(April 1942)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-02-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
J. R. Publishing Co.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marty Nodell (Green Lantern figure); Irwin Hasen
Inks
Marty Nodell (Green Lantern figure); Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified with both artists to Craig Delich. Credits in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #2 are wrong.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

How You Can Defend Your Home! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Sinister Plot of Professor Caspar] (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils
Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks
Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Fog Blake (introduction); Ellen (Blake's fiancee); Professor Blau (Yale scientist); Professor Vogt (Harvard scientist); Professor Steinholtz (APEX Chief Engineer, scientist); O'Toole (Policeman, death); Professor Caspar (villain); Hans (villain)
Synopsis
A vicious scientist kills to obtain a gun that shoots sound, and then kidnaps world famous scientists in order to gain their inventions.
Reprints
Keywords
green lantern (called the potent lantern); oath; Power ring

Indexer Notes

Credits per Craig Delich. We previously credited the art to Irwin Hasen, then to "Martin Nodell with Irwin Hasen." Credits in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #2 are wrong.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Phony Doctor] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Jon Blummer (signed)
Pencils
Jon Blummer (signed)
Inks
Jon Blummer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon Blummer

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[The Adamowicz Brothers] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Jon Blummer
Pencils
Jon Blummer
Inks
Jon Blummer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan (inset)

Hello, Members of the All-American Flying Club! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rubber fenders?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[The Car Racket] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils
Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks
Leonard Sansone
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Al Pratt]; Joe Morgan
Synopsis
Al takes a car out for a near-fatal test drive, forcing the Atom to round up the crooked car dealers and get them to confess to selling dangerous vehicles to unsuspecting buyers.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit per Jerry Bails.

[All It Takes Is a Tap] (Table of Contents: 10)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cicero's Cat
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Training to catch the cleverest mouse in the house
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[Uncle Herman -- Detective] (Table of Contents: 12)

Scribbly and the Red Tornado / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Sheldon Mayer

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet; Uncle Herman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Elastic band
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cicero's Cat
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[Mousetrap Catapult] (Table of Contents: 14)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-02-19

[The Parrot Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 15)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Wentworth ?
Pencils
Harry Lampert
Inks
Harry Lampert
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue

Indexer Notes

Creative credits per Craig Delich. We formerly credited the art to Joe Gallagher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where are you goin', Mutt?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[The Bomber] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
John Wentworth
Pencils
Howard Purcell (signed as H. Purcell)
Inks
Howard Purcell (signed as H. Purcell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Craig Delich.

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

The Murder of Chester Holmes, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 19)

Phil Hackett / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Phil Hackett

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Sensation Comics; Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Matchlock Gun (Table of Contents: 22)

Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Josette Frank
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Woodrow Wilson (Table of Contents: 23)

All-American Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

[The Truth of Dr. Mid-Nite's Identity] (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
Charles Reizenstein
Pencils
Stan Asch
Inks
Stan Asch
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; N. N. Osgood; unnamed foreign agents (villains)
Synopsis
Two employees of a munitions manufacturer's company are upset that their boss is selling munitions to the government at cost, so they hire foreign agents to kill him.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Craig Delich.

Prizes for All! (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    How You Can Defend Your Home!
  3. 2. [The Sinister Plot of Professor Caspar]
    Green Lantern
  4. 3. ["Thanks a million, boys and girls..."]
    Green Lantern
  5. 4. ["500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!"]
    All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
  6. 5. [The Phony Doctor]
    Hop Harrigan
  7. 6. [The Adamowicz Brothers]
    Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation
  8. 7. Hello, Members of the All-American Flying Club!
    All-American Flying Club
  9. 8. ["Rubber fenders?"]
    Mutt & Jeff
  10. 9. [The Car Racket]
    The Atom
  11. 10. [All It Takes Is a Tap]
    Cicero's Cat
  12. 11. ["Training to catch the cleverest mouse in the house"]
    Cicero's Cat
  13. 12. [Uncle Herman -- Detective]
    Scribbly and the Red Tornado
  14. 13. ["Elastic band"]
    Cicero's Cat
  15. 14. [Mousetrap Catapult]
    Cicero's Cat
  16. 15. [The Parrot Puzzle]
    Red, White and Blue
  17. 16. ["Where are you goin', Mutt?"]
    Mutt & Jeff
  18. 17. [The Bomber]
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  19. 18. Now on Sale
  20. 19. The Murder of Chester Holmes, Part 2
    Phil Hackett
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Sensation Comics; Wonder Woman
  22. 21. Editorial Advisory Board
  23. 22. The Matchlock Gun
    Books Worth Reading
  24. 23. Woodrow Wilson
    All-American Stamp Page
  25. 24. [The Truth of Dr. Mid-Nite's Identity]
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  26. 25. Prizes for All!
    American Seed Co.
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
    Wonders of Science Simplified
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore