Americomics Special #1

(August 1983)

The Sentinels of Justice... A Fantastic Foursome! (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dan St. John (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Details the histories of the 4 Sentinels of Justice characters and their history at Charlton Comics. Includes covers of Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #85 (March 1967), Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1967 series) #1 (June 1967) and Mysterious Suspense (Charlton, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sentinels of Justice / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Dan St. John (credited) (plot); Greg Guler (credited)

Pencils

Greg Guler (credited); Matt Feazell (credited) (backgrounds)

Inks

Greg Guler (credited); Matt Feazell (credited) (backgrounds)

Colors

Bill Fugate (credited)

Letters

Greg Guler

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As crime tears it's way through Hub City...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sentinels of Justice: Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Atom [Allen Adam]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; The Question [Vic Sage]
The Banshee (villain); The Fiery-Icer (villain); Ironarms; Jonathan Barrington Collingsworth Jr. [The Manipulator] (main villain); Hartford; Tracy (lab assistant); Captain Fisher; The Mayor; Dr. Rockwell; Madmen (thugs); unnamed "shrouded figure" (behind-the-scenes villain)

Indexer Notes

Characters (C) Charlton Publications, used with permission. Story was meant to be continued, but the purchase of these characters by DC Comics prevented it from being done. Nightshade has a new costume that appears in this issue only.

Blue Beetle last in Americomics (AC, 1983 series) #3, next in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics, 1985 series) #1.
Captain Atom last in Charlton Bullseye (Charlton, 1981 series) #7, next in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics, 1985 series) #6.
Nightshade last in Charlton Bullseye (Charlton, 1981 series) #7, next in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics, 1985 series) #6.
The Question last in Charlton Bullseye (Charlton, 1981 series) #1, next in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics, 1985 series) #6.
The Banshee last in Charlton Bullseye (CPL/GANG Publications, 1975 series) #5, next in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics, 1985 series) #9.
The Madmen last in Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1967 series) #3, next in Blue Beetle (DC Comics, 1986 series) #3.
Fiery-Icer last in Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #87.
Ironarms last in Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #84.

The Blue Beetle! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Blue Beetle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

AC Comics Portfolio (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as Bill Black)

Inks

Bill Black (signed as Bill Black)

Colors

Bill Black

Letters

typeset

Characters

Bolt; Captain Paragon; The Messenger [Jason Godwin]; Nightfall [Laura Wright]; The Shade [Roger Brant]

The Durango Kid (Table of Contents: 5)

Durango Kid / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as Bill BLACK [extended "K"])

Inks

Bill Black (signed as Bill BLACK [extended "K"])

Colors

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Durango Kid [Steve]

Buckeye (Table of Contents: 6)

Buckeye / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Sanders III (signed as Sanders III)

Inks

Jim Sanders III (signed as Sanders III)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Buckeye

Tara (Table of Contents: 7)

Tara / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob McLeod (signed as Bob McLeod)

Inks

Bob McLeod (signed as Bob McLeod)

Colors

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tara

Astron (Table of Contents: 8)

Astron / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

June Brigman (signed as Brigman)

Inks

Roy Richardson (signed as Richardson)

Colors

?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Astron

Indexer Notes

May (or may not) be connected with Astron, Star-Soldier by Tom Sciacca (ASTRAL COMICS, Tom Sciacca, Summer 1977).

Leaping Across the Dimensional Boundaries... (Table of Contents: 9)

Commando D / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Will Blyberg (signed as Blyberg)

Inks

Will Blyberg (signed as Blyberg)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Commando D

AC Comics This Summer (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Sentinels of Justice (Table of Contents: 11)

Sentinels of Justice / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Greg Guler (signed as GULER)

Inks

Greg Guler (signed as GULER)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sentinels of Justice: Denny Brant; Captain Paragon; Commando D [Page Connors]; Nightfall [Laura Wright]; Scarlet Scorpion [Mike McCluskey]; Stardust [Mara]

Indexer Notes

Back cover. With the purchase of the Charlton "Action Heroes" by DC, Bill Black quickly assembled a NEW "Sentinels Of Justice" from his own characters.