All-American Comics #21

(December 1940)

[The Long Lost Son] (Table of Contents)

The Green Lantern / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Inks:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Carrie Nodell

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Mr. Blake; Mrs. Blake; Elias Strake (villain, introduction, lawyer); Tipper (villain, death); Tommy Blake [as Cub Brenner] (villain, reformed)

Synopsis:

Crooked lawyer Elias Strake convinces Cub Brenner to pose as the long-lost son of the Blakes in order to steal their fortune. But when Alan Scott hears Strake was involved in the reunion, he investigates as Green Lantern. When Cub has a change of heart, GL helps him turn the tables on Strake and confess his crimes. But the Blakes refuse to press charges against Cub because he really is their son Tommy Blake, as they confirmed from his scarred and mis-shapened hand.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 (1999)

Keywords:

APEX Broadcasting; green lantern; oath; power ring

Indexer Notes

Oddity: GL wears the power ring on his right hand on the splash page only. Letterer credit verified by Marty Nodell.

[The Red Tornado to the Rescue] (Table of Contents)

Scribbly / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sheldon Mayer

Content Information

Genre:

humor; superhero; teen

Characters:

Scribbly Jibbet; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Dinky Jibbet; Sisty Hunkel; Tubb Torponi and his gang (Villain)

Synopsis:

The Red Tornado wipes up the Torponi mob, but when the Police Chief takes credit for the the kids rescue, Ma Hunkel decides the Red Tornado should tell him off in no uncertain terms.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 33-26-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Believe It or Not / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Pencils:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Inks:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Daisybelle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[The Shooting Match] (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

[The Monsters from the Mine] (Table of Contents)

The Atom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill O'Connor (signed)

Pencils:

Ben Flinton (signed)

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Atom [Al Pratt]; Professor Wilson; Mary James; Joe Morgan; Truck Tarbell; un-named "Emperor of America" (Intro; Death)

Synopsis:

In the midst of the Calvin College Sophomore picnic, the students are rounded up by a madman, a man who has learned how to transmute his will into any person's body and thus take control of them as his slaves.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-26-08.

Rescue on Mars: Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Adventures in the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl H. Claudy (signed)

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Alan; Ted; Jack

Wings over Panama Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Stone / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone

[Waiting on an Investment] (Table of Contents)

Popsicle Pete / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pete

The American Claimant (Table of Contents)

All-American Comics Monthly Book review / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Daisybelle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Pencils:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Inks:

Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Believe It or Not / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Little Tom's Trouble] (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint. True writer/artist name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

[The Wire-Cutters] (Table of Contents)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel?

Pencils:

William Smith

Inks:

William Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue