All-American Comics #30

(September 1941)

[The Bail Bond Racketeers] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen [as Mart Nodell] (signed)

Inks:

Irwin Hasen [as Mart Nodell] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles; Hedge (villain); Wile (villain); Mr. Brent; Mrs. Brent

Synopsis:

Irene Miller investigates two crooked bail bondsmen but gets kidnapped once again. However, Green Lantern is also on the case and with Doiby's help saves Irene and provides the police with the evidence they need to put the swindlers away.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

When GL hits a crook on the jaw, his ring leaves behind a tiny "green lantern" emblem.

The Landlord Gets His Just Desserts (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

Characters:

Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Pencils:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Inks:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-12-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Pencils:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Inks:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Pencils:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Inks:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-12-08.

[The Gyrobrake] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West.

Indexer Notes

Credits corrected per Craig Delich 8/04.

[Hop's New Plane] (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 3-12-08.

Wiley Post (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Wiley Post.

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 3-12-08.

[The Thieves' Convention] (Table of Contents)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles; Bobby Styles; Joe Antonios (villain); Mike Antonios (villain); Jerry "the Gyp" Swain (villain, D).

Synopsis:

Sargon must retrieve his Ruby of Life that was stolen from his ransacked aprtment.

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

Clarence (Table of Contents)

All-American Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josephine Curtiss (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Traitor's Payoff (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

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Pencils:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Inks:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-12-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Pencils:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Inks:

Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Pencils:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Inks:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-12-08.

[The Reform School Mystery] (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 Jane; Joe Morgan; Rogers; Scrime (villain)..

Synopsis:

The Atom investigates the claims of a young boy who says he has been beaten and tortured by the superintendent of a reform school.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit per Jerry Bails, corrected 8/04. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-09.

[The Coal Mine Cave-In] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 6 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]; Myra Mason; Hooty; un-named mine foreman (villain).

Synopsis:

Dr. Mid-Nite investigates a cave-in at a mine where the foreman had tried to bribe an inspector to overlook some safety violations.

Indexer Notes

Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-09.