All-American Comics #60

(September 1944)

The Desperate Dilemma of Dippy Drake! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alfred Bester?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Dippy Drake (I); V: Sleazy Slugg (I).

Synopsis:

A timid pickpocket who wants to reform is hired by a mobster to pick the pocket of the District Attorney, who is carrying the evidence needed to convict him.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04; inker credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / 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.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

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; funny animal

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Who Is the Atom?] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Greene

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher

Inks:

Joe Gallagher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Bertram Beazle; Basil (villain); Boris (villain).

Synopsis:

Bertram Beazle, Mary's newspaper editor, assigns her to find out who the Atom really is, but she mistakenly hires two thugs to bait the trap for the Mighty Mite.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-09.

The Man Who Spoke in Whispers! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Greene

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier (signed) [as STAN JOSEPHS]

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier (signed) [as STAN JOSEPHS]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Oliver Upp (I); gang of bank robbers (villains).

Synopsis:

A bank teller loses his voice after being threatened by a gang of bank robbers to leave the bank unlocked one night. When Dr. Mid-Nite learns of the plan, he tries to help Oliver Upp to get his voice back, literally by scaring him to death.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-09.

Murdered Spy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Pencils:

? [spot illo]

Inks:

? [spot illo]

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone

[Courier Duty] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher

Inks:

Joe Gallagher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Ted Udall to ? by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

[Prison Camp Invaders] (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; Tank Tinker.

Synopsis:

Hop and Tank are in the midst of a "Jap-held cannibal island."

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.