden Age heroes, and some others, had to be removed from the history of the new, unified timeline. This also meant the canon of several recent ''All-Star Squadron'' stories was now questionable, since the Golden Age versions of those same heroes made multiple appearances in the series.

To clear the slate after ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' and re-launch the franchise, ''All Star Squadron'' ended with issue #67 and the series was succeeded by ''[[Young All-Stars]]''.<ref name="Markstein2">{{cite web|last=Markstein|first=Don|date=2010|title=All-Star Squadron|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/alstarsq.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525202035/https://www.webcitation.org/66frUkio6?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/alstarsq.htm|archive-date=May 25, 2024|website=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]}}</ref> Since then, the All-Star Squadron has appeared in sporadic stories published by DC Comics. Article X was used again during the crossover ''[[Final Crisis]]'' when Earth's superheroes needed to unite against the forces of [[Darkseid]] and the evil [[New Gods]].

In a 2025 interview, Thomas said of ''All-Star Squadron'' that "I always say two things. One is that was my favorite comic of all time to write, above ''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan]]'', ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|Avengers]]'', or anything, because it combined the superheroes and the history, two of my great passions. And the other thing is that ... there is a possibility that if it hadn't been for that damn ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' ... we might have kept going, we'd be right up to three or four hundred issues by now."<ref>{{cite web |last=Carter |first=R.J. |title=Critical Blast Interviews Roy Thomas About the Captain Thunder & Blue Bolt Archive |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_qfIhrblTs |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 April 2025 |date=April 1, 2025}} Event occurs at 56:05-56:41.</ref>

== Fictional history ==
[[Image:All-StarSquadron36.jpg|thumb|The All-Star Squadron battling [[Shazam (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]], art by [[Rich Buckler]].]]
On the day of the [[bombing of Pearl Harbor]], President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] gathered available superheroes—including members of the [[Justice Society of America]], [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]], and solo heroes—at the White House.<ref name="Markstein2"/> He asked them to band together for the war as the All-Star Squadron to battle sabotage and keep the peace on the home front during [[World War II]].<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=10}}</ref> The rationale for not using the Squadron in combat situations in the [[European Theatre of World War II|European]] or [[Pacific War|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 (Kal-L)|Superman]], [[Alan Scott|Green Lantern]], [[Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)|Doctor Fate]] and others) who crossed into territory held by the [[Axis powers]].

At the time, many of the Justice Society members had been captured by the time-travelling villain [[Per Degaton]] with the help of JSA foes he had pulled back in time, but the available heroes were asked to first guard against a potential attack on the [[West Coast of the United States]]. Degaton himself used some stolen Japanese planes with hypnotized troopers to launch such an attack on San Francisco, hoping to change history by making the United States fight to a stalemate against Japan, enabling him to take over the world, 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. Due to Per Degaton going back in time after the JSA were freed they forgot his involvement, though the events were not wiped. America's entry into the war caused several of the members of the JSA to enlist, or be drafted in their civilian identities. These included [[Alan Scott]], [[Starman (Ted Knight)|Starman]], [[Hawkman]], [[The Atom (Al Pratt)|The Atom]] and [[Johnny Thunder]].

In the pages of "[[The New Golden Age]]", the Prime-Earth version of the All-Star Squadron is revealed to exist as the bio for the [[Aquaman#Golden Age|Golden Age Aquaman]] mentions that he was briefly a member of this group.<ref>''The New Golden Age'' #1. DC Comics.</ref> [[Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)|Mister Terrific]] also mentioned that the All-Star Squadron was once helped out by the Golden Age Legionnaire (later revealed to be a younger version of [[Mordru]] who wants to avoid the path of evil).<ref>''Justice Society of America'' Vol. 4 #9. DC Comics.</ref>

==Creators==
===Writers===
* [[Roy Thomas]] – #1–67 (Sept. 1981–March 1987); ''Annual'' #1–3 (1982–84)
* [[Gerry Conway]] – #8–9 (April–May 1982) ([[Commander Steel|Steel]] section only)
* [[Paul Kupperberg]] – #41, 44 (Jan. 1985, April 1985)
* [[Mike Baron]] – #43 (March 1985)
* [[Dann Thomas]] – #46, 51, 53–55 (June 1985, Nov. 1985, Jan. 1986–March 1986)

===Artists===
* [[Rich Buckler]] – #1–5, 36 (Sept. 1981–Jan. 1982, Aug. 1984); ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Adrian Gonzales]] – #6–18 (Feb. 1982–Feb. 1983); ''Annual'' #1 (1982)
* [[Don Heck]] – #8–9, 65 (April–May 1982, Jan. 1987) ([[Commander Steel|Steel]] section only for #8–9)
* [[Jerry Ordway]] – #19–26, 29 (March 1983–Oct. 1983, Jan. 1984); ''Annual'' #2–3 (1983–1984)
* [[Richard Howell (comics)|Richard Howell]] – #27–28, 30, 40 (Nov. 1983–Dec. 1983, Feb. 1984, Dec. 1984); ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Rick Hoberg]] – #31–35, 38–39 (March 1984–July 1984, Oct. 1984–Nov. 1984); ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Arvell Jones]] – #37, 41–46, 50–55, 58–60, 67 (Sept. 1984, Jan. 1985–June 1985, Oct. 1985–March 1986, June 1986–Aug. 1986, March 1987)
* [[Keith Giffen]] – ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Carmine Infantino]] – ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Don Newton]] – ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Martin Nodell]] – ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[George Pérez]] – ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Todd McFarlane]] – #47 (July 1985)
* [[Mike Harris (comics)|Mike Harris]] – #48–49, 61 (Aug. 1985–Sept. 1985, Sept. 1986)
* Mike Clark – #51, 56–57, 60 (Nov. 1985, April 1986–May 1986, Aug. 1986)
* [[Tony DeZuniga]] – #62 (Oct. 1986)
* [[Michael Bair]] – #63 (Nov. 1986)
* [[Wayne Boring]] – #64 (Dec. 1986); ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* [[Alan Kupperberg]] – #66 (Feb. 1987)

===Cover artists===
* Rich Buckler – #1, 3–6, 36 (Sept. 1981, Nov. 1981–Feb. 1982, Aug. 1984)
* [[Joe Kubert]] – #2, 7–18 (Oct. 1981, March 1982–Feb. 1983)
* Jerry Ordway – #19–33, 50, 60 (March 1983–May 1984, Oct. 1985, Aug. 1986); ''Annual'' #1–2 (1982–83)
* Rick Hoberg – #34–35, 37–39 (June 1984–July 1984, Sept. 1984–Nov. 1984); ''Annual'' #3 (1984)
* Arvell Jones – #40–44, 46, 52, 55, 58–59, 64–66 (Dec. 1984–April 1985, June 1985, Dec. 1985, March 1986, June 1986–July 1986, Dec. 1986–Feb. 1987)
* Tim Burgard – #45 (May 1985)
* Todd McFarlane – #47 (July 1985)
* Mike Harris – #48–49, 61–62 (Aug. 1985–Sept. 1985, Sept. 1986–Oct. 1986)
* Mike Clark – #51, 53–54, 56–57 (Nov. 1985, Jan. 1986–Feb. 1986, April 1986–May 1986)
* Michael Bair – #63 (Nov. 1986)
* [[Tom Grindberg]] – #67 (March 1987)

===Editors===
* [[Len Wein]] – #1–20, ''Annual'' #1 (Sept. 1981–April 1983)
* Roy Thomas – #21–67, ''Annual'' #2–3 (May 1983–March 1987)

===Associate/assistant editors===
* [[Mike W. Barr]] #1–9 (Sept. 1981–May 1982)
* [[Carl Gafford]] #10–16, ''Annual'' #1 (June–Dec. 1982)
* [[Nick Cuti]] #17–29, ''Annual'' #2 (Jan. 1983–Jan. 1984)
* [[Janice Race]] #32–58, ''Annual'' #3 (April 1984–June 1986)
* [[Barbara Kesel|Barbara Randall]] #59–61 (July–Sept. 1986)
* [[Greg Weisman]] #62–67 (Oct. 1986–March 1987)

== Collected editions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Material collected
!Published date
!ISBN
|-
|''Showcase Presents: All-Star Squadron Vol. 1''
|''All-Star Squadron'' #1–18, Annual #1 and material from ''Justice League of America'' #193
|April 2012
|{{ISBNT|978-1401234362}}
|-
|''Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 6''
|''All-Star Squadron'' #14–15 and ''Justice League of America'' #195-197, 207-209 
|June 2013
|{{ISBNT|978-1401238223}}
|-
|''Infinity Inc.: The Generations Saga''
|''All-Star Squadron'' #25-26, Annual #2 and ''Infinity Inc.'' (vol. 1) #1-4
|September 2011
|{{ISBNT|978-0857684325}}
|-
|''Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition Vol. 1''
|''All-Star Squadron'' #50-60, ''DC Comics Presents'' #78, ''The Fury of Firestorm'' #41-42, ''Green Lantern'' #194-198
|November 2018
|{{ISBNT|978-1401274597}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Crusaders (DC Comics)|The Crusaders]]
* [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]]
* [[Justice Society of America]]
* [[Seven Soldiers of Victory]]
* [[Young All-Stars]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=754|title=''All-Star Squadron''}}
* [http://dcuguide.com/w/All-Star_Squadron ''All-Star Squadron'' biography at DCUGuide.com]

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