Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1946-02-11
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #72 Edit Cover
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Rumors of the Round Table
(Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles

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]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Rumors of the Round Table!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Merlin; King Arthur
Synopsis:
G.L. and Doiby are inexplicably drawn back ten centuries in time by Merlin in order to help King Arthur fight the devil dragon.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Green Lantern charges his ring but doesn't repeat the oath in the story.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Drama in the Dark!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 7 pages

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

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

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / 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:It's full of spots!!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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

History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

Vacation from Crime!
(Table of Contents: 9)

The Atom / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Duke (villain); Slugger (villain)
Synopsis:
The Atom rounds up a gang of jewel thieves who had forced Al Pratt to turn over a fish to them that contained a diamond they were after.

Indexer Notes

Feature moves to Flash Comics starting with #80, sporadically appearing until #87 where the feature runs until the end of the Golden Age run of #104

Script credit by Craig Delich.

Swab and Polish
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ernie King (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / 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:Waiter, all I want is one fried egg!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

All in Flavor...Say Fleer's
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Fleers Candy Coated Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Witch's Dipping Chair
(Table of Contents: 13)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical
Characters:
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin [Justin Valor]

Byron Nelson
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Saga of a Pearl-Handled Forty-Five
(Table of Contents: 15)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 8 pages

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Weatherman Weather House / advertisement / 1 page

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

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

Cool Under Fire!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Rumors of the Round Table
    Green Lantern
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Look for this trade mark..."]
  4. Rumors of the Round Table!
    Green Lantern
  5. ["Been an awful lot of champion athletes..."]
    Wheaties
  6. Drama in the Dark!
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  7. ["His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  8. ["It's full of spots!!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  9. [no title indexed]
    History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  10. Vacation from Crime!
    The Atom
  11. Swab and Polish
  12. ["Waiter, all I want is one fried egg!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  13. All in Flavor...Say Fleer's
    Fleers Candy Coated Gum
  14. The Witch's Dipping Chair
    The Black Pirate
  15. Byron Nelson
    Wheaties
  16. Saga of a Pearl-Handled Forty-Five
    Hop Harrigan
  17. [no title indexed]
    Weatherman Weather House
  18. [no title indexed]
    Illinois Merchandise Mart
  19. Cool Under Fire!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
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