All-American Comics #44

(November 1942)

The Perfect Crime (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Harry Tschida

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller.

Synopsis:

After Green Lantern is cauight red-handed at the scene of a crime, an APEX broadcaster begins a personal vendetta against the Emerald Crusader, charging him with being a master criminal!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Doiby appears in a G.L. uniform in splash and story. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 pages (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:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Table of Contents)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 7 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; Dr. Cooper; Whiteways Word (villain); Jeska (villain); Sorry (villain); Pook (villain).

Synopsis:

Dr. Mid-Nite witnesses the kidnapping of a fellow doctor and succeeds in capturing the men responsible, discovering, in the process, that the kidnappers had been hired by a criminal attorney.

Indexer Notes

Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-14-09.

U.S. Savings Bonds (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / public service announcement / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen (signed) [as HASEN]

Inks:

Irwin Hasen (signed) [as HASEN]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern

[Gunnery Training Camp] (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 9-9-08.

[The Missing Tycoons] (Table of Contents)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 7 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; Harold Corsten; Jimmy Corsten; Mabel Corsten; Bob; Arum Hahuth (villain); Snatch Kelly (villain).

Synopsis:

After a prominent businessman is kidnapped, a medium contacts his wife and arranges for her to attend a seance so that she can meet her husband again.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Ted Udall to John Wentworth by Craig Delich 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

[Dinky Joins the Boy Scouts] (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:

Scribbly; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle].

Death in a Shoebox (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

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 pages (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:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

The Hungry Horse (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher (signed)

Inks:

Joe Gallagher (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Finnegan; Bradley (villain); Meeger (villain).

Synopsis:

Mary gives Al Pratt a package to mail for a client, and when the package accidently breaks open, its contents are revealed to be stolen radium.

Indexer Notes

Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-14-09.

Sabotage! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ted Udal

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher

Inks:

Joe Gallagher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.