(December 1941)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1941-10-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
J. R. Publishing Co.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

The indicia reads issue #32 while the cover reads issue #33. On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles
Reprints

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books and Movies / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Josette Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Taxi War] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils
Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks
Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles; John (cab driver, death); "Hefty" Martin (introduction, Cab Union President); Mr. Rankin (owner of the Ease Cab Company); Mr. Hodges (owner of the Luxor Cab Company); Pug Deagan (villain, introduction); Mr. Weller (villain, owner of the Spot Cab Company)
Synopsis
Green Lantern and Doiby must battle mobsters in their efforts to control a union of taxi cab drivers.
Reprints
Keywords
APEX Broadcasting Company; green lamp; oath; power ring (called the green lantern ring)

Indexer Notes

Story occurs in Capitol City.

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But I've never played darts before, Mutt!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1938-12-11

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[The Red Tornado Frees an Innocent Man] (Table of Contents: 7)

Red Tornado; Scribbly / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Sheldon Mayer

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet

[The Gyroplane] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Blummer (signed)
Pencils
Jon Blummer (signed)
Inks
Jon Blummer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon Blummer

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hop Harrigan / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys and girls: Here's a cutout figure of me...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Two Kinds of Turtles] (Table of Contents: 11)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cicero's Cat
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[Blowing Bubbles] (Table of Contents: 12)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[Destroy the Patriotic Trio] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
John Wentworth ?
Pencils
Harry Lampert
Inks
Harry Lampert
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West

Indexer Notes

Creative credits per Craig Delich. We formerly credited the art to Joe Gallagher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahoy there, Captain!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cicero's Cat
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #[2].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blasting Danger
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1937-05-16 ?

[Sargon Attacks Gambling] (Table of Contents: 16)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Wentworth
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Howard Purcell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sargon [John Sargent]

Energy to Do Big Things (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Benjamin Harrison (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

Kidnap Note, Part II (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Jimmy Stone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My dear sir, what you need is exercise!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1938-12-04

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Superman Is in the Movies! (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Lionel / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Miracle Solvent] (Table of Contents: 25)

The Atom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils
Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks
Leonard Sansone
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Doreen Davis; Professor Marcus Higginbotham; Sam; Cootie Gang [Cookie; Juke](villains)
Synopsis
The Atom must save Mary and Doreen from crooks who have broken into a science lab and stolen a miracle solvent capable of dissolving metal.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit per Jerry Bails.

[The Camera Crimes] (Table of Contents: 26)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Reizenstein
Pencils
Stan Asch
Inks
Stan Asch
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Myra Mason

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

Audel's New Auto Guide / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Good Books and Movies
  4. 3. [The Taxi War]
    Green Lantern
  5. 4. Here It Is!
    Green Lantern
  6. 5. ["Thanks a million, boys and girls..."]
    All-Flash Quarterly
  7. 6. ["But I've never played darts before, Mutt!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  8. 7. [The Red Tornado Frees an Innocent Man]
    Red Tornado; Scribbly
  9. 8. [The Gyroplane]
    Hop Harrigan
  10. 9. ["Boys and girls: Here's a cutout figure of me..."]
    Hop Harrigan
  11. 10. ["Here's the letter from the Adjutant General's Office..."]
    All-American Flying Club
  12. 11. [Two Kinds of Turtles]
    Cicero's Cat
  13. 12. [Blowing Bubbles]
    Cicero's Cat
  14. 13. [Destroy the Patriotic Trio]
    Red, White and Blue
  15. 14. ["Ahoy there, Captain!"]
    Cicero's Cat
  16. 15. ["Blasting Danger"]
    Cicero's Cat
  17. 16. [Sargon Attacks Gambling]
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  18. 17. Energy to Do Big Things
    Baby Ruth
  19. 18. Benjamin Harrison
    All-American Stamp Page
  20. 19. Kidnap Note, Part II
    Jimmy Stone
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Built-Rite Toys
  22. 21. ["My dear sir, what you need is exercise!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  23. 22. Superman Is in the Movies!
    The Adventures of Superman
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Lionel
  26. 25. [The Miracle Solvent]
    The Atom
  27. 26. [The Camera Crimes]
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  28. 27. Here It Is!
    All-Star Comics
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
    Audel's New Auto Guide
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Andrew Garrett
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore