All-American Comics #6

(September 1939)

[The Diversion Dam's Gone Out!] (Table of Contents)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel?

Pencils:

William Smith

Inks:

William Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West; The Eye (villain)

Synopsis:

A sinister oriental and his gang blow up a dam to hurt America's prosperity.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (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 6-14-09.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Burr Inwood

Inks:

Burr Inwood

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Reg'lar Fellers

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. art credit from Ron Goulart's Encyclopedia of American Comics.

Good Work Goes On (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger]

Pencils:

Calvin Fader

Inks:

Calvin Fader

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Printed with red overtones only. art and script credits from Ron Goulart's Encylopedia of American Comics

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Believe It or Not / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Skippy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby

Pencils:

Percy Crosby

Inks:

Percy Crosby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Skippy

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Inks:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wiley of West Point / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

Pencils:

Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

Inks:

Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Wiley

Indexer Notes

Printed in red overtones only.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Reg'lar Fellers

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 6-14-09.

Here's The Bread Granma! (Table of Contents)

Tippie / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwina Dumm

Pencils:

Edwina Dumm

Inks:

Edwina Dumm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Tippie

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

Mystery Men Of Mars [Part 6] (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:

Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver, Prof. Luytens, Elmer the Robot.

Synopsis:

Back in the ship, the boys bring Elmer with them back to Earth, but the Professor is still on Mars.

The American Way [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

The American Way / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Walter Galli

Inks:

Walter Galli

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

[Gerry is Kidnapped] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer [signed as Jon Elby]

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer [signed as Jon Elby]

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer [signed as Jon Elby]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Gerry; Ikky; Gerry's parents.

Synopsis:

Hop learns that Gerry is a girl just before she is kidnapped, and he goes after her in the roadable autogyro.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 6-14-09.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tippie / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edwina Dumm

Pencils:

Edwina Dumm

Inks:

Edwina Dumm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Tippie

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 6-14-09.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Reg'lar Fellers

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bobby Thatcher / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Storm (signed)

Pencils:

George Storm (signed)

Inks:

George Storm (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Bobby Thatcher

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Printed in red overtones only.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spot Savage / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spot Savage; Diana Kingsley; un-named editor; Foto; The Dutchess.

Indexer Notes

Printed in red overtones only.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Inks:

Arthur William Nugent (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Skippy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Percy Crosby

Pencils:

Percy Crosby

Inks:

Percy Crosby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Skippy

Indexer Notes

Newspaper repints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Believe It or Not / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Ripley

Pencils:

Robert L. Ripley

Inks:

Robert L. Ripley

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

All-American Stamp Page / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Criminal's End (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Shute (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Tomby Taylor (Table of Contents)

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fontaine Fox

Pencils:

Fontaine Fox

Inks:

Fontaine Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Toonerville Folks; Tomby Taylor.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reg'lar Fellers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Reg'lar Fellers

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / filler / 1 page (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:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[Boy Cartoonist] (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; children

Characters:

Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Ma Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Ma Jibbet; Huey Hunkel; Agnes; Mr. Phelps; Mike Macklin

Synopsis:

Scribbly applies to a newspaper as a copy boy for $10 an hour, but is almost hired as a cartoonist for $100 a week. Still, another newspaper hires him as a cartoonist, but Scribbly's family doesn't believe he was hired until his cartoon strip, "Why Big Brudders Leave Home," appears in the daily newspaper.

Reprints:

• in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)

Indexer Notes

Some info and revised synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-14-09.

The Powerful Katrinka (Table of Contents)

Toonerville Folks / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fontaine Fox

Pencils:

Fontaine Fox

Inks:

Fontaine Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Toonerville Folks; Katrinka

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popsicle Pete / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Helfant

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Popsicle Pete [Karl McReady]

Synopsis:

Karl McReady, now known as Popsicle Pete, visits New York as part of his contest winnings.

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits revised from Sheldon Mayer? to Helfant, and letterer credit added by Craig Delich 6-14-09.

The Skipper of the Toonerville Trolley (Table of Contents)

Toonerville Folks / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fontaine Fox

Pencils:

Fontaine Fox

Inks:

Fontaine Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Toonerville Folks

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.