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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published April 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer
Notes Art credits verified with both artists by Craig Delich. Credits in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives 2 are wrong. Updated 8/04.

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles.
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Nodell [G.L. figure]; Irwin Hasen
Inks Martin Nodell [G.L. figure]; Irwin Hasen
Letters typeset
Notes Art credits verified with both artists by Craig Delich. Credits in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives 2 are wrong. Updated 8/04.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

13 page Green Lantern story "The Sinister Plot of Professor Caspar"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Fog Blake (I); Prof. Blau; Professor Vogt; Prof. Caspar (villain); Prof. Steinholtz.
Synopsis A vicious scientist kills to obtain a gun that shoots sound, and then kidnaps world famous scientists in order to gain their inventions.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Credits in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives 2 are wrong. Credits updated per Craig Delich 8/04. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-5-08.
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

6 page Hop Harrigan story "The Phony Doctor"

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 4-5-08.

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

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre sitcom
Script Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Pencils Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-5-08.

6 page The Atom story "The Car Racket"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Joe Morgan.
Synopsis Al takes a car out for a near-fatal test drive, forcing the Atom to round up the crooked car dealers and get them to confess to selling dangerous vehicles to unsuspecting buyers.
Genre superhero
Script Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks Leonard Sansone
Notes Inker credit per Jerry Bails, updated 8/04. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-10-09.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

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

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "Uncle Herman -- Detective"

Characters Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet; Uncle Herman.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

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

6 page Red, White and Blue story "The Parrot Puzzle"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.
Genre adventure
Script John B. Wentworth?
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Notes Credits corrected per Craig Delich 8/04.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre sitcom
Script Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Pencils Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-5-08.

8 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "The Bomber"

Characters Sargon [John Sargent]
Genre occult
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Writer credit per Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

1 page Phil Hackett text story "The Murder of Chester Holmes Part 2"

Characters Phil Hackett
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "The Truth of Dr. Mid-Nite's Identity"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; N. N. Osgood; un-named foreign agents (villains).
Synopsis Two employees of a munitions manufactuirer's company are upset that their boss is selling munitions to the government at cost, so they hire foreign agents to kill him.
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Writer credit per Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-10-09.