All-American Comics #31

(October 1941)

The Adventure of the Underfed Orphans (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Inks:

Martin Nodell (signed as Martin Nodell)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles [prologue only]; Villains: Grimstone (Introduction); Honest John Logan (Introduction)

Synopsis:

A saleman offering tickets tp a dance to benefit an orphanage pics the interest of Alan Scott, who, in disguise, investigates charges that the orphanage feeds its charges sub-standard food.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2002)

Indexer Notes

1st page prologue is titled "Green Lantern Prologue", stating Doiby Dickles is leaving on a charity tour and is not in the rest of the story. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / 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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Claude] (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:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet.

[The Cantrell Clan] (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 3-30-08.

[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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Hop Harrigan [inset]

Indexer Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / 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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Case of the Tainted Meat] (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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / 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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[The Stolen Car Gang] (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]

Traitor's Payoff Part 2 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat / 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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[The Dude Ranch Mystery] (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]; Mary James.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit per Jerry Bails corrected 8/04.

[Mystery of the Medium] (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 [Charles McNider]; Myra Mason.