Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1947-07-16
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #89 Edit Cover
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The Harlequin
(Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; the Harlequin [Molly Mayne]; Mutt (inset); Jeff (inset)

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)

Funny Stuff; The Dodo and the Frog / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Harlequin!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:CC24
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Harlequin [Molly Mayne] (1st appearance)
Synopsis:
A program sponsor persuades Alan Scott to use Green Lantern over radio station WXYZ to plug his chain of department stores. A suitable villain must be found for the Emerald Crusader in the script, so it's decided to use a comic heroine, the Harlequin!
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Alan Scott works for W.X.Y.Z. radio in this story. Green Lantern doesn't charge his ring or repeat the oath in this story.

Eddie Stanky
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

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 a new invention, sir!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?-9-26

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #10.

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

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:I'm really worried!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[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:Ma-a boo hoo hoo
Characters:
Mutt; Cicero
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

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

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:Hey! Nix, Mutt!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

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:I wish I had a million dollars!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

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:You little boob, there is no more gas rationing!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

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

Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

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:You what?" "I'm writing a story about cops and robbers!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

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:I can't figure out how a little shrimp like you...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Trapping a Bandit
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 15)

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:Your honor, as a honorable citizen and taxpayer...
Characters:
Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

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

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / 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:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can you tell me how to get to Dean Street?
Characters:
Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #11.

The Adventure in Castle Villon
(Table of Contents: 17)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical
  • Job Number:AA86
  • Feature Logo:Black Pirate
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He who lives by the sword, they say , must perish by it
Characters:
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin
Synopsis:
At the port of Le Havre, the black pirate’s encounters the individual who first outlawed the black pirate , (unjustly ) , the Duke de Villon. The duke has stolen the plans of a new type of ship from Henri , an inventor and imprisoned Henri’s female companion Yvonne. The plans are for a fast ship that can reach the New World in record time, and the duke wants to claim the plans as his own. The black pirate rescues Henri from the duke’s henchmen and then attempts to retrieve the stolen plans and free Yvonne.

[Ventriloquism]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor; children
  • Job Number:OH13
Characters:
Cotton-Top Katie

Out of This World!
(Table of Contents: 19)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AA93
Characters:
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Dr. Light (villain)
Synopsis:
Dr. McNider enters a telephone booth in Gray’s Department Store in order to phone his office. When McNider mis-dials the phone number, he finds that he is instantly transported to an arena of Ancient Rome , while the crowd is watching gladiators combat each other. The ruler of this ancient city is Dr Mid-Nite’s arch nemesis Dr Light.

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Craig Delich.

A Knotty Problem
(Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Cliff Rhodes (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

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

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation
  • Job Number:OH1
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Meet Blade Landow!
Characters:
Hop Harrigan; Blade Landow (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

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:Who you lookin' for, Jeff?
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

The Overturned Canoe
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 23)

Bright Star Flashlight Batteries / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 24)

Dick Tracy Rapid Fire Tommy Gun / advertisement / 1 page

Tops!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

Animal Antics; Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 26)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Harlequin
    Green Lantern
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Toll Bridge 10¢"]
    Funny Stuff; The Dodo and the Frog
  4. The Harlequin!
    Green Lantern
  5. Eddie Stanky
    Wheaties
  6. ["It's a new invention, sir!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  7. ["I'm really worried!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  8. ["Ma-a boo hoo hoo"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  9. ["Hey! Nix, Mutt!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  10. ["I wish I had a million dollars!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  11. ["You little boob, there is no more gas rationing!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  12. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
  13. ["You what?" "I'm writing a story about cops and robbers!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  14. ["I can't figure out how a little shrimp like you..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  15. Trapping a Bandit
    "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
  16. ["Your honor, as a honorable citizen and taxpayer..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  17. ["Can you tell me how to get to Dean Street?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  18. The Adventure in Castle Villon
    The Black Pirate
  19. [Ventriloquism]
    Cotton-Top Katie
  20. Out of This World!
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  21. A Knotty Problem
  22. ["Meet Blade Landow!"]
    Hop Harrigan
  23. ["Who you lookin' for, Jeff?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  24. The Overturned Canoe
    Bright Star Flashlight Batteries
  25. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy Rapid Fire Tommy Gun
  26. Tops!
    Animal Antics; Leading Comics
  27. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • David Banuelos
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Allen Lurey
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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