All-American Comics #24

(March 1941)

[The 'Big Six' Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field!] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash {Jay Garrick]

Synopsis:

Promotional advertisement for 6 of DC's biggest heroes starring in Action, Detective, Adventure, All-American, More Fun and Flash Comics.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-7.

[The Slave Racket] (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lantern [Alan Scott; also as Lane]; Irene Miller; Mr. Blake (Scott's employer at APEX); Jim Cass; R. J. Karns (villain, shipping tycoon); Joe (villain); Pancho Lupo (villain); Jose (villain); Carlo (villain); Piedro (villain)

Synopsis:

When Jim Cass tells him how he was tricked into working as a slave in the tropics for tycoon R. J. Karns, Alan Scott signs on for the same job. Then, as Green Lantern, he encourages the workers to rebel before grabbing the overseer in order to take him to the U.S. to force him to testify against Karns.

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• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 (1999)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Keywords:

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

Indexer Notes

Green Lantern resides in Capitol City in this story. Panel 3 on page 8 had to be based on the cover to All-American #18 done by Sheldon Moldoff.

[Neither Man Nor Mouse] (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:

The Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; The Cyclone Kids [Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet] (introduction); Scribbly Jibbet; un-named Morning Dispatch editor; Gus (Dispatch typesetter); Smokey (villain)

Synopsis:

When the local newspaper publishes a story that the Red Tornado is a hoax, the crooks that had left town decide to return....with a vengeance!

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• 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)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Keywords:

Morning Dispatch

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Field Marshall Count of Wrangel

Synopsis:

The strange stories of a horse with hair 10" long, a hole from a Civil War cannon ball in a wall that was cut out and framed, and how 100,000 men kissed the face of FM Wrangel at graduation are told.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30
• 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

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Pencils:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Inks:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

A. W. Nugent

Content Information

Synopsis:

Four different tricks, such as "a trick star" and shadow pictures, are illustrated for the readers so that they can perform these at home.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

[The Factory Infiltrators] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Tank "Ikky" Tinker; Prop Wash; Miss Snap; un-named German spies (villains)

Synopsis:

Hop investigates the disappearance of important tool dies and parts of secret aircraft from the factory.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-3-7.

[Here's More Good News for the Members of the All-American Flying Club!] (Table of Contents)

The All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer (spot illustration)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

Synopsis:

Hop reports to all members of the Flying Club that free baggage stickers from T.W.A. and Eastern Airlines are available to them.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer [as JLB] (signed; spot illustration; main feature art?)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer [as JLB] (signed; spot illustration; main feature art?)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Paul Redfern; Art Goebel; Colonel Clarence Chamberlain; Ernest L. Smith; Emory B. Bronte; Lt. Lester J. Maitland; Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger

Synopsis:

True stories about famed aviators are recounted by Hop.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Baby Ruth candy bars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?; (photo)

Inks:

?; (photo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

James Crowley

Synopsis:

Curtiss Candy Company illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, using Fordham University's head football coach, James Crowley, as spokesman.

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-7-9.

[Shakedown Racket] (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]; Blackie (young bootblack); un-named Boss (villain, introduction); Slink (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Atom steps in to halt a protection racket involving local newsboys and bootblacks.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Keywords:

Atom's calling card

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (November 2005).

[The County Fair] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils:

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks:

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pete; Butch; J. Moses Appleberry (scout for the Silver Gloves Boxing Committee)

Synopsis:

When Pete is able to ring a bell at the local county fair, he is offered the chance to fight a champion boxer, "One-Round O'Rouke," in the Silver Gloves boxing contest.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Rescue on Mars: Part 5 (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:

Ted; Alan; Jack; Dr. Lutyens; the Martians (villains)

Synopsis:

Ted, Alan and Jack attempt to track down Professor Lutyens, who is being held prisoner in the Hall of the Great Brain.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

[Announcing Two New Exciting Features Which Will Make All-American Comics Even Better Than Before!] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Mid-Nite and Sargon the Sorcerer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier (Dr. Mid-Nite); Howard Purcell (Sargon)

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier (Dr. Mid-Nite); Howard Purcell (Sargon)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hooty (an owl); Sargon [John Sargent]

Synopsis:

Promotional plugs, with illustrations, introduce new features to the All-American Comic's line-up: Dr. Mid-Nite & Hooty in issue #26 and Sargon the Sorcerer in issue #26.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

All-America Stamp Page / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset; ?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Franklin Pierce

Synopsis:

Half the page is devoted to the 14 cent stamp, which has the portrait of President Franklin Pierce on it. Rest of page is stamp dealer advertisements.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

The Missing Witness (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone; Phil Hackett; Linda Warren; Crandall (insurance agent); McKenzie (a lapidary); Andrews (Harcourt's butler); J.P. Harcourt (villain)

Synopsis:

Through a shrewd luck, Jimmy overhears and sees Harcourt's insurance man, Crandall, pull the thought-to-be stolen Burma Ruby pulled out of a wall safe, and concludes that Harcourt is attempting to defraud the insurance company.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

The other half page is an ad from the Remmington Rand Typewriter Company, offering a desk for $1 with the purchase of any Remington portable typewriter.

Canterbury Tales (Table of Contents)

All-American Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rusty Messing

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

most typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Rusty Messing, a reader of All-American Comics, provides his review of Geoffrey Chaucer's book, "Canterbury Tales."

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Rest of the page is made up of various ads. Writer added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Pencils:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Inks:

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

A. W. Nugent

Content Information

Synopsis:

Five different illustrated activities for the reader are shown.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

[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

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Adele Garrison; Frank Carretta

Synopsis:

The features tell about: wooden horse carver Frank Carretta, who has never ridden a horse; Adele Harrison, who wrote the longest story ever told; and a fort built at Rowse's Point, New York, accidently built on British soil in 1818, and sometimes referred to as Fort Blunder!

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[Just Call Me Mr. Black] (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; Billy; Mr. Black; Mrs. Jackson; Bart Campbell

Synopsis:

Mrs. Jackson and the entire household is mystified by the oddities surrounding the new boarder, Mr. Black, who turns out to be a writer!

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. True writer/artist name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[Duty on the Docks] (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; Doris West [as Doris Mosey]; Captain Todt (villain); Sigmund (villain)

Synopsis:

Red, Whitey and Blooey react to rough tactics used on a old pencil seller by some criminals, not realizing that it's Doris in disguise, who has been assigned by G-2 to investigate the activities of a mysterious frieghter on the waterfront.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

[Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All Star No. 4!] (Table of Contents)

All-Star Comics #4 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for All-Star Comics #4 and the new JSA adventure "For America and Democracy!", including the cover.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wilson Chemical Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Advertisements from the Wilson Chemical Company of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, makers of White Cloverine brand salve.

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.

[Ready: the Sensational New Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine] (Table of Contents)

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Harman (signed)

Inks:

Fred Harman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

most typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Red Ryder; Little Beaver

Synopsis:

Daisy Manufacturing Company ad for their new air rifle, the "1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine."

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• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #30

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-3-8.