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Issue: The Big All-American Comic Book #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1944
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: William H. Wise & Company
On Sale Date: 11/01/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 37 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

Published by William H. Wise & Company. Wise is the proxy "publisher" for All-American/National Periodical [DC]'s Big All-American Comic Book in an effort to bypass wartime paper restrictions.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): various (see notes)
Inker(s): various (see notes)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Flash; Atom; Red, White and Blue; Sargon; Scribbly; Johnny Thunder; Whip; Ghost Patrol; Bulldog Drumhead; Mutt and Jeff
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Red, White and Blue [Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue]; Sargon; Scribbly; Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; Johnny Thunder; Hop Harrigan; Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Ghost Patrol [Pedro; Slim; Fred]; Bulldog Drumhead; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Mutt; Jeff
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Disclose Notes: Each character appears to have been drawn by his regular artist. Green Lantern figure from cover of Green Lantern #8.

Per credits in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 2, art is by Sheldon Mayer, Howard Purcell, Joe Kubert, Everett E. Hibbard, Martin Naydel, Harry G. Peter and others.

Sargon the Sorcerer makes his only cover appearance, despite there being no Sargon story in the book.
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The Big All-American Comic Book Contents Page

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"Danny the Demon" Had Plans!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Major Steve Trevor; General Darnell; General Courtney (introduction, death); Colonel Fuzz (introduction); Bingley (amusement park manager, introduction); Dipsey (amusement park clown, introduction); Danny the Demon [Danny Deft; also as Dipsey the Clown] (villain, introduction)
First Line: Steve Trevor, with a gun in his hand...
Synopsis: Wonder Woman has to work fast to discover evidence that will exonerate Steve from the murder of General Courtney.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: My wife's after me again!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Why that looks like the bozo...
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Meet... J. Groaner Crooner

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Who's Who in Zooville
Character(s): J. Groaner Crooner
Synopsis: In order to honor Mr. Crooner, the fellas decide to put his footprints into wet cement, but ends up stuck fast when too many publicity pictures are taken!
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The Ten Buck Nut

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Scribbly and the Hunkel Family
Character(s): Ma Hunkel; Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
Synopsis: Ma and the kids head out to the racetrack and overhear a man who gets Ma to bet on "a sure thing" --- with disastrous results.
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Meet... Explorer Ernie

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Who's Who in Zooville
Character(s): Ernie
Synopsis: Ernie succesfully bags a lion during a hunt, but are taken prisoner by a native tribe that uses Ernie's cookbook to fix them for dinner!
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Putting on the Dog

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mrs. Herminetta Wallibi; Rollo (a trained dog); Big Mouth Bo-Bo (villain, introduction); Freddie the Fence (villain, mention only)
Synopsis: Big Mouth Bo-Bo kidnaps a talented dog who has been trained to open doors and arranges for it to be declared homeless so that it will be adopted into a wealthy family...all in order to rip them off!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: I can't sell you an alarm clock...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: I love Hortense but her old man always kicks me out!
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Three Fugitives from Clarence

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Genres: childrens, superhero
Character(s): Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys [Tubby; Toughy]; Tommy's un-named mother; Clarence; Monk Healey (villain); Baldy (villain)
Synopsis: Tommy is asked by his mother to watch little Clarence while she shops with his mother. But it's little Clarence who watches Tommy and his friends change into Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys, and decides to follow them on a case!
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Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet Thunder; Little Red Riding Hood [Peachy Pet] (dream sequence); Little Red's mother (dream sequence); Grandma [Johnny Thunder] (dream sequence); Big Bad Wolf (villain, a wolf, dream sequence)
Synopsis: After a rather wild birthday party for Peachy Pet, Johnny offers to tell her a bedtime story: Little Red Riding Hood. But Peachy has a disturbing nightmare, caused by too much food!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: I pitch a pretty good game of baseball!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Do you want to get rich quick?
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The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; un-named General; un-named Admiral; the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Hop and Tank are long overdue from a spy mission, in which they tried to discover a secret airplane hanger of the Japanese.
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Warpath

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Yellow Horse (Chief's son); Chief Laughing Dog; Shelby (villain); Daggett (villain); Charley (villain); Professor Brahmer (villain, chemist)
Synopsis: Rod Gaynor discovers a young Indian boy stabbed and gets him medical attention, only to learn that his people's cattle were poisoned by some men posing as chemists.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Cicero
First Line: You was the big shot in your school...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Gosh! I don't want to disturb Mutt...
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Simply Shocking

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pint-Size Pete
Character(s): Pint-Sized Pete; Minus (Pete's dog); B. Goat (City Dog Cather); Foxy Finageller (villain); Snapper (villain)
Synopsis: Pete heads for town to seek fame and fortune in order to help save his father's farm.
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Heroes Are Born...Not Made!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Leslie Banks (orphan home nursery attendant, daughter of "Pop" Banks); Adams (banker, Leslie's Uncle, death); Medusa [Leslie "Pop" Banks] (villain, bell ringer, sculptor, father of Leslie, death)
Synopsis: While visiting the city of Baxton, Alan and Doiby visit with the town's bell ringer, who tells them he will never ring the bell again until something heroic is done. Something heroic does occur, but with grim results.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Me as chef and him as waiter...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: A steak? Did you say a steak, sir?
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Meet Honest John

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult, war
Feature(s): The Ghost Patrol
Character(s): The Ghost Patrol [Slim; Pedro; Fred]; John Gyppem (villain); Big Charlie Bildit [aka Big Bill] (villain)
Synopsis: The Ghost Patrol are encouraged to help expose a crooked politician who is scheming to rip off the city for a million bucks!
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Pages: 8
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Models for Crime

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Jack Tarr (model ship builder); "Money" Lowy (villain)
Synopsis: The underworld settles in the corner of a small waterfront town, using ship models made by Jack Tarr to commit crimes.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: Hey, waiter! I ordered a steak!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: Here you are, sir! Your steak!
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Wildcat Meets the Kidder!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Ernest Kidder (villain)
Synopsis: Ernest Kidder was a practical joker...something that cost him every honest job he ever had. Now, he plans to use them to MAKE money...the dishonest way!
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A Hot Time in the Old Town

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; the Hot Shot (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Hot Shot, a man who decidedly hates the cold, decides to use his talent and love for the heat to make himself a bundle of cash.
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Disclose Notes: Hawkgirl wears a green top rather than her normal red one.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Yep! They're giving me a screen test...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: You look like you lost your best friend!
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Leary Leery McSneery

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Genres: anthropomorphic, mystery
Feature(s): Bulldog Drumhead
Character(s): Bulldog Drumhead; Oliver Wendell McDuffy; Leary Leery McSneery (villain)
Synopsis: Bulldog convinces himself that he can't let his partner run roughshod over him, yet little Oliver saves the day for him against Leery McSneery.
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The Million Dollar Apple!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Three Dimwits [Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan]; Robert Cromwell (noted explorer); Tony (fruit peddler); Jocko Wolf (villain)
Synopsis: Robert Cromwell, noted explorer, has discovered a several million dollar emerald while on one of his trips. A detective gets the bright idea of hiding the jewel in an apple, which accidentally finds its way into a fruit peddler's stand. Thanks to the Three Dimwits, the jewel turns up --- in a most unexpected way!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: Mutt says my girl wants to marry...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeff
First Line: Don't tell a soul but I get it in a little place...
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Character(s): Fat; Slat
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hop Harrigan; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Stretch Skinner; Noddy Toylan; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Etta Candy; The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Red Dugan; Peachy Pet; Scribbly Jibbet; Whitey Smith; Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Blooey Blue; Tubby; Pint Size Pete; Toughy; Atom [Al Pratt]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Bulldog Drumhead; Oliver; Johnny Thunder; Thunder Bolt; Sargon; Fred; Pedro; Slim; Jeff; Mutt
Synopsis: This was a promotional "memo" to the script department from the Editor regarding the features in the Big All-American Comic Book.
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