<i>All-Star Comics</i> No. 18
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>All-Star Comics</i> No. 18 was published by DC Comics in the fall of 1943. The cover features members of the "Justice Society of America," including Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Hourman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Atom, Johnny Thunder, Spectre, Starman, and Sandman.
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content: The story of No. 18 is "Insects turn to Crime!" which featured a master criminal named the King Bee who created a race of men-insects.
label: Description
content: Introduced in <i>All-Star Comics</i> No. 3, The Justice Society of America was the first team of superheroes to be featured in comic books. The group was popular in the 1940s, and after their prominence faded a decade later several group members were reinvented and brought together again as the Justice League of America. Several Justice Society of America members went on to have their own titles, such as the Flash, the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.001
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.001
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm