All-American Comics #25

(April 1941)

[Sabotage at the Steel Mills] (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]; Irene Miller; Mr. Blake ? (APEX employer of Scott); Mr. Sterling (President of Sterling Steel Mill); Barlow (Sterling Steel Mill's Teasurer); Mr. Straker; Harkiss (villain, Sterling Steel Mill stockholder's representative, death); "Rock" Dawson (villain)

Synopsis:

Irene Miller is assigned to do a story on sabotage at the Sterling Steel Mill. Alan Scott tags along as the Green Lantern and discovers that the man responsible, calling himself "The Leader," is the Sterling Steel Mill stockholders' representative, who wanted to drive down the price of the stock to buy it for himself.

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

[The Hunt for Earl Evans] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill O'Connor

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Earl Evans (villain); Nick (villain); Tony (villain); Jack (villain)

Synopsis:

Al and Mary witness some criminals escaping from the Police, and Mary follows them in her own car. But when the crooks have a flat tire, they kidnap Mary and escape in her car.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-8-09.

[The Cyclone Kids] (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

Characters:

Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly; the Cyclone Kids [Sisty Hunkel and Dinky Jibbet].

[Smash the Spy Ring] (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; superhero

Characters:

Hop Harrigan (as the Guardian Angel; Intro)

Synopsis:

Hop Harrigan becomes a costumed hero.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-9-08.

[Transatlantic Flights] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 3-9-08.

[How He Began] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles Reizenstein

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider] (Intro; Origin); Myra Mason (Intro); Hooty (Intro); Mr. Schlitz; "Killer" Maroni (villain); Buggsy (villain); Mike (villain)

Synopsis:

Blinded by a mobster's bomb, Dr. McNider gives up the practice of medicine to write articles for crime magazines. But a chance accident, with an owl crashing through the former doctor's window during the night, allows McNider to discover that he can see in the dark [as well as in the daylight with special infra-red goggles he creates], so he decides to adopt the secret identity of Dr. Mid-Nite to round up "Killer" and bring him to justice for his crimes.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #95 (December 1971)
• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-27-08.

One Round O'Rourke (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; O'Rourke

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / Cicero's Cat / filler / 3 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)

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)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (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

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

The Missing Witness Part 2 (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

Indexer Notes

Announcement that Sargon begins next issue on bottom half of second page of this feature.

The Rover (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Jaros (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Rescue on Mars: Part 6 (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. Luytens

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

[Mystery of the Vanishing Pilots] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West