Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-10-18
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-American Western (DC, 1948 series) #104 Edit Cover
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Unseen Allies!
(Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Johnny Thunder [John Tane]

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Can You Solve This Puzzle?
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Unseen Allies!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks:
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:western-frontier
  • Job Number:AAW2
Characters:
Johnny Thunder [John Tane]
Reprints (1)

Bobby Dodd
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Old Nick Solves the Yacht Club Mystery in the Nick of Time
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Bit-o-Honey; Old Nick Candy Bar / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Laredo Land Rush!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Overland Coach / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Tony Barrett

Fellows! Girls! Get Captain Tootsie's Mystifying, Baffling Bag of Magic Tricks
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Rodeo Clown
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:
Jimmy Nesbitt

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

Cactus Charlie's Western Dictionary / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed)
  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah was settin' in the shade readin' mah wish book......
Characters:
Cactus Charlie
Synopsis:
Definitions for wish book, twister, high-tailed, brand-blotcher, and possum.

Indexer Notes

Printed on top half of page.

Yea, Bucko!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

B. F. Goodrich Rubber Boots / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Gold Dust Trail!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Minstrel Maverick / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
  • Job Number:AAW 2
Reprints (1)

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

Erector / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Stairless Skyscrapers
(Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis:
A brief description of how cliff-dwellers built and accessed their abodes.

Given Premiums or Cash Commission Given
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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

Editorial Advisory Board
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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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

Flagg Shirts / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Mysterious Marauder!
(Table of Contents: 17)

Foley of the Fighting 5th / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Lt. Dan Foley; Wingfoot; The Highwayman [Reginald Torbin] (villain, introduction); The Highwayman [Dick Torbin] (villain, image only)
Synopsis:
In the Old West, a mysterious masked man is robbing stage coaches and payrolls, and even manages to outfight Lt. Dan Foley of the Fighting 5th sent to investigate. Eventually Foley and his Indian guide and friend Wingfoot manage to capture the masked man and he stands revealed as transplanted Englishman and rancher Reginald Torbin who was emulating his ancestor Dick Torbin, the famous highwayman. His downfall was in part to carrying the emulation too far in wearing an identical costume as the one of Dick’s in a portrait hanging in his home that Foley had seen while meeting with the rancher.
Reprints (1)

Oh! Boy! Lionel Trains
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page

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

Western Facts / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed)
  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Pony Express at one time charged $5...
Synopsis:
Random facts about Zane Grey, Pony Espress, cactus and Death Valley.

Indexer Notes

Printed on top half of page.

Saved by Trade & Mark
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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

Hopkinson Magnus Harmonica / advertisement / 1 page

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

Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Unseen Allies!
    Johnny Thunder
  2. Can You Solve This Puzzle?
    AMF Roadmaster Bicycles
  3. Unseen Allies!
    Johnny Thunder
  4. Bobby Dodd
    Wheaties
  5. Old Nick Solves the Yacht Club Mystery in the Nick of Time
    Bit-o-Honey; Old Nick Candy Bar
  6. Laredo Land Rush!
    Overland Coach
  7. Fellows! Girls! Get Captain Tootsie's Mystifying, Baffling Bag of Magic Tricks
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  8. Rodeo Clown
  9. ["Ah was settin' in the shade readin' mah wish book......"]
    Cactus Charlie's Western Dictionary
  10. Yea, Bucko!
    B. F. Goodrich Rubber Boots
  11. The Gold Dust Trail!
    Minstrel Maverick
  12. ["Boys! Look at all the spectacular buzz-with-action models you can build with Erector"]
    Erector
  13. ["Thrill to the punch-paced action of the fighting West!"]
    DC Comics
  14. Stairless Skyscrapers
  15. Given Premiums or Cash Commission Given
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  16. Editorial Advisory Board
    DC Comics
  17. ["Champ wants to see you wearing a Gene Autry sweatshirt"]
    Flagg Shirts
  18. The Mysterious Marauder!
    Foley of the Fighting 5th
  19. Oh! Boy! Lionel Trains
    Lionel Trains
  20. ["The Pony Express at one time charged $5..."]
    Western Facts
  21. Saved by Trade & Mark
    Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  22. ["If you can whistle- Or hum a tune..."]
    Hopkinson Magnus Harmonica
  23. ["Oh boy! Just picture yourself in this new Thom McAn knockout!"]
    Thom McAn Shoes
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