All-Star Comics #62

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DC ⋅ 1976

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Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Artist

Wallace 'Wally' Wood

Artist

Keith Giffen

Writer

Paul Levitz

Colorist

Carl Gafford

Letterer

Ben Oda

Cover Artist

Ernie Chan

Published

October 1976

Synopsis

WHEN FALL THE MIGHTY Kent Nelson lies at death's door. The Justice Society of America are desperate to save Nelson's life. Doctor Charles McNider instructs the Star-Spangled Kid on using his cosmic rod to enervate Nelson's cells with solar energy. The treatment seems to stabilize Nelson's condition. An ankh appears on the medical monitors, which the team interprets as some kind of message from Nelson. The Golden Age Green Lantern relays the tale of how the wizard Nabu trained Nelson in the mystic arts. Training that led to Nelson taking on the mantle of Doctor Fate. The Golden Age Green Lantern opts to fly to Egypt, in the hopes of finding some solution that will save Nelson. The Golden Age Flash volunteers to go with him.Acting on ill feelings, the Golden Age Hawkman returns to Gateway City, to check on his wife. In the private museum of Carter Hall, Doctor Arthur Kliburn searches for Hall's latest acquisition, an ancient Lemurian, Zanadu, preserved in a block of amber.Kliburn finds the amber pooled on the floor, moments before he is killed by Zanadu. Investigating Kliburn's screams, Shiera Sanders finds Zanadu standing over Kliburn's horribly burned body. Hurling a piece of priceless pottery at Zanadu, Sanders turns to run. Zanadu stops time, then teleports away with Sanders, leaving behind their glowing afterimage. At the hospital, the strain of waiting finds Power Girl bickering with Wildcat, while Hourman shakes his head in disgust at both of them.Discovering Klyburn's body, as well as the afterimages of his wife and Zanadu, the Golden Age Hawkman activates his signal device, summoning the Justice Society of America to him. With the day's business completed, Daily Star editor, Clark Kent, decides to answer the summons, as the Golden Age Superman. At a bazaar in Egypt, a mysterious robed man barters for an elixir that will allow him to travel through time. The seller offers to trade the elixir for the man's horse. Refusing to part with his horse, the man opts on another course of action.The...

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