(March 1941)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
J. R. Publishing Co.
Brand:
A DC Publication
Editing:
Sheldon Mayer
Format:
Color; newsprint; saddle-stitched; Standard Golden Age U.S.; glossy cover

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
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[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; Batman; Sandman; Green Lantern; Spectre; Flash
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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Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-7-08.


[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; Jim Cass; R. J. Karns (Villain); Lupo; Jose; Carlo; Piedro
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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Indexer Notes

Green Lantern resides in Capitol City in this story.


[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:
teen; humor; superhero
Characters:
Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; The Cyclone Kids [Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet] (Intro); Scribbly Jibbet
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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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-7-08.


[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:
facts
Characters:
Field Marshall Count of Wrangel
Synopsis:
The strange stories of a horse with hair 10" long, a hole in the 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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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-7-08.


[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:
sitcom
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
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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

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[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; Ikky; Wash; Miss Snap
Synopsis:
Hop investigates the disappearance of important tool dies and parts of secret aircraft from the factory.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-7-08.


[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 illo)
Inks:
Jon L. Blummer (spot illo)
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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Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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 illo; main feature art?)
Inks:
Jon L. Blummer [as JLB] (signed; spot illo; main feature art?)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
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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Indexer Notes

Credits, characters and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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; un-named Boss (villain, Intro); Slink (villain, Intro)
Synopsis:
The Atom steps in to halt a protection racket involving local newsboys and bootblacks.
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Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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:
gag
Characters:
Pete; Butch; J. Moses Appleberry
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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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


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
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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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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; Hooty; Sargon
Synopsis:
Promotional plugs, with illos, 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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Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset; ?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
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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Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


The Missing Witness (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Inks:
Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Jimmy Stone; Phil Hackett; Linda Warren; J.P. Harcourt; McKenzie; Crandall
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 the two are in cahoots to defraud the insurance company.
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Indexer Notes

The other half page is an ad from the Remmington Typewriter Company. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


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

Rest of the page is made up of various ads. Writer and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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

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[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:
sitcom
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
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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:
facts
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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Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint; characters and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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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Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. True writer/artist name [Cole] and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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; Spectre; Flash; Doctor Fate; Hawkman; Atom; Hour-Man; Green Lantern
Synopsis:
Illustrated promotional ad for All-Star Comics #4 and the new JSA adventure "For America and Democracy!"
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Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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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Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.


[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.
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Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08. Back Cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The 'Big Six' Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field!]
  2. 2. [The Slave Racket]
    The Green Lantern
  3. 3. [Neither Man Nor Mouse]
    Scribbly and the Red Tornado
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
    Believe It or Not
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat
  6. 6. Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends
  7. 7. [The Factory Infiltrators]
    Hop Harrigan
  8. 8. [Here's More Good News for the Members of the All-American Flying Club!]
    The All-American Flying Club
  9. 9. [no title indexed]
    Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation
  10. 10. [Shakedown Racket]
    The Atom
  11. 11. [The County Fair]
    Popsicle Pete
  12. 12. Rescue on Mars: Part 5
    Adventures in the Unknown
  13. 13. [Announcing Two New Exciting Features Which Will Make All-American Comics Even Better Than Before!]
    Dr. Mid-Nite and Sargon the Sorcerer
  14. 14. [no title indexed]
    All-America Stamp Page
  15. 15. The Missing Witness
    Jimmy Stone
  16. 16. Canterbury Tales
    All-American Comics Monthly Book Review
  17. 17. [no title indexed]
    Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics
  18. 18. [no title indexed]
    Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat
  19. 19. [no title indexed]
    Believe It or Not
  20. 20. [Just Call Me Mr. Black]
    Ben Webster
  21. 21. [Duty on the Docks]
    Red, White and Blue
  22. 22. [Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All Star No. 4!]
    All-Star Comics #4
  23. 23. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company
  24. 24. [Ready: the Sensational New Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine]
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Bob Hughes