(August 1942)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-06-13
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
Irwin Hasen (signed as I. H.)
Inks
Irwin Hasen (signed as I. H.)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles

Indexer Notes

Doiby appears in a G.L. uniform.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Yankee Doodle's Cousins (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Josette Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Tribe of Terror (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller
Synopsis
A crooked attorney uses terror to obtain valuable mineral wealth from an Indian reservation.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich. Although Nodell is given a by-line on this story, he didn't do any art.

Doiby appears in a G.L. uniform in the story. Oddity: Green Lantern doesn't charge his ring or repeat the oath. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios.

Don & Nancy Magicians Entertain Their Friends (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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
Now turn right, taxi!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-08-11

[Off to See the Boss About a New Tail] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cicero's Cat
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-08-11

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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
Wheeeee- He hit a ball in one!!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[3].

[Goat Trapped in the Fence] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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

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

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[3].

[Dr. McNider Appeals to Patriots] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Blueprints] (Table of Contents: 12)

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 Heinkel Long Range Bomber (Table of Contents: 13)

How to Spot the Planes in the Skies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Pencils
Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Inks
Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Falcon Mathieu

Genre
non-fiction

Boys! Girls! Have You Joined the American Observation Corps? (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[The Barber Shop Gangsters] (Table of Contents: 15)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Wentworth
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich. Art credits by Craig Delich; we formerly credited Howard Purcell.

[The Broken Window] (Table of Contents: 16)

Red Tornado; Sarah's Scribbles / 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 Hunkle]; Scribbly

[Born a King!] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Fran Taggart (signed as Taggart)
Inks
Fran Taggart (signed as Taggart)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

Toys of Death, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Jimmy Stone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

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

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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
What I can't figure out is- Who's chasing who?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[3].

[In Two Boots] (Table of Contents: 22)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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

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

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[3].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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
-And for all that you boys know...
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-07-07

[Puss in the Well] (Table of Contents: 24)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-07-07

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

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

Death Test (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
John Wentworth ?
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Howard Purcell
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Society of the Black Dragon] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Al Pratt]; Black Dragon Society (villain)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Jerry Bails.

Another Big Issue of All-Star (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. Yankee Doodle's Cousins
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. 3. The Tribe of Terror
    Green Lantern
  5. 4. Don & Nancy Magicians Entertain Their Friends
    Kool-Aid
  6. 5. ["Now turn right, taxi!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  7. 6. [Off to See the Boss About a New Tail]
    Cicero's Cat
  8. 7. ["Wheeeee- He hit a ball in one!!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  9. 8. [Goat Trapped in the Fence]
    Cicero's Cat
  10. 9. [Dr. McNider Appeals to Patriots]
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  11. 10. ["Green Lantern and Doiby Dickles join the army!"]
    Green Lantern
  12. 11. ["Boys and girls! Here's the summer issue!"]
    All-Flash Quarterly
  13. 12. [The Blueprints]
    Hop Harrigan
  14. 13. The Heinkel Long Range Bomber
    How to Spot the Planes in the Skies
  15. 14. Boys! Girls! Have You Joined the American Observation Corps?
    All-American Flying Club
  16. 15. [The Barber Shop Gangsters]
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  17. 16. [The Broken Window]
    Red Tornado; Sarah's Scribbles
  18. 17. [Born a King!]
    All-American Stamp Page
  19. 18. Toys of Death, Part 2
    Jimmy Stone
  20. 19. ["Have you been following Wonder Woman in Sensation Comics?"]
    Sensation Comics; Wonder Woman
  21. 20. ["A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!"]
  22. 21. ["What I can't figure out is- Who's chasing who?"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  23. 22. [In Two Boots]
    Cicero's Cat
  24. 23. ["-And for all that you boys know..."]
    Mutt and Jeff
  25. 24. [Puss in the Well]
    Cicero's Cat
  26. 25. ["Here we are again, folks..."]
    Mutt and Jeff
  27. 26. Death Test
    Red, White and Blue
  28. 27. [The Society of the Black Dragon]
    The Atom
  29. 28. Another Big Issue of All-Star
    All-Star Comics
  30. 29. ["Here are three other leaders..."]
    Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batman
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  32. 31. The Tootsie Roll of Honor
    Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Craig A Hadley
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore