Volume:
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943
Editing: Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-New Short Story Comics (Harvey, 1943 series) #2 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:war
Characters:
Paul Williams
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: ?
  • Indicia Frequency: ?
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Leon Harvey is credited as editor on the statement of ownership.

Murder on the High Seas
(Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages

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?
  • Genre:war

Mystery of the Hilarious Flight!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Rex Elliott / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle (signed as S)
Inks:
Harry Sahle (signed as S)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war
Characters:
Rex Elliott (introduction, only appearance); Hamilton (villain, introduction, death); Tom; Johnny
Synopsis:
Pilots being trained are suddenly breaking out into laughing fits and shooting down their fellow pilots.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Only appearance of the "Rex Elliott" feature.

Crisis On Kiel Canal
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:war
Characters:
Lee Chalmers; Von Trock
Synopsis:
Captain Chalmers stops a German from taking an important map.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Story Behind the Cover / text story / 2.66 pages

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fog made the night impenetrable.
Characters:
Paul Williams
Synopsis:
A corporal sent out on a scouting mission is captured by Nazis.

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations occupy the second page. One uses the art from the cover except clipped, flopped and re-colored. The second illustration origins have not been identified.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
(Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.34 page

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1, 1942. No circulation data.

Depth Charge
(Table of Contents: 6)

Barry Kuda / comic story / 7 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; adventure
Characters:
The Midget Kingdom (villain, introduction); Barry Kuda; Algie; Merma
Synopsis:
The Midget Kingdom is stealing the air the people of Merma need.

Indexer Notes

app. between YANKEE COMICS #4 (Dynamic) / SPOTLIGHT COMICS #1 (Dynamic)
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested George Tuska for pencils and inks.

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

Judy Joy / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Al Zere (credited as Bates) (see notes)
Pencils:
Al Zere (credited as Bates) (see notes)
Inks:
Al Zere (credited as Bates) (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Al Zere (credited as Bates) (see notes)
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Ollie Joy; Judy Joy; Mr. Nexdoor
Synopsis:
The Joy family vacation is repeatedly postponed, so Judy says they can visit her mother and her husband can help with the canning. Ollie signs up for a 2-week shift as a Civil Defense "fire watcher" to avoid this chore.

Indexer Notes

This is an early version of Al Zere's "The Joy Family," which appeared in a number of Fox titles in 1944-46: although the characters have different first names and slightly different appearances, it's the same sort of "family situation comedy" strip. Al Zere had contributed to the previous issue of All-New Short Story Comics with a "Flossie" strip (under the name Jourdain) and this story is his style. [He also had a strip in All-New #5.]

Byline credited to "Bates" but this is clearly Zere's work.

Case of the Crumpling Skyscrapers
(Table of Contents: 8)

Scarlet Nemesis and Black Orchid / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Scarlet Nemesis [Rocky Ford] (introduction, only appearance); Black Orchid [Judith Allen] (introduction, only appearance); Jim Crow (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
The Scarlet Nemesis and the Black Orchid try to figure out who is blowing up the buildings in the city.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested George Tuska ? for pencils and inks.

Only appearance of the "Scarlet Nemesis and Black Orchid" feature.

The Curse of Gold
(Table of Contents: 9)

Scarlet Phantom / comic story / 7 pages

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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Scarlet Phantom [Jack Winstead]; Dr. Winstead (Jack's father, death); Dr. Gratz (introduction)
Synopsis:
Jack's father has invented an invisibility cloak that criminals want.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Bud Plant via the GCD Error List (22 December 2006); the original indexer credited Rudy Palais.

Only appearance of the "Scarlet Phantom" feature.

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

Moe, Joe, and Co. / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils:
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks:
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Art Helfant (signed)
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm Moe
Characters:
Moe; Joe; Hi-De-Ho; Bowser
Synopsis:
Three men annoy people in an office building.

Indexer Notes

Only appearance of the "Moe, Joe, and Co" feature.

Old Lady Dynamite
(Table of Contents: 11)

Ma Jenkins / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Ma Jenkins (introduction, only appearance); Danny Jenkins (introduction); Ted Jenkins (introduction); Pat Jenkins (introduction); Boss Hawkins (villain, introduction); Blackie; O'Toole; Joe
Synopsis:
Ma and her adopted sons capture a criminal gang.

Indexer Notes

Only appearance of the "Ma Jenkins" feature.

The Secret Weapon
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:war
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. Murder on the High Seas
  3. Mystery of the Hilarious Flight!
    Rex Elliott
  4. Crisis On Kiel Canal
  5. ["Fog made the night impenetrable."]
    The Story Behind the Cover
  6. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  7. Depth Charge
    Barry Kuda
  8. ["Boy! Two weeks vacation staring us in the face! Ain't it a thrill?"]
    Judy Joy
  9. Case of the Crumpling Skyscrapers
    Scarlet Nemesis and Black Orchid
  10. The Curse of Gold
    Scarlet Phantom
  11. ["I'm Moe"]
    Moe, Joe, and Co.
  12. Old Lady Dynamite
    Ma Jenkins
  13. The Secret Weapon
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  • Tony R. Rose
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