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Issue: All-American Comics #24
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 01/17/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Irwin Hasen
Irwin Hasen
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Green Lantern
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
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FlagGolden Age Green Lantern Archives #1 [First Printing] published June 1999
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The "Big Six" Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
Promotional advertisement for 6 of DC's biggest heroes starring in Action, Detective, Adventure, All-American, More Fun and Flash Comics.
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The Slave Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger (signed)
Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Green Lantern
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott; also as Lane]; Irene Miller; Mr. Blake (Scott's employer at APEX); Jim Cass; R. J. Karns (villain, shipping tycoon); Joe (villain); Pancho Lupo (villain); Jose (villain); Carlo (villain); Piedro (villain)
When Jim Cass tells him how he was tricked into working as a slave in the tropics for tycoon R. J. Karns, Alan Scott signs on for the same job. Then, as Green Lantern, he encourages the workers to rebel before grabbing the overseer in order to take him to the U.S. to force him to testify against Karns.
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Green Lantern resides in Capitol City in this story. Panel 3 on page 8 had to be based on the cover to All-American #18 done by Sheldon Moldoff.
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Neither Man Nor Mouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
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Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero, teen
Scribbly and the Red Tornado
The Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; The Cyclone Kids [Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet] (introduction); Scribbly Jibbet; un-named Morning Dispatch editor; Gus (Dispatch typesetter); Smokey (villain)
When the local newspaper publishes a story that the Red Tornado is a hoax, the crooks that had left town decide to return....with a vengeance!
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100,000 Men Kissed This Face

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
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Robert L. Ripley
Subject Matter
informational
Believe It or Not
Field Marshall Count of Wrangel
The strange stories of a horse with hair 10" long, a hole from a Civil War cannon ball in a wall that was cut out and framed, and how 100,000 men kissed the face of FM Wrangel at graduation are told.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
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Al Smith
Subject Matter
humorous
Mutt & Jeff
Mutt; Jeff
Sh-h - I'm settin' the hens on my colored Easter eggs...
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Easter Eggs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cicero's Cat
Cicero's Cat
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mutt & Jeff
For Sale Cheap
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Light Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cicero's Cat
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Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
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A. W. Nugent
Subject Matter
Four different tricks, such as "a trick star" and shadow pictures, are illustrated for the readers so that they can perform these at home.
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The Factory Infiltrators

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)
Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)
Jon L. Blummer [as Jon L-B] (signed)
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Jon L. Blummer
Subject Matter
aviation
Hop Harrigan
Hop Harrigan; Tank "Ikky" Tinker; Prop Wash; Miss Snap; un-named German spies (villains)
Hop investigates the disappearance of important tool dies and parts of secret aircraft from the factory.
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Here's More Good News for the Members of the All-American Flying Club!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Jon L. Blummer (spot illustration)
Jon L. Blummer (spot illustration)
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typeset
Subject Matter
All-American Flying Club
Hop Harrigan
Hop reports to all members of the Flying Club that free baggage stickers from T.W.A. and Eastern Airlines are available to them.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Jon L. Blummer [as JLB] (signed; spot illustration; main feature art?)
Jon L. Blummer [as JLB] (signed; spot illustration; main feature art?)
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?
Subject Matter
informational
Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation
Hop Harrigan; Paul Redfern; Art Goebel; Colonel Clarence Chamberlain; Ernest L. Smith; Emory B. Bronte; Lt. Lester J. Maitland; Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger
The famous Bellanca Monoplane...
True stories about famed aviators are recounted by Hop.
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Subject Matter
Baby Ruth
James Crowley
Curtiss Candy Company illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, using Fordham University's head football coach, James Crowley, as spokesman.
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Shakedown Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill O'Connor (signed)
Ben Flinton (signed)
Leonard Sansone
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Atom
The Atom [Al Pratt]; Blackie (young bootblack); un-named Boss (villain, introduction); Slink (villain, introduction)
The Atom steps in to halt a protection racket involving local newsboys and bootblacks.
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The County Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Helfant (signed)
Art Helfant (signed)
Art Helfant (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Popsicle Pete
Pete; Butch; J. Moses Appleberry (scout for the Silver Gloves Boxing Committee)
When Pete is able to ring a bell at the local county fair, he is offered the chance to fight a champion boxer, "One-Round O'Rouke," in the Silver Gloves boxing contest.
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Rescue on Mars, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl H. Claudy (signed)
Stan Asch
Stan Asch
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Adventures in the Unknown
Ted; Alan; Jack; Dr. Lutyens; the Martians (villains)
Ted, Alan and Jack attempt to track down Professor Lutyens, who is being held prisoner in the Hall of the Great Brain.
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Announcing Two New Exciting Features Which Will Make All-American Comics Even Better Than Before!

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Stan Asch (Dr. Mid-Nite); Howard Purcell (Sargon)
Stan Asch (Dr. Mid-Nite); Howard Purcell (Sargon)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Dr. Mid-Nite; Sargon the Sorcerer
Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Hooty (an owl); Sargon [John Sargent]
Promotional plugs, with illustrations, introduce new features to the All-American Comic's line-up: Dr. Mid-Nite & Hooty in issue #25 and Sargon the Sorcerer in issue #26.
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Franklin Pierce

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
All-American Stamp Page
Franklin Pierce
Half the page is devoted to the 14 cent stamp, which has the portrait of President Franklin Pierce on it. Rest of page is stamp dealer advertisements.
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The Missing Witness

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)
Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Jimmy Stone
Jimmy Stone; Phil Hackett; Linda Warren; Crandall (insurance agent); McKenzie (a lapidary); Andrews (Harcourt's butler); J.P. Harcourt (villain)
Through a shrewd luck, Jimmy overhears and sees Harcourt's insurance man, Crandall, pull the thought-to-be stolen Burma Ruby pulled out of a wall safe, and concludes that Harcourt is attempting to defraud the insurance company.
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Amazing Combination Offer

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Subject Matter
Remington Rand
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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rusty Messing
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational
All-American Comics Monthly Book Review
Rusty Messing, a reader of All-American Comics, provides his review of Geoffrey Chaucer's book, "Canterbury Tales."
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A few small ads on the book review page.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
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A. W. Nugent
Subject Matter
Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics
Five different illustrated activities for the reader are shown.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
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Al Smith
Subject Matter
humorous
Mutt & Jeff
Mutt; Jeff
There she is, Mutt- My new maid!
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Heartbroken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cicero's Cat
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from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-06-21
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0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mutt & Jeff
Pedigree dogs, that's what these are, ma'am!
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Accidental Shower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cicero's Cat
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from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1935-05-12
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0.33
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Fort "Blunder"

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
Robert L. Ripley [as Rip] (signed)
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Robert L. Ripley
Subject Matter
informational
Believe It or Not
Adele Garrison; Frank Carretta
The features tell about: wooden horse carver Frank Carretta, who has never ridden a horse; Adele Harrison, who wrote the longest story ever told; and a fort built at Rowse's Point, New York, accidentally built on British soil in 1818, and sometimes referred to as Fort Blunder!
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Just Call Me Mr. Black

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edwin Alger
Edwin Alger
Edwin Alger
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Ben Webster
Ben Webster; Billy; Mr. Black; Mrs. Jackson; Bart Campbell
Mrs. Jackson and the entire household is mystified by the oddities surrounding the new boarder, Mr. Black, who turns out to be a writer!
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Duty on the Docks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel ?
William Smith
William Smith
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Subject Matter
adventure
Red, White and Blue
Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West [as Doris Mosey]; Captain Todt (villain); Sigmund (villain)
Red, Whitey and Blooey react to rough tactics used on a old pencil seller by some criminals, not realizing that it's Doris in disguise, who has been assigned by G-2 to investigate the activities of a mysterious frieghter on the waterfront.
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Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All Star No. 4!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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E. E. Hibbard
E. E. Hibbard
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?
Subject Matter
All-Star Comics
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Illustrated promotional ad for All-Star Comics #4 and the new JSA adventure "For America and Democracy!" including the cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Wilson Chemical Company
Advertisements from the Wilson Chemical Company of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, makers of White Cloverine brand salve.
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Ready the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Fred Harman (signed)
Fred Harman (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Air Rifles
Red Ryder; Little Beaver
Daisy Manufacturing Company ad for their new air rifle, the "1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine."
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