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All-Winners Squad
The All-Winners Squad is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company's first such team, it first appeared in All Winners Comics #19 (fall 1946), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
While the cover title and in-book references to the team have no hyphen, Marvel's website version of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 lists the team name as the hyphenated "All-Winners Squad", as do the print version and independent sources.
The All-Winners Squad was created for Marvel predecessor Timely Comics in 1946, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It consisted of Captain America and sidekick Bucky; the Human Torch and sidekick Toro; the Sub-Mariner; super-speedster the Whizzer; and Miss America.
While the super-team made only two Golden Age appearances—in All Winners Comics #19 (fall 1946) and #21 (winter 1946; there was no issue #20)—it reacquired fan interest upon their being reprinted by Marvel during the 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books.
The first appearance of the All-Winners Squad, titled "The Crime of the Ages", was written by Bill Finger. The 43-page story, split into seven chapters, was pencilled variously by Vince Alascia, Al Avison, Bob Powell, and Syd Shores, and inked by Avison, Alascia, Powell, Allen Bellman, Al Gabriele, and Don Rico. In this story, the team fought the Nazi spy Isbisa.
The second outing, "Menace from the Future World", was written by Otto Binder. The 43-page, seven chapter story was penciled by Alascia, Avison, Shores, and the pseudonymous Charles Nicholas also known as Chuck Nicholas, and inked by Alascia, Avison, Gabriele, Nicholas, and Shores. This story involved the machinations of Madame Death and the time-travelling Future Man.
Timely and Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee recalled in 1999:
I suspect that [Timely's publisher] Martin Goodman was the guy behind the All-Winners Squad. It's not the type of title I'd have made up. I think he simply must have said to me one day, 'I wanna do a book featuring the Torch, Toro, C.A., etc.—and let's call it the All-Winners Squad.' In which case I woulda just gotten the stuff together and sent it out. But honestly, although I can remember the title, I can remember nothing else about it.
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All-Winners Squad
The All-Winners Squad is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company's first such team, it first appeared in All Winners Comics #19 (fall 1946), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
While the cover title and in-book references to the team have no hyphen, Marvel's website version of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 lists the team name as the hyphenated "All-Winners Squad", as do the print version and independent sources.
The All-Winners Squad was created for Marvel predecessor Timely Comics in 1946, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It consisted of Captain America and sidekick Bucky; the Human Torch and sidekick Toro; the Sub-Mariner; super-speedster the Whizzer; and Miss America.
While the super-team made only two Golden Age appearances—in All Winners Comics #19 (fall 1946) and #21 (winter 1946; there was no issue #20)—it reacquired fan interest upon their being reprinted by Marvel during the 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books.
The first appearance of the All-Winners Squad, titled "The Crime of the Ages", was written by Bill Finger. The 43-page story, split into seven chapters, was pencilled variously by Vince Alascia, Al Avison, Bob Powell, and Syd Shores, and inked by Avison, Alascia, Powell, Allen Bellman, Al Gabriele, and Don Rico. In this story, the team fought the Nazi spy Isbisa.
The second outing, "Menace from the Future World", was written by Otto Binder. The 43-page, seven chapter story was penciled by Alascia, Avison, Shores, and the pseudonymous Charles Nicholas also known as Chuck Nicholas, and inked by Alascia, Avison, Gabriele, Nicholas, and Shores. This story involved the machinations of Madame Death and the time-travelling Future Man.
Timely and Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee recalled in 1999:
I suspect that [Timely's publisher] Martin Goodman was the guy behind the All-Winners Squad. It's not the type of title I'd have made up. I think he simply must have said to me one day, 'I wanna do a book featuring the Torch, Toro, C.A., etc.—and let's call it the All-Winners Squad.' In which case I woulda just gotten the stuff together and sent it out. But honestly, although I can remember the title, I can remember nothing else about it.