ALL STAR COMICS (1940-78) #23
CGC FN+: 6.5
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Moldoff art; origin & 1st app. of Psycho Pirate
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Moldoff art; origin & 1st app. of Psycho Pirate
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
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Moldoff art; origin & 1st app. of Psycho PirateThe ingenious plot of this comic sees the JSA doing battle with the aptly named Psycho Pirate, a villain whose nefarious plot involves six different “emotions,” and as a result, the members of the Justice Society each have to go on a solo mission to stop the coordinated plans and defeat the mysterious evildoer. After tangling with love, hate, fear, conceit, greed, and despair, Psycho Pirate is revealed to be the demented Charles Halstead, a close friend of Rex Morgan, newspaper publisher. Using the anthology format to plot the storylines of this issue was a major inspiration, kudos to the editorial team at DC for helping normalize the concept of the self-contained adventure. Wrapped in an amusing, yet creepy, Joe Gallagher cover, this issue is perfectly summed up by the puppetry design that shows the JSA dancing about as an unseen threat manipulates their fates.
crm/ow pages
Moldoff art; origin & 1st app. of Psycho PirateThe ingenious plot of this comic sees the JSA doing battle with the aptly named Psycho Pirate, a villain whose nefarious plot involves six different “emotions,” and as a result, the members of the Justice Society each have to go on a solo mission to stop the coordinated plans and defeat the mysterious evildoer. After tangling with love, hate, fear, conceit, greed, and despair, Psycho Pirate is revealed to be the demented Charles Halstead, a close friend of Rex Morgan, newspaper publisher. Using the anthology format to plot the storylines of this issue was a major inspiration, kudos to the editorial team at DC for helping normalize the concept of the self-contained adventure. Wrapped in an amusing, yet creepy, Joe Gallagher cover, this issue is perfectly summed up by the puppetry design that shows the JSA dancing about as an unseen threat manipulates their fates.