All-American Comics #44

(November 1942)

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

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

Lou Gehrig -- A Quiet Hero by Frank Graham (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Perfect Crime (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Harry Tschida

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller

Synopsis

After Green Lantern is cauight red-handed at the scene of a crime, an APEX broadcaster begins a personal vendetta against the Emerald Crusader, charging him with being a master criminal!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Doiby appears in a G.L. uniform in splash and story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Mutt and Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Who Blew Whom to Lunch (Table of Contents: 6)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-09-29

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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

Gosh, it must be wonderful to be an animal trainer!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Cicero's Cat; Cicero

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-09-29

And Now the Doctor Needs a Doctor (Table of Contents: 8)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-10-06

[Tail Trouble Fixed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Cicero's Cat

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-10-06

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes!! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Charles Reizenstein

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; Dr. Cooper; Whiteways Word (villain); Jeska (villain); Sorry (villain); Pook (villain)

Synopsis

Dr. Mid-Nite witnesses the kidnapping of a fellow doctor and succeeds in capturing the men responsible, discovering, in the process, that the kidnappers had been hired by a criminal attorney.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Green Lantern / public service announcement / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irwin Hasen (signed as Hasen)

Inks

Irwin Hasen (signed as Hasen)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Break it up, heels!

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Green Lantern

Keywords

war bonds and stamps

[Gunnery Training Camp] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Jon Blummer (signed)

Pencils

Jon Blummer (signed)

Inks

Jon Blummer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Jon Blummer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's better to aim with both eyes open...

Genre

aviation

Characters

Hop Harrigan

An Important Message to Members of the All-American Flying Club (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[The Missing Tycoons] (Table of Contents: 16)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

Howard Purcell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Because he possesses the ruby of life...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles; Harold Corsten; Jimmy Corsten; Mabel Corsten; Bob; Arum Hahuth (villain); Snatch Kelly (villain)

Synopsis

After a prominent businessman is kidnapped, a medium contacts his wife and arranges for her to attend a seance so that she can meet her husband again.

Indexer Notes

Script credit per Craig Delich. We previously credited Ted Udall.

[Dinky Joins the Boy Scouts] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Sheldon Mayer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Red Tornado and the Cyclone Kids - that terrific trio...

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Scribbly; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle]

Death in a Shoebox Part I (Table of Contents: 18)

Jimmy Stone / text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jimmy Stone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

Horrors of War (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

Mrs. Mutt Is Gonna Have a Long Wait for Her Cabbage (Table of Contents: 21)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-09-15

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Pussy! Nice Puss! Meow!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Cicero's Cat

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-09-15

Thumbs Down on Rattletraps (Table of Contents: 23)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.67 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-08-25

[In the Top Hat] (Table of Contents: 24)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.33 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 (signed as Bud Fisher)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Cicero's Cat; Jeff

Reprints

• from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1940-08-25

The Hungry Horse! (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Ted Udall (signed)

Pencils

Joe Gallagher (signed)

Inks

Joe Gallagher (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Finnegan; Bradley (villain); Meeger (villain)

Synopsis

Mary gives Al Pratt a package to mail for a client, and when the package accidentally breaks open, its contents are revealed to be stolen radium.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

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

Sabotage! (Table of Contents: 28)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall

Pencils

Joe Gallagher

Inks

Joe Gallagher

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

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

American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Energy That's Ready for Action! (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)