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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published February 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters The Green Lantern; Delia Day
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters typeset
Notes Oddity: GL wears the power ring on the right hand.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

10 page The Green Lantern story "The Sins of the Father"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Frankie Fowler (Villain); "Slug" Kafey (Villain); Delia Day; Al Maloney (flashback)
Synopsis Wanting to keep her father's criminal past secret, a movie actress is saved from the clutches of notorious racketeers by the Emerald Crusader.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Inks Everett E. Hibbard [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Notes Oddity: GL uses a variation of his oath in this story: "And I shall shed my light upon dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light....the light of the Green Lantern!" Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "After the Red Tornado"

Characters Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet; Big Eddie (Villain); Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet
Synopsis When the Police learn that the Red Tornado is operating in the neighborhood, they attempt to capture her. Quickly thinking on her feet, Ma dresses up a gorilla in the zoo with her outfit, and when the Police round it up, are they surprised!
Genre teen; humor; super-hero
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-26-08.
Reprinted in Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, A (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) #nn; in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

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
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.

1 page Daisybelle filler

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

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Charter Flight to Disaster"

Characters Hop Harrigan
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 3-2-08.

1 page Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation filler

Characters Hop Harrigan (inset)
Genre fact
Script Jon L. Blummer
Pencils Jon L. Blummer
Inks Jon L. Blummer
Letters typeset

2 page Popsicle Pete story "Jailbreak"

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

6 page The Atom story "Joe's Appointment"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Nada (villain; Intro); Boris (villain; Intro); Joe Morgan
Synopsis A mysterious woman in black succeeds in drugging Joe Morgan and getting him to take the blame for the theft of secret Cruiser plans, which ends up landing him and Al in jail.
Genre superhero
Script Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks Leonard Sansone
Notes Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-26-08.
Reprinted In JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "Rescue on Mars: Part 4"

Characters Alan; Ted; Jack
Genre science fiction
Script Carl H. Claudy (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Crime, Inc. 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 story "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Characters Dr. Jekyll; Mr. Hyde
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.

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
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.

5 page Ben Webster story "The Worthless Stock"

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 reprints. True writer/artist credits [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

8 page Red, White and Blue story "[The Mysterious Murder of the Texas Ranger"

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