All-American Comics #76

(August 1946)

Springtime for Doiby! (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; Killer Dill (I, villain).

Synopsis:

Green Lantern agrees to discover the whereabouts of a distraught father's son, unaware that the man and the boy are criminals in league together.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for WXYZ Radio [note: there actually was a WXYZ radio station operating out of Detroit, Michigan, and the "Lone Ranger" radio show was first broadcast over that station in 1934!]. Notes, some info and revised synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-5-09.

Second Childhood (Table of Contents)

Winky, Blinky and Noddy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E.Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Winky; Blinky; Noddy.

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

none (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 4 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 8-5-09.

Man with the Long-Distance Eyes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

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; Hands Harrigan (I, villain); Regis Morgan (I).

Synopsis:

A man with a vision problem consulting Dr. McNider is kidnapped by a gang of crooks who uses him as a lookout because that man is capable of seeing distances up to a mile away.

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

none (Table of Contents)

Ton o' Fun / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Fools for Fun (Table of Contents)

Fat and Slat / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Fat; Slat.

The Graveyard Chiseler (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Robinson (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

A Flight for Freedom! (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 8 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 is commissioned for the inagural flight of a new plane called the Titanic.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-5-09.