All-Star Comics #3 Facsimile Edition DC Comics #fullreview Gardner Fox,E. E. Hibbard

All-Star Comics #3 Facsimile Edition DC Comics #fullreview

THE FIRST MEETING OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Eight super-heroes gather together at a secret location for the first official meeting of the Justice Society of America. Johnny Thunder decides to crash the party and, with the unwitting aid of his magic Thunderbolt, brings all of the heroes together much more quickly than they originally intended. Johnny suggests that they should each tell the tale of their most exciting adventure. Jay Garrick and Joan Williams are having dinner at a New York restaurant when a woman named Mary Rogers approaches them. She tells the couple that her father, treasure-hunter Tim Rogers, has been searching for a legendary sunken ship called the Sancta Joanna. She is concerned, however, because pirates from a rival ship called the Nancy K have been trying to sabotage her father's efforts. Jay sneaks off to change into the Flash and races to the Panama coast to investigate the scene. Streaking through the water like a torpedo, he manages to find the sunken ruins of the ship. After evading the jaws of a hungry shark, Flash introduces himself to Tim Rogers, who subsequently tells him about the pirates of the Nancy K. Flash swims after the Nancy K and uses his super-speed as a makeshift propeller in order to steer the ship off course. Boarding the vessel, he races around the deck, confounding the efforts of the armed pirates. He then aims the Nancy K on a direct course for an iceberg. Returning to Rogers' ship, the Flash aids the man in securing the gold from the hull of the Sancta Joanna. Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders attend a science expedition in New York. Shiera learns about a strange volcanic phenomenon taking place on the island of Krakatao. She decides to investigate the affair despite Carter's protestations.

Gardner Fox,Jerry Siegel,Ken Fitch,Sheldon Moldoff,Bernard Baily,Howard Sherman,Chad Grothkopf,Ben Flinton,Marty Nodell,Sheldon Mayer,E. E. Hibbard