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Justice Society of America: "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes"

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Suppose we let the american people vote to decide the best crime! That's what they call the democratic way!

— Huntress

All-Star Comics #41 is an issue of the series All-Star Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1948.

Synopsis for Justice Society of America: "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes"

The Wizard, after escaping from jail, steals the Liberty Train without a trace. He dreams of making crime triumphant on earth, and forms a new Injustice Society, recruiting the Fiddler, the Huntress, the Icicle, the Sportsmaster, and the Harlequin. The members hold a contest to determine which of them will be the leader, with the one who commits the greatest robbery to be the winner. The members plan thefts of American patriotic objects: the Freedom Bell, Plymouth Rock, Old Ironsides, and the Washington Monument, while the Harlequin plans to trap the Justice Society of America. However, when the Harlequin drops her diary, the Injustice Society learns that Green Lantern's "enemy" has no intention of joining the group, but she intends to betray them. The Sportsmaster follows her to the JSA headquarters. When the Harlequin alerts the JSA to the villains' plan, the Sportsmaster launchs a grenade in the form of a lacrosse ball that fells the entire group.

Black Canary, investigating the Liberty Train theft, tries to call an emergency meeting of the Justice Society, but finds their headquarters empty. She discovers the knocked out Harlequin under a table, undetected by the Sportsmaster, who lugged the rest of the JSA members back to ISW headquarters. As the Harlequin begins to explain what happened, the Icicle attacks and captures the pair. At Injustice Society headquarters, the two see the brainwashed JSA working as slaves for the villains. Before they could join their comrades in slavery, the Harlequin hypnotizes the Justice Society with her glasses and orders them to remember who they are. The revived JSA members set off in to prevent the robberies of the American treasures. Unfortunately, the Harlequin's hypnosis in only temporary, and the heroes will return to a mindless state with the snap of fingers. Knowing this fact, also, the Wizard sets off to warn the other members of the Injustice Society.

Hawkman draws the assignment to protect Old Ironsides. The Sportsmaster creates a diversion, then steals the boat using portable rockets. The Hawkman chases him down, then knocks him out with one punch. However, the Wizard arrives, snaps his fingers, returning Hawkman to his trance. Then, Hawkman helps the trio sail Old Ironsides back to their hideout. Wonder Woman and Doctor Mid-Nite arrive at the Freedom Bell to find the Fiddler's theft already in progress. They defeat him and tie him up, but having already been contacted by the Wizard, the Fiddler snaps his fingers, then orders Wonder Woman and Dr. Mid-Nite to help him steal the Freedom Bell. The Huntress steals Plymouth Rock by having elephants load it into a circus van. The Flash and Atom overtake the van, then tie up the Huntress. Unable to snap, she jumps on a wooden board to snap it, which successfully enslaves Flash and Atom. The Icicle steals the Navy's new super jet, then uses it to lasso the Washington Monument, lassoing Green Lantern in the process. The Icicle's cold gun and Green Lantern's ring cancel each other out, so the Green Lantern uses his ring to return the monument, then punches out the Icicle. Ironically, the Green Lantern snaps, returning himself to his slave state. Harlequin and Black Canary track down the Liberty Train, but the Wizard arrives, electrocutes, and captures them.

To ensure the JSA will no longer threaten them, the ISW drops them and the Harlequin to their deaths into a deep mine shaft. Then, to determine who won the contest, the villains steal Gotham Stadium during a baseball game, planning to ask the crowd of captured Americans to vote on who committed the best theft. Trapped in the bowels of the earth, the Black Canary and Harlequin work feverishly to convince the JSA of their true identities. With constant urging, the two convince Green Lantern to employ his ring, freeing the JSA from their stupor. The team then rockets up the shaft and confront the ISW, who have reached a murderous level of frustration with their captives. Surprising the villains, the heroes quickly round up the team. They deposit the ISW in jail. In the confusion, Harlequin slips away. Returning to headquarters the Justice Society inducts Black Canary as a member.

Appearing in Justice Society of America: "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes"

Featured Characters:

Justice Society of America
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Supporting Characters:

Harlequin (Molly Mayne)

Antagonists:

Injustice Society of the World
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- Sportsmaster (Crusher Crock)
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Other Characters:

Bill
Bob
Slugger Trenton
Steve
Wally

Locations:

Items:

Bracelets of Submission
The Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
Fiddler's Fiddle
Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner"
Freedom Bell
Green Flame of Life
Green Lantern Ring
Harlequin's Book
Harlequin Glasses
Harlequin's Mandolin
Huntress' Invisible Lasso
Icicle's Cold Gun
Lasso of Truth
Mind Eraser
Nth Metal Wings
Plymouth Rock
Portable Rockets
Sportsmaster's Lacrosse Racket and Ball
Two Way Radio
Wonder Woman's Tiara

Vehicles:

Fiddler's Fiddle Car
Giant Dirigible
Liberty Train
Old Ironsides
U.S. Jet Planes
U.S. Navy's Super Ram-Jet

Notes

This issue is divided into three chapters.

This issue is reprinted in All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 9, Justice League of America Super-Spectacular #1 and Justice League of America (Volume 1) #113.

Black Canary joins the Justice Society of America with this issue, replacing Johnny Thunder.

Trivia

This issue serves as inspiration for the Justice League animated series episodes "Legends". The episodes feature a Justice Guild and an Injustice Guild, which is similar to this incarnation of the Injustice Society. The episode is dedicated to Gardner Fox.
It is clear that Atom already has super strength in this story when he stops Huntress' truck with a blow. While his abnormal strength never is explained in the Golden Age, a retcon in All-Star Squadron Vol 1 indicates that Atom gained powers after exposed to radiation of the reluctant villain Cyclotron.

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 | CoverArtist1        = Alex Toth
+| Quotation           = Suppose we let the american people '''vote''' to decide the best crime!  That's what they call the '''democratic way!'''
-| Quotation           =
-| Speaker             =
+| Speaker             = [[Paula Brooks (New Earth)|Huntress]]
-| StoryTitle1         = The Case of the Patriotic Crimes
+| StoryTitle1         = Justice Society of America: "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes"
-| Synopsis1           = The Wizard forms a new Injustice Society and, to determine which of them will be the leader, has them stage competitive thefts of American patriotic objects such as the Freedom Train, Plymouth Rock, Old Ironsides, and the Washington Monument. Not satisfied with the last outcome, the Wizard has abandoned his fellow members in prison and  re-organized the Injustice Society a few months later with new, less megalomanical members including the Fiddler, the Icicle, the Sportsmaster, the Huntress and the Harlequin. After recruiting the Harlequin, the Injustice Society learned that Green Lantern's "enemy" had no intention of joining the group. Instead, they learned from a diary she dropped, she intended to betray them. Followed covertly by the Sportsmaster, the Harlequin alerted the JSA to the villains' plan only to be felled with the heroes when the Sportsmaster launched a grenade in the form of a lacrosse ball.
+| Synopsis1           = The [[William Zard (New Earth)|Wizard]], after escaping from jail, steals the Liberty Train without a trace.  He dreams of making crime triumphant on earth, and forms a new [[Injustice Society (New Earth)|Injustice Society]], recruiting [[Isaac Bowin (New Earth)|the Fiddler]], [[Paula Brooks (New Earth)|the Huntress]], [[Joar Mahkent (New Earth)|the Icicle]], [[Lawrence Crock (New Earth)|the Sportsmaster]], and [[Molly Mayne (New Earth)|the Harlequin]].  The members hold a contest to determine which of them will be the leader, with the one who commits the greatest robbery to be the winner.  The members plan thefts of American patriotic objects: the Freedom Bell, Plymouth Rock, Old Ironsides, and the Washington Monument, while the Harlequin plans to trap the [[Justice Society of America (New Earth)|Justice Society of America]].  However, when the Harlequin drops her diary, the Injustice Society learns that Green Lantern's "enemy" has no intention of joining the group, but she intends to betray them.  The Sportsmaster follows her to the JSA headquarters.  When the Harlequin alerts the JSA to the villains' plan, the Sportsmaster launchs a grenade in the form of a lacrosse ball that fells the entire group.
-The Harlequin was thrown under a table by the blast and went undetected as the Sportsmaster lugged the JSA members out to captivity. When the Black Canary arrived later for membership induction, she found the ersatz villainess and together, the two were ambushed by the Icicle. Taken back to the Injustice Society headquarters, the two found the JSA brainwashed and working as slaves for the villains. Before they could join their comrades in slavery, the Black Canary revived the JSA and each member set off in pursuit of the individual ISW members, each of whom had targeted a national monument to steal. Unfortunately, the heroes had been subject to a post-hypnotic suggestion that would return them to a mindless state when they heard the snap of fingers. As each intercepted their target, the villains handily re-captured them and carted the heroes and the monuments back to their lair.
+[[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary]], investigating the Liberty Train theft, tries to call an emergency meeting of the Justice Society, but finds their headquarters empty.  She discovers the knocked out Harlequin under a table, undetected by the Sportsmaster, who lugged the rest of the JSA members back to ISW headquarters.  As the Harlequin begins to explain what happened, the Icicle attacks and captures the pair.  At Injustice Society headquarters, the two see the brainwashed JSA working as slaves for the villains.  Before they could join their comrades in slavery, the Harlequin hypnotizes the Justice Society with her glasses and orders them to remember who they are.  The revived JSA members set off in to prevent the robberies of the American treasures.  Unfortunately, the Harlequin's hypnosis in only temporary, and the heroes will return to a mindless state with the snap of fingers.  Knowing this fact, also, the Wizard sets off to warn the other members of the Injustice Society.
+[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman]] draws the assignment to protect Old Ironsides.  The Sportsmaster creates a diversion, then steals the boat using portable rockets.  The Hawkman chases him down, then knocks him out with one punch.  However, the Wizard arrives, snaps his fingers, returning Hawkman to his trance.  Then, Hawkman helps the trio sail Old Ironsides back to their hideout.  [[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman]] and [[Charles McNider (New Earth)|Doctor Mid-Nite]] arrive at the Freedom Bell to find the Fiddler's theft already in progress.  They defeat him and tie him up, but having already been contacted by the Wizard, the Fiddler snaps his fingers, then orders Wonder Woman and Dr. Mid-Nite to help him steal the Freedom Bell.  The Huntress steals Plymouth Rock by having elephants load it into a circus van.  The [[Jason Garrick (New Earth)|Flash]] and [[Albert Pratt (New Earth)|Atom]] overtake the van, then tie up the Huntress.  Unable to snap, she jumps on a wooden board to snap it, which successfully enslaves Flash and Atom.  The Icicle steals the Navy's new super jet, then uses it to lasso the Washington Monument, lassoing [[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern]] in the process.  The Icicle's cold gun and Green Lantern's ring cancel each other out, so the Green Lantern uses his ring to return the monument, then punches out the Icicle.  Ironically, the Green Lantern snaps, returning himself to his slave state.  Harlequin and Black Canary track down the Liberty Train, but the Wizard arrives, electrocutes, and captures them.
-To determine who had committed the best theft, the villains planned to ask a large crowd of captured Americans to judge them. To make sure the JSA was no longer a threat, they were dropped in their automaton state into a deep mine shaft along with the recaptured Harlequin and Black Canary. Trapped in the bowels of the earth, the heroines worked feverishly to convince the JSA of their true identities. With constant urging, the two convinced Green Lantern to employ his ring, freeing the JSA from their stupor. The team then rocketed up the shaft and confronted the ISW, who had reached a murderous level of frustration with their captive judges. Surprising the villains, the heroes quickly rounded up the team. The ISW was deposited in jail and Black Canary was then inducted into the Justice Society
+To ensure the JSA will no longer threaten them, the ISW drops them and the Harlequin to their deaths into a deep mine shaft.  Then, to determine who won the contest, the villains steal Gotham Stadium during a baseball game, planning to ask the crowd of captured Americans to vote on who committed the best theft.  Trapped in the bowels of the earth, the Black Canary and Harlequin work feverishly to convince the JSA of their true identities.  With constant urging, the two convince Green Lantern to employ his ring, freeing the JSA from their stupor. The team then rockets up the shaft and confront the ISW, who have reached a murderous level of frustration with their captives.  Surprising the villains, the heroes quickly round up the team.  They deposit the ISW in jail.  In the confusion, Harlequin slips away.  Returning to headquarters the Justice Society inducts Black Canary as a member.
-| Editor1_1           = Julius Schwartz
-| Editor1_2           = Sheldon Mayer
+| Editor1_1           = Whitney Ellsworth
+| Editor1_2           = Julius Schwartz
+| Editor1_3           = Sheldon Mayer
 | Writer1_1           = John Broome
 | Penciler1_1         = Carmine Infantino
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 | Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Justice Society of America]]}}
+* {{a|[[Justice Society of America (New Earth)|Justice Society of America]]}}
-:* {{apn|[[Albert Pratt (New Earth)|Atom (Al Pratt)]]|Flash Comics #95|Flash Comics #97}}
+** {{apn|[[Albert Pratt (New Earth)|Atom (Al Pratt)]]|Flash Comics #95|Flash Comics #97}}
-:* {{apn|[[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance)]]|Flash Comics #97|Flash Comics #98}}
+** {{apn|[[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance)]]|Flash Comics #97|Flash Comics #98}}
-:* {{apn|[[Charles McNider (New Earth)|Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider)]]|All-American Comics #98|All-American Comics #99}}
+** {{apn|[[Charles McNider (New Earth)|Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider)]]|All-American Comics #98|All-American Comics #99}}
-:* {{apn|[[Jason Garrick (New Earth)|Flash (Jay Garrick)]]|Flash Comics #96|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
+** {{apn|[[Jason Garrick (New Earth)|Flash (Jay Garrick)]]|Flash Comics #96|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
-:* {{apn|[[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern (Alan Scott)]]|All-American Comics #98|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
+** {{apn|[[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern (Alan Scott)]]|All-American Comics #98|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
-:* {{apn|[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman (Carter Hall)]]|Flash Comics #96|Flash Comics #97}}
+** {{apn|[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman (Carter Hall)]]|Flash Comics #96|Flash Comics #97}}
-:* {{apn|[[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)]]|Sensation Comics #78|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
+** {{apn|[[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)]]|Sensation Comics #78|Comic Cavalcade #27}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
+* {{a|[[Molly Mayne (New Earth)|Harlequin (Molly Mayne)]]}}
-* None
-'''Villains:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
-* {{a|[[Injustice Society|Injustice Society of the World]]}}
+* {{a|[[Injustice Society (New Earth)|Injustice Society of the World]]}}
-:* {{apn|[[Isaac Bowin (New Earth)|Fiddler (Isaac Bowin)]]|Flash Comics #93|Comic Cavalcade #28}}
+** {{apn|[[Isaac Bowin (New Earth)|Fiddler (Isaac Bowin)]]|Flash Comics #93|Comic Cavalcade #28}}
-:* {{a|[[Molly Mayne (New Earth)|Harlequin (Molly Mayne)]]}}
+** {{apn|[[Paula Brooks (New Earth)|Huntress (Paula Brooks Crock)]]|Sensation Comics #76|DC 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-6}}
-:* {{apn|[[Paula Brooks Crock (New Earth)|Huntress (Paula Brooks Crock)]]|Sensation Comics #76|DC 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-6}}
+** {{apn|[[Joar Mahkent (New Earth)|Icicle (Joar Mahkent)]]|All-American Comics #92|Starman Vol 2 #46}}
-:* {{apn|[[Joar Mahkent (New Earth)|Icicle (Joar Mahkent)]]|All-American Comics #92|Starman Vol 2 #46}}
+** {{a|[[Lawrence Crock (New Earth)|Sportsmaster (Crusher Crock)]]}}
-:* {{a|[[Lawrence Crock (New Earth)|Sportsmaster (Crusher Crock)]]}}
+** {{apn|[[William Zard (New Earth)|Wizard (William Zard)]]|All-Star Comics #37|Action Comics #484}}
-:* {{apn|[[William Zard (New Earth)|Wizard (William Zard)]]|All-Star Comics #37|Action Comics #484}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* None
+* Bill
+* Bob
+* Slugger Trenton
+* Steve
+* Wally
 '''Locations:'''
 * {{a|[[Massachusetts]]}}
-:*{{a|[[Massachusetts|Plymouth Rock]]}}
+**{{a|[[Massachusetts|Plymouth Rock]]}}
 * {{a|[[New York City]]}}
-:*{{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
+**{{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
-:* {{a|[[JSA Headquarters III]]}}
+** {{a|[[JSA Headquarters]]}}
 * {{a|[[Pennsylvania]]}}
-:*{{a|[[Philadelphia]]}}
+**{{a|[[Philadelphia]]}}
 * {{a|[[Washington, D.C.]]}}
-:*{{a|[[Capitol Building]]}}
+**{{a|[[Capitol Building]]}}
-:*{{a|[[Washington Monument]]}}
+**{{a|[[Washington Monument]]}}
-:*{{a|[[White House]]}}
+**{{a|[[White House]]}}
 '''Items:'''
+* {{a|[[Bracelets of Submission]]}}
+* The Declaration of Independence
+* Emancipation Proclamation
 * {{a|[[Fiddler's Fiddle]]}}
+* Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner"
+* {{a|[[Liberty Bell|Freedom Bell]]}}
+* {{a|[[Starheart|Green Flame of Life]]}}
 * {{a|[[Green Lantern Ring]]}}
+* Harlequin's Book
+* {{a|[[Harlequin Glasses]]}}
 * {{a|[[Harlequin's Mandolin]]}}
+* Huntress' Invisible Lasso
-* {{a|[[Liberty Bell]]}}
+* {{a|[[Icicle's Cold Gun]]}}
+* {{a|[[Lasso of Truth]]}}
+* Mind Eraser
 * {{a|[[Nth Metal|Nth Metal Wings]]}}
+* Plymouth Rock
+* Portable Rockets
+* Sportsmaster's Lacrosse Racket and Ball
+* Two Way Radio
+* {{a|[[Wonder Woman's Tiara]]}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* {{a|[[Fiddler's Fiddle Car]]}}
+* Giant Dirigible
+* Liberty Train
 * ''Old Ironsides''
+* U.S. Jet Planes
+* U.S. Navy's Super Ram-Jet
 | Notes               =
 * This issue is divided into three chapters.
-* This issue is reprinted in ''[[All-Star Comics Archives Vol 1 9|All-Star Comics Archives, Volume 9]]'', [[Justice League of America Super Spectacular Vol 1 1|''Justice League of America Super-Spectacular'' #1]] and [[Justice League of America Vol 1 113|''Justice League of America (Volume 1) #113]].
+* This issue is reprinted in {{co|All-Star Comics Archives Vol. 9 (Collected)}}, [[Justice League of America Super Spectacular Vol 1 1|''Justice League of America Super-Spectacular'' #1]] and [[Justice League of America Vol 1 113|''Justice League of America (Volume 1) #113]].
-* [[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary]] joins the Justice Society of America with this issue, replacing [[Jonathan L. Thunder (New Earth)|Johnny Thunder]].
+* [[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary]] joins the Justice Society of America with this issue, replacing [[John Thunder (New Earth)|Johnny Thunder]].
 | Trivia              =
+* This issue serves as inspiration for the Justice League animated series episodes "Legends".  The episodes feature a Justice Guild and an Injustice Guild, which is similar to this incarnation of the Injustice Society.  The episode is dedicated to Gardner Fox.
-| Recommended         =
+* It is clear that Atom already has super strength in this story when he stops Huntress' truck with a blow. While his abnormal strength never is explained in the Golden Age, a retcon in [[All-Star Squadron Vol 1]] indicates that Atom gained powers after exposed to radiation of the reluctant villain Cyclotron.
-* [[All-American Comics Vol 1|All-American Comics]]
-* [[All-Flash Vol 1|All-Flash Quarterly]]
-* [[All-Star Comics Vol 1|All-Star Comics]]
-* [[Flash Comics Vol 1|Flash Comics]]
-* [[Green Lantern Vol 1|Green Lantern (Volume 1)]]
-* [[Wonder Woman Vol 1|Wonder Woman (Volume 1)]]
-| CustomSection1      = Related Articles
-| CustomText1         =
-* [[1948]]
-* [[Justice Society of America/Gallery|Justice Society of America image gallery]]
-* {{a|[[Justice Society villains|Justice Society of America Rogues Gallery]]}}
+| Recommended         = {{JSA RR}}
 | Links               =
-* [[Wikipedia:All-Star Comics|All-Star Comics article at Wikipedia]]
-* [http://www.dcindexes.com/database/series-details.php?seriesid=58 All-Star Comics series index at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics]
-* [[Wikipedia:Justice Society of America|Justice Society of America article at Wikipedia]]
-* [http://www.toonopedia.com/jsa.htm Justice Society of America article at Don Markstein's Toonopedia]
-* [http://www.proudrobot.com/hembeck/fatepowerwildcat.html Justice Society of America article at the Hembeck Files]
-* [http://users.cvalley.net/canote/jsa.html Justice Society of America Web Site (DrakeSix)]
-* [http://my.execpc.com/~icicle/JSAHOME.html JSA: Fact File]
-* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jsa/index.html JSA Chronology]
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