All-American Comics #23

(February 1941)

[The Sins of the Father] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Joe (prison guard); Delia Maloney [as Delia Day]; Mary Day Maloney (Delia's mother, death); Al Maloney (villain, Delia's father, death); Frankie Fowler (villain, death); "Slug" Kafey (villain)

Synopsis:

Accompanying Irene on an interview with movie star Delia Day, Alan Scott becomes suspicious, spying her talking to hoodlum "Slug" Kafey. Taking action as Green Lantern, Scott discovers that Day is being blackmailed because her father is actually racketeer Al Maloney. GL interviews Maloney in prison and finds that Frankie Fowler is the only other person who knows the connection between the two and races to find Fowler, but Delia is already there paying the blackmail. Fowler forces GL to surrender to save Delia, but Maloney bursts in, there is an exchange of gunfire, and both men are killed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Keywords:

APEX Broadcasting; green lantern (called the lamp of power); oath; power ring

Indexer Notes

Oddity: GL uses a variation of his oath in this story: "And I shall shed my light upon dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light....the light of the Green Lantern!"

[After the Red Tornado] (Table of Contents)

Scribbly and the Red Tornado / 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:

Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet; Big Eddie (Villain); Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet

Synopsis:

When the Police learn that the Red Tornado is operating in the neighborhood, they attempt to capture her. Quickly thinking on her feet, Ma dresses up a gorilla in the zoo with her outfit, and when the Police round it up, are they surprised!

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 3-26-08.

[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 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 reprint.

[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.

[Charter Flight to Disaster] (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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Hop Harrigan (inset)

[Jailbreak] (Table of Contents)

Popsicle Pete / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pete

[Joe's Appointment] (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]; Nada (villain; Intro); Boris (villain; Intro); Joe Morgan

Synopsis:

A mysterious woman in black succeeds in drugging Joe Morgan and getting him to take the blame for the theft of secret Cruiser plans, which ends up landing him and Al in jail.

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 4 (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

Crime, Inc. Part 2 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Table of Contents)

All-American Comics Monthly Book Review / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Dr. Jekyll; Mr. Hyde

[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)

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 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 reprint.

[The Worthless Stock] (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 reprints. True writer/artist credits [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

[The Mysterious Murder of the Texas Ranger] (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