All-Star Squadron #52

Dates

Cover date

December 1985

On sale

September 3, 1985

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #52 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition75¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893111112 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893111112 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Crisis on Infinite Earths

This is part 19 of 27. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #1
2. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #2
3. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #3
4. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #4
5. The Losers Special (1985) #1
6. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #18
7. Wonder Woman (1942) #327
8. Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
9. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #19
10. All-Star Squadron (1981) #50
11. Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
12. Justice League of America (1960) #244
13. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #41
14. Batman (1940) #389
15. Green Lantern (1960) #194
16. All-Star Squadron (1981) #51
17. Detective Comics (1937) #556
18. Batman (1940) #390
19. All-Star Squadron (1981) #52
20. Detective Comics (1937) #557
21. Justice League of America #245
22. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #10
23. Batman (1940) #391
24. Detective Comics (1937) #558
25. Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (2018) #1
26. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn
27. DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• From Fear to Eternity! · 16 pages

  The Crisis continues to hit Earth-2 as Liberty Belle, Johnny Quick, and Green Lantern (Alan Scott) are tossed over into Earth-S, as the Crisis begins to also hit it. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) helps them defeat the shadow demons attacking, and Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick honeymoon after their marriage back on Earth-2. The 3 Squadroners return to their world via The Rock of Eternity with the wizard Shazam's help, but Cap stays behind as he's not to know about the multiverse yet at the time.

• "Shanghaied into Hyperspace!" Interlude One · 7 pages

  As a result of the anti-matter destruction of the Crisis opening up dimensional warps, Hawkman lands on an other-dimensional Saturn and helps the ruling families avoid a civil war.

Characters

Reprinted in

Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (2018), DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025)