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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published September 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters The Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

8 page The Green Lantern story "At the World's Fair"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller (Intro); Danny Miller; Murdock (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis Alan meets Irene Miller at the World's Fair and learns that her brother Danny has been framed for murder, leading the Emerald Crusader to track down the guilty racketeer and rescue a young girl he has kidnapped.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Dellon]
Inks Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Dellon]
Letters Martin Nodell
Notes In this story, GL says a variation of his oath: "And I shall shed by light over dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light of the Green Lantern!" Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "The Hunt for Prof. Jurghens"

Characters Alan; Ted; Jack
Genre science fiction
Script Carl H. Claudy (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes A chapter of "The Infra-Red Destroyers".

1 page Believe It or Not filler

Genre facts
Script Robert L. Ripley
Pencils Robert L. Ripley
Inks Robert L. Ripley
Letters Robert L. Ripley
Notes Newspaper reprint.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre sitcom
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Daisybelle filler

Characters Daisybelle
Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters Gene Byrnes
Notes Newspaper reprint.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Hitchhikers"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Ichabod Mudd; Prop Wash; Miss Snap
Synopsis Ikky teaches Miss Snap to fly.
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Letters Jon L. Blummer
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.

8 page Red, White and Blue story "The Trip to Cobra Island"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel?
Pencils William Smith
Inks William Smith

5 page Ben Webster story "The Mattix Mansion Mystery"

Characters Ben Webster
Genre adventure
Script Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Pencils Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Inks Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Notes Newspaper reprint. True writer/artist name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.

2 page Popsicle Pete story "Business Problems"

Characters Pete
Genre gag
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Murder in the Classroom Part 2"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Letters typeset

Half page All-American Comics Monthly Book Review text article "Alice in Wonderland"

Characters Alice
Letters typeset

1 page Daisybelle filler

Characters Daisybelle
Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters Gene Byrnes
Notes Newspaper reprint.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre sitcom
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Believe It or Not filler

Genre facts
Script Robert L. Ripley
Pencils Robert L. Ripley
Inks Robert L. Ripley
Letters Robert L. Ripley
Notes Newspaper reprint.

4 page Scribbly story "Ma Hunkel's Grocery Bill"

Characters Scribbly; Ma Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet
Synopsis Ma buys a grocery store and then refuses to pay protection money to some hoodlums, and Sisty and Dinky accidentally get themselves kidnapped by gangsters.
Genre teen; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer

8 page Gary Concord the Ultra-Man story "The Insect Invasion"

Characters Gary Concord; Ginger; Alec; Slater; Gracia Darling
Synopsis Gary resigns as High Moderator after apparently embezzling money, but it's all a plot to infiltrate the Eastern Empire.
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Jon L. Blummer [signed as Don Shelby]
Pencils Jon L. Blummer [signed as Don Shelby]
Inks Jon L. Blummer [signed as Don Shelby]
Letters Jon L. Blummer?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.