(Spring 1945)

DC, 1942 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.15 USD
Pages:
84
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Gainlee Publishing Co.
Brand:
An All-American Publication
Editing:
M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor); Ted Udall (story editor)
Format:
Color; Standard US Golden Age size; #1-10 cardboard covers; #1-41 squarebound, #42-63 saddle-stitched; glossy cover; newsprint interior; was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman; Flash; Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Everett E. Hibbard
Inks:
Everett E. Hibbard
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Flash

The Great Blue Father (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks:
Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Great Blue Father [Professor Proto Plasm](villain); Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; "Jimmy" Sissok (villain); Grace; Clara (villain).
Synopsis:
A scientist by the name of Professor Proto Plasm invents a "moron hormone" that makes people simple-minded, including Steve Trevor and Wonder Woman.

Indexer Notes

Story title from Dick Sabo on 16 November 2004; originally indexed as "The Great Blue Feather." Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


Mutt & Jeff Gags (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 6 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 9-2-09.


Tomorrow the World (Table of Contents)

comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks:
Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adaptation

Indexer Notes

A play adaptation, originally written by James Gow and Armand d'Usseau.


The Man with the Missing Memory! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Alfred Bester?
Pencils:
Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks:
Jon Chester Kozlak
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Checker Mob (villains); Professor Memory (villain); Crime Syndicate (villains).
Synopsis:
The Checker Mob and the Crime Syndicate are both after Professor Memory, a man who has been picked up by Doiby in his cab. Green Lantern's job is to discover why.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott graduated from Hale University, and his house number is #679 in this story. Notes, some info and revised synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


The Story of the French and Indian War (Table of Contents)

Picture Stories from American History / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
M. C. Gaines
Pencils:
Don Cameron
Inks:
Don Cameron
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The Pearl and the Pelican (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jay Marr (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

The Dragon Dies in India (Table of Contents)

Johnny Everyman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Johnny Everyman

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from John Daly to ? by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.


[The Elevator That Went Sideways] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Everett E. Hibbard
Inks:
Everett E. Hibbard
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy (all as the Three Dimwits); Joan Williams; un-named stock swindlers (villains).
Synopsis:
Noddy invents a special kind of elevator lever that has a remarkable effect on an elevator the Dimwits operate at work. In fact, it's so remarkable that the local criminal element sees a fortune to be made from its possible use!

Indexer Notes

Revised inker credit from Jon Kozlak to Everett Hibbard, some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Great Blue Father
    Wonder Woman
  2. 2. Mutt & Jeff Gags
    Mutt and Jeff
  3. 3. Tomorrow the World
  4. 4. The Man with the Missing Memory!
    Green Lantern
  5. 5. The Story of the French and Indian War
    Picture Stories from American History
  6. 6. The Pearl and the Pelican
  7. 7. The Dragon Dies in India
    Johnny Everyman
  8. 8. [The Elevator That Went Sideways]
    The Flash
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Bob Hughes
  • James Ludwig
  • Jim Walls
  • Dwayne Best