Nov. '86 - All-Star Squadron # 63

This was another series that was on its last legs in November 1986. With the end of Crisis and the elimination of Earth-2 this series really got the short end of the stick. Many of the Earth-2 heroes that had an Earth-1 counterpart were completely eliminated from history. What Roy Thomas had been building for the past 5 years was unravelled because of Crisis and all the changes it made. This series was soon to be replaced by Young All-Stars as Thomas attempted to restart with heroes that weren't touched by Crisis.

While gearing up for the reboot the last few issues of All-Star Squadron presented origins of various characters that had appeared in the series. Up for this issue was Robotman. He was a doctor who was shot by mobsters and his brain placed in a robotic body he had been developing. During the series Thomas had done a good job presenting Robotman as a tormented character. He still had human emotions but was unable to express them because of the body he was stuck in.

This was a great series and I'm happy to have the complete collection. Thomas was covering about a month in "real time" for each year's worth of stories. It took place during World War II and the history he presented was great. It was one of those comics that was educational and entertaining. It's too bad that Thomas wasn't allowed to continue this comic in its own little world outside of what DC proper was doing. To be able to go through the entire war and see what Thomas would have done would have been an incredible experience.