Volume: 4
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-12-08
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #47 Edit Cover
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Hop Harrigan Meets the Enemy!
(Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation
Characters:
Hop Harrigan
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books for Christmas / in-house column / 0.67 page

The Disappearing Damsel!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Harry Tschida (signed on splash page catsup bottle)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
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!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich. Pencil and ink confirmation from Dan Makarakov from the original art of the splash page.

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!" Alan Scott works for APEX Studios.

[no title indexed]
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Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Characters:
Cicero's Cat
Reprints (0)
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

[Skiing? Maybe Not]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints (0)
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Darn that guy's chickens next door!!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; war
Characters:
Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[Hop Battles the Enemy]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jon Blummer (signed)
Pencils:
Jon Blummer (signed)
Inks:
Jon Blummer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:aviation
Characters:
Hop Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Hop Harrigan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

An Important Message to Members of the All-American Flying Club
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All-American Flying Club / in-house column / 2 pages

[Forbidden Cave]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[Shanghaied]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery; superhero
Characters:
Sargon [John Sargent]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

That's Not My Bomb! Part 1
(Table of Contents: 15)

Jimmy Stone / text story / 1.67 pages

Script:
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; crime
Characters:
Jimmy Stone

Indexer Notes

Actually Part 2.

[no title indexed]
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Victory Picture Frames / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

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

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

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

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

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sandwich?
Characters:
Cicero's Cat
Reprints (0)
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And with the rising of the sun comes another day
Reprints (0)
  • from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How'm I gonna milk you, lazy ol' cow, if you don't get up?
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.

[The U-Boat]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Red Tornado; Scribbly / comic story / 4 pages

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

Bernardo O'Higgins
(Table of Contents: 23)

All-American Stamp Page / text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many ads from stamps dealers.

Another Meeting of the Justice Society!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Louder and Funnier As the Years Go On!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

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

The Story of Joshua, Part 1
(Table of Contents: 26)

Picture Stories from the Bible / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
M. C. Gaines (original editor)
  • Genre:historical; religious
Characters:
Joshua; Rahab; Achen of Judah
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Picture Stories from the Bible. The artist Don Cameron is not the same person as the Superman and Batman writer.

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

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 28)

Institute of Physical Development Muscle Building Courses / advertisement / 1 page

High in Energy
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 29)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Hop Harrigan Meets the Enemy!
    Hop Harrigan
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. [no title indexed]
    Good Books for Christmas
  4. The Disappearing Damsel!
    Green Lantern
  5. ["It's here again!"]
    Green Lantern
  6. ["Brand new!"]
    Comic Cavalcade
  7. ["Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!"]
    Cicero's Cat
  8. [Skiing? Maybe Not]
    Cicero's Cat
  9. ["Darn that guy's chickens next door!!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  10. Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!!
    Red, White and Blue
  11. [Hop Battles the Enemy]
    Hop Harrigan
  12. ["Boys and girls - I'm on the radio now..."]
    Hop Harrigan
  13. An Important Message to Members of the All-American Flying Club
    All-American Flying Club
  14. [Forbidden Cave]
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  15. [Shanghaied]
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  16. That's Not My Bomb! Part 1
    Jimmy Stone
  17. [no title indexed]
    Victory Picture Frames
  18. ["Thanks boys and girls for the wonderful reception..."]
    Wonder Woman
  19. ["They're back again!"]
    All-Flash
  20. ["Sandwich?"]
    Cicero's Cat
  21. ["And with the rising of the sun comes another day"]
    Cicero's Cat
  22. ["How'm I gonna milk you, lazy ol' cow, if you don't get up?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  23. [The U-Boat]
    Red Tornado; Scribbly
  24. Bernardo O'Higgins
    All-American Stamp Page
  25. Another Meeting of the Justice Society!
    Justice Society of America; All-Star Comics
  26. Louder and Funnier As the Years Go On!
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  27. The Story of Joshua, Part 1
    Picture Stories from the Bible
  28. [no title indexed]
    Picture Stories from the Bible
  29. [no title indexed]
    Institute of Physical Development Muscle Building Courses
  30. High in Energy
    Baby Ruth
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