Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-02-18
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #96 Edit Cover
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The Mystery of the Emerald Necklace!
(Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Streak the Wonder Dog; Mutt (inset); Jeff (inset)

Indexer Notes

Cover is the same as the splash page of the Green Lantern story.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 20 in ad in Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series) #2.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Flash Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Mystery of the Emerald Necklace!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks:
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:GL 32A
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Streak, the Wonder Dog; Julia Henry; Kem Whitehall; Red Karit (villain)
Synopsis:
Streak befriends a young girl who finds herself employed by a notorious gangster she thinks to be a private detective.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Alan Scott works for radio station W.X.Y.Z. in this story. Second appearance of Streak, who was introduced in the Green Lantern title. Streak uses a green signal flare to summon the Green Lantern in the story.

Leo Johnson
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Death on the Speedway
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The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[Studying]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen; children
  • Job Number:OH 21
Characters:
Cotton-Top Katie; the Perfessor
Synopsis:
The Perfessor keeps interrupting Katie's studying for a test, but keeps forgetting what he wants to tell her!

[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:Yes, sir!" "Fill 'er up!
Characters:
Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[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:This gentleman wishes to know...
Characters:
Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Earthquake Bell!
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Art Peddy (signed as Peddy)
Inks:
Bernard Sachs (signed as Sachs)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical
  • Job Number:AA 93
Characters:
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Lady Valerie; The Destroyer [Sir John Malvin] (villain)
Synopsis:
The Pirate must stop the efforts of the Destroyer, who demands that the King abdicate and he be crowned in his place.

[no title indexed]
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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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All-Star Comics; The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

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:Pop, I lost the quarter you gave me...
Characters:
Mutt; Mutt's wife; Cicero
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[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:Sure, railroad men will help...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff

Bill Got His Wings!
(Table of Contents: 16)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation
  • Job Number:AA 98
Characters:
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Bill Clark; Cyrus Teed (Bill's guardian)
Synopsis:
Hop's encouragement to a young Bill Clark, when Hop is injured and can't fly the plane, helps Bill's guardian to overcome his fear of flying, a fear that once claimed his girl's life!

Mystery on the Mountain
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Ray-o-Vac Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

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

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:Mutt, how about giving me the male lead...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Also in Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #24.

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

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:Mutt, do me a special favor, will you?
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Also in Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #10.

Love Is Blind
(Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Udall (credited as Charles King)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Synopsis:
An adept counterfeiter is encouraged by his waitress girlfriend to drop his gang and take her on as a partner. This he does and he begins making and passing his own money...money that has a fatal flaw to it!

Indexer Notes

Oddity: all characters in the story are unnamed.

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

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All dressed up like a groom...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[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:Hello, Bertha? Will you marry me?
Characters:
Jeff; Bertha
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

The Unsinkable Bandits!
(Table of Contents: 23)

Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AA 99
Characters:
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Joe (villain)
Synopsis:
Returning from a medical convention by boat, Dr. McNider's vessel is attacked by a gang of costumed pirates, who kidnap his secretary, Myra Mason, and steal a fortune in securities.

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

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:Go see my doctor!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page

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

Leave It to Binky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Mystery of the Emerald Necklace!
    Green Lantern
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Don't miss this smash issue of Flash Comics!"]
    Flash Comics
  4. Mystery of the Emerald Necklace!
    Green Lantern
  5. Leo Johnson
    Wheaties
  6. Death on the Speedway
    The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  7. [Studying]
    Cotton-Top Katie
  8. ["Yes, sir!" "Fill 'er up!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  9. ["This gentleman wishes to know..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  10. Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  11. ["You'd have to be crazy..."]
    Comic Cavalcade
  12. The Earthquake Bell!
    The Black Pirate
  13. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  14. ["Boys and girls! --- The Junior Justice Society of America is back in operation!!"]
    All-Star Comics; The Junior Justice Society of America
  15. ["Pop, I lost the quarter you gave me..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  16. ["Sure, railroad men will help..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  17. Bill Got His Wings!
    Hop Harrigan
  18. Mystery on the Mountain
    Ray-o-Vac Batteries
  19. ["Mutt, how about giving me the male lead..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  20. ["Mutt, do me a special favor, will you?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  21. Love Is Blind
  22. ["All dressed up like a groom..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  23. ["Hello, Bertha? Will you marry me?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  24. The Unsinkable Bandits!
    Dr. Mid-Nite
  25. ["Go see my doctor!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  26. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  27. [no title indexed]
    Leave It to Binky
  28. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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