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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published February 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Pencils Jon L. Blummer
Inks Jon L. Blummer

13 page Green Lantern story "The Disappearing Damsel"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; Cora Collins.
Synopsis An old girlfriend of Irene Miller's, Cora Collins, invites Irene to lunch as a witness to a meeting between Cora and a gentleman. When Irene turns around for a moment, Cora disappears!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Harry Tschida (signed on splash page catsup bottle)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 12/04. Pencil and ink confirmation from Dan Makarakov (May 14, 2006) from the splash page of the original art. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Oddity: Green Lantern uses an unusual oath in this story: "As the green rays strike forth into darkness, so may all black evil be exposed and driven away!" Most notes, characters and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-08.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor
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.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
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 9-9-08.

6 page Red, White and Blue story "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.
Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Hop Battles the Enemy"

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 9-9-08.

7 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Forbidden Cave"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

7 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "Shanghaied"

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

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "That's Not My Bomb! [Part 2]"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor
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.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
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 9-9-08.

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "The U-Boat"

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

7 page Picture Stories from the Old Testament story "The Story of Joshua -- Part 1"

Genre period
Script Montgomery Mulford (signed)
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Notes Credits from Picture Stories from the Bible. The artist Don Cameron is not the same person as the Superman and Batman writer.
Reprinted From Picture Stories from the Bible [Old Testament] (DC, 1942 series) #2.