{"product_id":"millennium-ed-all-star-comics-no-3-2000-chromium-edition-csaitm680445","title":"MILLENNIUM ED: ALL STAR COMICS NO. 3 2000 [CHROMIUM EDITION]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe JSA are gathering together at a hotel for dinner and Johnny Thunder, in his own bumbling way, arrives at the hotel via the T-Bolt, and is invited to eat with them. After dinner, Johnny suggests that each of the members tell about one of their most exciting adventures. Flash thinks that is a great idea and leads off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flash tells of a Spanish galleon, the \"Sancta Joanna,\" which sank off Panama in 1567 carrying a fortune in Aztec gold, which had not been recovered to date. Jay learns that Joan's friend, Mary Rogers's father, was attempting to salvage the gold, but was threatened by a gang of roughnecks in a rival salvage boat. The Flash takes a hand, putting the ruffians in their place, and salvaging the gold for Tim Rogers. Hawkman volunteers next to tell his tale about men who could live in fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShiera tells Carter that the Science Society is going to study the Krakatoa volcano closely, and is soon threatened with death if she doesn't stay away. Hawkman then takes over and reaches the volcano in time to see flaming men coming out of the crater. Getting Shiera, and after both don protective clothing, they enter the crater and are attacked by flaming beings which take Hawk to Mazda, who sentences both of them to death. But Hawk escapes, saves Shiera and escapes before the volcano blows up. The Spectre than volunteers to tell his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrigan is put on the case of a series of mysterious deaths that occur during nights of the full moon, all committed by a creature that has come from the dark side of the Moon. When the two first meet in battle, this creature, Oom, bargains with the Ghostly Guardian that whichever of them first brings the Red Moon Stone of Yzgartyl to Earth, will be allowed to remain on Earth, the other banished. Although Oom gets the stone first, Spectre tricks Oom into dropping it into Spectre's hands, and Oom's spirit is then forever trapped in stone. Hour-Man then volunteers to tell his tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRex Tyler is told by his boss that he is going to attend a costume party and that he is taking his niece to it. When Tyler offers to dress as the Hour-Man, his boss pays for the costume. When the pair get to the party, Rex is surprised to see more Hour-Men at the party, who later steal the Durant Diamond Collection to put the blame on the real Man of the Hour. But the Hour-Man quickly rounds up the crooks and unmasks Durant as the leader, who stole phony gems to collect the insurance on them and pay off his helpers. Hour-Man then announces that the Sandman will tell his story next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Red Tornado enters the room after listening to the previous tales. Rather than sticking around for the meeting, she decides to gracefully back out, and heads out the door, leaving behind her red pants that have a large hole in them!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWes and Dian are driving through the countryside when they suddenly see a giant man, who collapses and dies. When they hear and reads of huge bags of human flesh and bones being found, the Sandman follows up by locating Dr. Faversham's residence, a scientist who injects his victims, whether they be man or animal, with a secret formula into their pituitary glands. Talking with a soon to be victim, Sandman then faces the doctor and overcomes him. Johnny then asks Dr. Fate to tell the next story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInza visits an antique store and a mysterious woman hands her a box, then disappears. When she opens the box at home, the drug Chevergris comes out and knocks her out. She goes to Dr. Fate and tells him they must go to the Moors, where they are attacked by phantoms. Dispensed with, Fate flies Inza home, where she suffers from black magic, and Fate puts her to sleep while he tracks down a sorcerer who came across an ancient book that explained how the dead could be restored to life. Fate dissolves him, saving Inza's life. Shivering from the tale, he turns to the Atom for the next story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny finds out that Daisy has a date for a dance being held in the evening, but jealous Johnny, berated by the guy, wishes the guy had poison ivy. Whammo! The T-Bolt strikes and, sure enough, the guy gets it. Daisy chases them both out of the house and Johnny barely escapes from the guy. Soon, Johnny rescues a girl being kidnapped, and agrees to act as bodyguard for her for $100 a week. But when Daisy sees her with Johnny, sparks fly, not understanding the situation. Later, Johnny discovers that Daisy's date is the thug wanting to kidnap the heiress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAl is out on a college class geology expedition when he spies members of the feared Brooklyn Murder Trust waiting for the passage of an armored car. He notes that several members of the gang switch into Army clothes, and drive off. He tries to follow, but is knocked out. Mary finds him and almost unmasks him. When he spots the truck again, he believes the thugs have looted the U. S. government gold cache nearby of $20 million. He makes short work of the crooks. Johnny then chimes in that it was time for someone else to relate a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe JSA receives a message from the FBI Chief in Washington D.C. and Flash volunteers to make the trip to Washington to see what he wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical crooks are committing crimes all over the city, and the Police can't seem to stop it. Cries go up for a new Police Commissioner, especially when \"evidence\" is uncovered of Commissioner Mason taking a bribe. The Mayor replaces Mason with Lacy and all seems to quiet down. However, behind the scenes, crime is in full swing: gambling dens and so on. Green Lantern learns the truth and feeds reporter Paul Pryor the information so he can announce it over the radio, but is captured. Lacy attempts to murder Pryor, but G.L. escapes and stops it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flash returns from Washington as G.L. finishes his story and informs the members that he has made an appointment for the group with the FBI Chief in Washington for the following Tuesday, and the group agrees to head to Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors of All-Star Comics announce that All-Star will become a bi-monthly with the next issue and they preview the story for that next issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artwork replicates that of the cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories: The Original Super-Team Makes Its First Appearance (featuring Justice Society of America); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Introduction (featuring Justice Society of America); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 1 (featuring The Flash); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 2: The Men Who Could Live in Fire (featuring Hawkman); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 3 (featuring The Spectre); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 4 (featuring Hour-Man); Blast into the Silver Age of Comics! (featuring DC Archive Editions); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Interlude (featuring Red Tornado); The Golden Age of Comics Starts Here! (featuring DC Archive Editions); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 5 (featuring Sandman); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 6 (featuring Dr. Fate); Guarding an Heiress (featuring Johnny Thunder); Featuring All-Star Comics; Featuring Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club; The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 7 (featuring The Atom); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Interlude (featuring Justice Society of America); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Chapter 8 (featuring Green Lantern); The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America, Conclusion (featuring Justice Society of America); Featuring The Justice Society of America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters: Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]; Justice Society of America [Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Atom [Al Pratt]] (introduction); Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald] (cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mary Rogers; Tim Rogers (Mary's father); Johnny Thunder (cameo); Hawkman (cameo); Nancy K sailors [Burly Billy; rest unnamed] (villains); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Johnny Thunder (cameo); The Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (cameo); Mazda (villain, leader of the Volcano People, a scientist, death); The Volcano People (villains, all die); a dying native (villain, death); The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; unnamed night watchman (death); unnamed Police Chief; Johnny Thunder (cameo); The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler] (cameo); Oom (villain, death); dragon (villain, death); The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Rex Tyler's unnamed boss; Regina Paige (Tyler's bosses' niece); Mr. Durant (villain); group of phony Hour-Men (villains); Justice Society of America [The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; Johnny Thunder; The Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Johnny Thunder (cameo); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (cameo); Dr. Faversham (villain); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Cramer; Johnny Thunder (cameo); The Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Egyptian Princess; antique store owner; a wizard (villain, death); dead phantoms (villains); Three Witches of Endor (villains, cameo); Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Daisy Darling; Theresa Drew (heiress); Edgar Eggwell, Jr. (villain, Daisy's date); Mike (villain); The Spectre; The Flash; The Green Lantern; Hop Harrigan; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Johnny Thunder (cameo); The Boss (villain); The Brooklyn Murder Trust (villains, a gang of crooks); Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Johnny Thunder; unnamed messenger boy; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Police Commissioner Mason; Paul Pryer (news reporter); Irene Miller; un-named City Mayor; Johnny Thunder (cameo); unnamed judge; Commissioner Lacy (villain); Lacy's thugs [\"Ape\"; rest unnamed] (villains); Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Hour Man [Rex Tyler]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Johnny Thunder; Justice Society of America [The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenre: superhero, humor; superhero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel; Gardner Fox (last panel), Ken Fitch; Gardner Fox (final panel re-write), Sheldon Mayer, Evelyn Gaines, Bill O'Connor; Gardner Fox (last panel). Art by E. E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly]; E. E. Hibbard (last panel); Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly];  E. E. Hibbard (last panel), Bernard Baily; E. E. Hibbard (last panel), Bernard Baily, (various), Sheldon Mayer, Chad Grothkopf; E. E. Hibbard (first panel); Sheldon Mayer (last two panels), Howard Sherman; E. E. Hibbard (first and last two panels), Sheldon Mayer (spot illo), Jon L. Blummer, Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard (last panel), Martin Nodell; E. E. Hibbard (first two panels). Letters by ?; typeset, Bernard Baily, typeset, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman (except last panel).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes: This edition of the comic has a metallic foil cover instead of a regular cover, was limited to a press run of 7500 copies, and sold for 9.95 USD. It does not have the \"Remembering the Millennium\" feature and has a house ad on the back cover instead of the ad in the standard edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Craig Delich and Martin O'Hearn, some of the chapters of the main story were written by the regular writers of the features, not Gardner Fox, the regular JSA writer, who is credited here for the entire story. Anthony William Durrant says that the framing story was written after the individual stories were completed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStory synopses and notes for this index originally from Craig Delich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditing: Sheldon Mayer (original series editor); Adam Philips (collected edition editor); Nick J. 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