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All-Star Squadron Vol 1 20

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"...For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light...!": The All-Star Squadron members enter Brain Wave's illusion and battle the illusory Japanese soldiers, but are "killed" one by one, leaving [[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern]

All-Star Squadron #20 is an issue of the series All-Star Squadron (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1983. It was published on January 27, 1983.

Synopsis for "...For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light...!"

The All-Star Squadron members enter Brain Wave's illusion and battle the illusory Japanese soldiers, but are "killed" one by one, leaving Green Lantern as their only hope against Brain Wave's plot.

Appearing in "...For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light...!"

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Brain Wave (Flashback and main story)
  • Joker
  • Kulak
  • Luthor
  • Ancient Romans
  • Professor Elba (Flashback only)
  • Japanese Armed Forces (As an illusion only)

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Notes

  • Events of this story take place in early February 1942, concurrently with those of several other DC Comics stories, as detailed on pages 12 through 15. These include:
    • The Spectre's second battle with Kulak, High Priest of Brztal. The first one was shown in All-Star Comics #2, (September 1940)
    • Superman's tenth battle with Luthor, and Luthor's second attempt to defeat Superman by using the Powerstone, as shown in Superman #17, (July 1942). In this story, Luthor is retroactively portrayed with red hair rather than bald.
    • Batman's twelfth battle with the Joker, as shown in Batman #11, (June 1942)
    • The beginning and ending of the Flash's time-travel adventure, as shown in All-Flash #4, (March 1942)
    • Green Lantern's brief career as a PFC in the U.S.Army, as shown in Green Lantern #4 (June 1942)
  • Brain Wave admits have been the mastermind behind Prof. Elba's actions in All-Star Comics #8.
  • Brain Wave is acting behind-the-scenes before his first historical appearance in All-Star Comics #15, 1943, February.

Trivia

  • At this point in history, Luthor's first name had not yet been revealed.
  • Brain Wave paraphrases Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None, but he replaces "And then there were none!" by "And then there were fourteen!".
  • After being traumatized with the illusion of being a mass murderer, Green Lantern quotes J. Robert Oppenheimer (physicist among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb"): "I am become death, the shatterer of worlds".


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