All-American Comics #1

(April 1939)

[Canal Zone Intrigue] (Table of Contents)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel ?

Pencils:

William Smith

Inks:

William Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan (introduction); Whitey Smith (introduction); Blooey Blue (introduction); Doris West (introduction)

Synopsis:

Three old pals in the military service from Oakville reunite, they believe, to save Doris West, not realizing that she is a G-2 agent for the United States Secret Service, who is on the trail of a ring buying U.S. military secrets.

Indexer Notes

Corrections made in November, 2004 by Bob Hughes.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 4 pages (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:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Mutt's wife; Cicero

Synopsis:

In this series of one page cartoons, 1) Mutt decides to paint his house rather than have professionals do it....with disastrous results; 2) Jeff, owing a friend $1, decides to get a buck the easy way out of Mutt by showing him a magic trick; 3) Mutt helps Cicero built a boat in the basement....but it's the boy who figures out a way to get it out of that basement; and 4) Mutt takes his wife and Cicero fishing in the new boat.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Hey! Move Over!] (Table of Contents)

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Pencils:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Inks:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwina Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tippie

Synopsis:

Tippie and her dog go to bed together, until her dog decides to take over all the space for itself!

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Credits corrected (October, 2004). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

none (Table of Contents)

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Pencils:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Inks:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Percy Crosby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skippy; Mr. Brown

Synopsis:

When a friend of Skippy's berates him for not buying him a drink, Skippy offers to do so, even though the friend is unaware the drink contains castor oil!

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half-pages). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

none (Table of Contents)

Skippy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Pencils:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Inks:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Percy Crosby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skippy

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Inks:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

none (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pinhead; Jimmie; Curley; Puddinhead

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

Montgomery Mulford

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[Hop Leaves the Farm] (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby]

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan (introduction); Tank Tinker [called Ikky] (introduction); Prop Wash (introduction)

Synopsis:

Having lost his father's farm, Hop jumps into a Flying Jenny and lands at an air field, meeting two people destined to be life-long friends.

none (Table of Contents)

Scribbly / 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:

humor

Characters:

Scribbly Jibbet; Scribbly's un-named mother; Amelia "Sisty" Hunkel; Daphine; Sylvester; Butch; Eppie; Gladys

Synopsis:

Scribbly returns from a trip to the coast with his mother and Sisty only to discover that his favorite girl, Daphine, has fallen for a soldier.

Indexer Notes

Topper is Why Big Brudders Leave Home! Continued from series in Dell's The Funnies. Last appearance in the Funnies #29, March, 1939.

The Mystery Men of Mars: Part 1 (Table of Contents)

Adventures in the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl H. Claudy (signed)

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ted Dolliver; Alan Kane; Professor Lutyens

Synopsis:

Alan and Ted meet one another by pure chance, but both become involved with a Professor who has figured out a way to reverse gravity. They are asked by the professor to accompany him in his space ship, "The Wanderer", on a trip to Mars, where they are told they will find fame and fortune.

Indexer Notes

Book adaption, with art corrections (from Jerry Bails and Craig Delich) by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).

The Strange Instructions (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Pencils:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Inks:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwin Alger

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster; Briarsie (Ben's dog)

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

The Fun Begins! (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Pencils:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Inks:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwin Alger

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster

Reprints:

• Newspaper reprints.

Indexer Notes

Not to be confused with Russell Cole who did fillers using the pen-name "Alger".

Matt Mattix's Dismay! (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Pencils:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Inks:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwin Alger

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster; Professor Matt Mattix; Briarsie (Ben's dog)

Synopsis:

Ben moves a down-on-his-luck friend into better quarters and provides him with some money to get along. However, that friend suddenly has "friends" of his own crawling out of the woodwork to access some of that money.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

Money! Money! Money! (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Pencils:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Inks:

Edwin Alger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwin Alger

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster; Professor Matt Mattix; Briarsie (Ben's dog)

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

Introducing Spot Savage (Table of Contents)

Spot Savage, the All-American News Hound / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Characters:

Spot Savage

Synopsis:

Spot is given the assignment to interview The Duchess.....who turns out to be a man!

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

none (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Daisybelle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 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:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

none (Table of Contents)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 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:

funny animal

Characters:

Cicero; Cicero's Cat

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

none (Table of Contents)

Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Inks:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

Content Information

Synopsis:

Five different magic tricks are illustrated and explained.

none (Table of Contents)

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Pencils:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Inks:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Percy Crosby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skippy; Northrup

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

none (Table of Contents)

Skippy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Pencils:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Inks:

Percy Crosby (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Percy Crosby

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skippy

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints (two half pages).

All Safe! Let It Rain! (Table of Contents)

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Pencils:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Inks:

Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Edwina Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tippie

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

All-American Champs / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walter Galli (signed)

Inks:

Walter Galli (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Walter Galli

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Davey O'Brien; Hank Luisetti; Ernie Lombardi

none (Table of Contents)

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fontaine Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Fontaine Fox (signed)

Inks:

Fontaine Fox (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fontaine Fox

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Stanley; Uncle Eben; Katrinka; Ezra

Synopsis:

The kids decide to milk the cow out in the snow and end up with snow ice cream! Later, Katrinka offers to pull Stanley's sled, but ends up pulling a "train" of sleds. Still later, Stanley decides to test out his mother's belief that whenever Uncle Eben's corns hurt, it snows.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

none (Table of Contents)

Bobby Thatcher / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Storm (signed)

Inks:

George Storm (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Storm

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; children

Characters:

Bobby Thatcher; Tubby; ? Bowers

Synopsis:

The boys go out on a fishin g trip, but get caught in a rainstorm and decide to hunker down in a deserted house.

A Real American (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Stone / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Loring Dowst (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone (introduction); Mr. Hackett (introduction)

Synopsis:

Jimmy, an orphan who lost his father in a fire that was set by racketeers and burned down the family store, decides to go to night school and become a lawyer. Hovering around the dock areas, he discovers a spy ring and alerts the Police to the matter.

none (Table of Contents)

Wiley of West Point / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

Inks:

Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bob Wiley; Mr. Knox; Dexter

Synopsis:

Bob wins an appointment to West Point, but a landslide on the road heading to the Point has it blocked, so Bob decides to parachute into the facility instead!

MOVIE COMICS No. 1 April 1939 (Table of Contents)

none / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for the 1st issue of Movie Comics, complete with cover which has an illustration from the film starring Jackie Cooper, "Scouts to the Rescue".

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover.