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All-Star Squadron #44 (of 67)

Night and Fog
April 30th, 1985
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44 (of 67)
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Night and Fog
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April 30th, 1985
Store date:
January 24th, 1985
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Two villains, Night and Fog, crash a costume party on the hunt for Firebrand's father.

Johnny Quick rushes Liberty Belle, through the streets of New York, to catch a train, bound for Philadelphia. Carter Hall, Jim Harper, Paul Dennis, Shiera Saunders, and Ted Knight, attend a boxing exhibition. Scrapper, of the Newsboy Legion, wins his bout. After the match, the Newsboy Legion escort Harper, and his friends, around Brooklyn. The Hourman, arriving for his date with the Firebrand, is surprised when the Phantom Lady answers the door. More surprising, the Phantom Lady is wearing the Firebrand's costume. The Firebrand reveals that she is wearing the Phantom Lady's costume.

The Hourman learns that his date with the Firebrand, has become a double date, as they're joined by the Phantom Lady, and the Tarantula. As they are going to a masquerade ball, the Firebrand, and the Phantom Lady decided to switch costumes. The Hourman is expected to switch costumes with the Tarantula. The Hourman is less than thrilled with the way his date, with the Firebrand, is beginning. The masquerade ball is being thrown by the Firebrand's father, "Emerald" Ed Reilly, a steel magnate. The Firebrand introduces her friends to her father.

Reilly's Irish hatred for the British is voiced in his disdain for the United States of America entering the war. The Tarantula senses that Reilly is nervous about something. Frank Sinatra leads the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. The Phantom Lady dances with the Tarantula. The Hourman maneuvers the Firebrand out on the balcony, for some privacy. En route, they are rudely brushed aside by Night, and Fog. Reilly is confronted by Night, and Fog. Reilly was slow to manufacture supplies on behalf of the war effort, when the Untied States of America was still neutral.

Once the Untied States Of America entered the war, Reilly sped up production. Night, and Fog, have come to garner Reilly's assurance that he will resume hampering the war effort. The Hourman moves a bit too fast for the Firebrand, and his advances are rebuffed. The Phantom Lady, and the Tarantula, voice their concerns regarding Night, Fog, and Reilly. Night reveals how she, and Fog, were given their powers by Nazi scientists. When Reilly refuses to acquiesce to their demands, Fog throws Reilly out of a window. The Firebrand dives out the window, desperate to catch her father.

Fog subdues the Hourman. Night subdues the Phantom Lady. The Tarantula manages to land a lucky punch on Fog, before he, too, is subdued by Night. The Firebrand is just barely able to keep her father from hitting the ground. The effort, though, has left her exhausted. Seeing Fog lift the Phantom Lady, the Hourman swallows a Miraclo pill. Fog throws the Phantom Lady out of the window. The Hourman just manages to grab the Phantom Lady's ankle. Night, and Fog, close on the Hourman. Suddenly, the Miraclo kicks in, endowing the Hourman with super-human strength.

The Hourman hauls the Phantom Lady back inside, then beats Fog into unconsciousness. Night subdues the Hourman. Reilly, barely alive, confesses his sins to the Firebrand. Reilly dies. Fog starts to suffocate the Hourman. Enraged at her father's murder, the Firebrand attacks, setting the entire room ablaze. The Phantom Lady, and the Tarantula, calm the Firebrand, before she sets fire to the entire building. In the confusion, Night, and Fog, withdraw, and escape. The Firebrand reabsorbs the fire. The Hourman collapses from Miraclo withdrawal. The All-Star Squadron are questioned, by the police, regarding Reilly's murder. Despite the rain, the Firebrand's tears do not go unnoticed.

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