All-American Comics #17

(August 1940)

[The Sign of the Green Lantern] (Table of Contents)

The Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Inks:

Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Nodell

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; John Hall; Cyrus Gorson (Villain; Death); Muller

Synopsis:

When the company Alan Scott works for loses a job to another company, Scott discovers that the commissioner of public works is taking kickbacks from the company with the winning bid. Alan takes action as Green Lantern to put an end to their grafting scheme.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 (1999)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Metropolis. Oddities: when GL hits a villain on the jaw, it leaves a "green lantern" emblem behind; when GL recharges his ring he does NOT repeat his oath. Alan Scott works for Hall Construction Company in this story.

[Battle with the Venusian] (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; Ted; Jack

Indexer Notes

A chapter of "The Infra-Red Destroyers".

[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

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

facts

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 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 [as Bud Fisher]

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Daisybelle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[The Plane Hater] (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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-29-08.

[The Peace Treaty] (Table of Contents)

Gary Concord the Ultra-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; science fiction

Characters:

Gary Concord

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-29-08.

[Escape from Sinister Mansion] (Table of Contents)

Ben Webster / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ben Webster

Indexer Notes

Newspaper strip repints. True writer/artist name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 2-29-08.

[In the Stamp Business] (Table of Contents)

Popsicle Pete / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils:

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks:

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Pete

Mutiny on the Bounty (Table of Contents)

All-American Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (spot illo)

Inks:

? (spot illo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Murder in the Classroom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Stone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daisybelle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Pencils:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Inks:

Gene Byrnes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gene Byrnes

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Daisybelle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat / filler / 2 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 [as Bud Fisher]

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints.

[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

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert L. Ripley

Content Information

Genre:

facts

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

[The Stray] (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:

children; humor

Characters:

Scribbly

[The Propaganda Battle] (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