Young All-Stars #1 is an issue of the series Young All-Stars (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1987. It was published on February 17, 1987.
Contents
Synopsis for "The Coming of the Young All-Stars"
Helena Kosmatos, the young girl known as Fury, has a premonition that she saw a giant version of a robot named Mekanique attack and slaughter the entire assembled All-Star Squadron. Her guardians, Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle, decide to take Helena to their headquarters to find out. Tsunami appears unto Neptune Perkins and reveals that her family has been taken into a Japanese interment camp and she now seeks his help. The Royal Canadian Air Force deal with a mysterious flying man in a furry cape, who turns out to be Flying Fox. TNT and Dyna-Mite deal with Nazi saboteurs planning to blow up a dam in Indian Creek, Colorado, which results in TNT being killed and his soul being taken by Gudra the Valkyrie to Valhalla. "Iron" Munro comes to the rescue of Dyna-Mite, but is unable to save his partner TNT from Gudra.
Appearing in "The Coming of the Young All-Stars"
Featured Characters:
- Young All-Stars (First appearance)
- Dyna-Mite
- Flying Fox (First appearance)
- Fury/Helena Kosmatos (Flashback and main story)
- "Iron" Munro (First appearance)
- Neptune Perkins
- Tsunami/Miya Shimada (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- All-Star Squadron
- Air Wave (In dream sequence only)
- Amazing Man (In dream sequence only)
- The Atom (In dream sequence only)
- Crimson Avenger (In dream sequence only)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (In dream sequence only)
- Firebrand (In dream sequence only)
- The Flash (In dream sequence only)
- The Guardian (In dream sequence only)
- Hawkman (In dream sequence only)
- Green Lantern (In dream sequence only)
- Johnny Quick/Johnny Chambers
- Liberty Belle/Libby Lawrence
- Manhunter (In dream sequence only)
- Mister Terrific (In dream sequence only)
- Robotman (In dream sequence only)
- The Sandman (In dream sequence only)
- Sargon the Sorcerer (In dream sequence only)
- Shining Knight (In dream sequence only)
- The Spectre (In dream sequence only)
- Starman (In dream sequence only)
- Star-Spangled Kid (In dream sequence only)
- Stripesy (In dream sequence only)
- Tarantula (In dream sequence only)
- Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt (In dream sequence only)
- TNT (Final appearance; dies)
- The Vigilante (In dream sequence only)
- The Whip (In dream sequence only)
- Wildcat (In dream sequence only)
- Wing (In dream sequence only)
Antagonists:
- Axis Amerika
- Gudra
- Fledermaus (First appearance)
- Horned Owl (First appearance)
- Sea Wolf (First appearance)
- Ubermensch (First appearance)
- Usil (First appearance)
- Nazi Saboteurs
- Nazi Soldiers (Flashback only)
- Mekanique (In dream sequence only)
- Imperial Japan (Mentioned only)
- Hideki Tojo (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Dottie Johnson (First appearance)
- Fury's Uncle George and Aunt Rose (Mentioned only)
- Michael Kosmatos (Dies in flashback)
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Shimada Family
- Kinzo Shimada
- Michi Shimada
- Toshiko Shimada
- Tisiphone (Flashback only)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Mentioned only)
- King Kong (Mentioned only)
- Ross Perkins (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- World War II
- 1941
- Greece (Flashback only)
- April, 1942
- 1941
- Aegean Sea (Mentioned only)
- Asgard (Mentioned only)
- Japan (Mentioned only)
- Valhalla (Mentioned only)
- World War I (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Dyna-Rings
- Starheart Ring (In dream sequence only)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Gudra is the only member of Axis Amerika who has made an appearance prior to this issue. Gudra first appeared as an unnamed Valkyrie in DC Special #29.
Trivia
- The Golden Age heroes featured on the cover include (on left) Hawkman, Dr. Fate, TNT, (on right) Starman, Liberty Belle, Amazing Man, (on bottom) Johnny Quick.
- Helena's premonition comes true in Young All-Stars Annual #1, though in a fashion different from how she saw it: Mekanique actually shrunk the members of the All-Star Squadron and led them into the basement to fight against them in the model of a then-future metropolitan city.
- This story, although not exactly the first post-Crisis All-Star Squadron story written (that honor goes to All-Star Squadron #64), is the first one that follows the events in All-Star Squadron #60.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Justice Society Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- America vs. the Justice Society (Volume 1)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- JSA: All Stars (Volume 1)
- JSA Classified (Volume 1)
- JSA: Strange Adventures (Volume 1)
- JSA vs. Kobra (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 3)
- Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
