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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published Summer 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer, Julius Schwartz (Story editor), Ted Udall (story editor

Cover Details - "The Adventure of the Gambler"

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; V: Gambler.
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed as P.R.)
Inks Paul Reinman (signede as P.R.)

12 page Green Lantern story "It's Bad For Business"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles.
Synopsis Two spinsters attempt to teach the world better manners and they decide that Doiby is a prime candidate for their uplift society.
Genre superhero
Script Alfred Bester
Pencils Martin Nodell
Inks Martin Nodell
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-2-08.

3 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Pencils Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper strip reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-2-08.

13 page Green Lantern story "Doiby Dickles Enters High Sassiety"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Villains: Amanda, Zenobia, Knuckles Ryan, Butch Collins, Chisel Jones.
Synopsis Doiby decides to go into the cab business and hires a fleet of drivers. Little does he know that they are all former members of the underworld who use their routes to carry out armed robberies!
Genre superhero
Script Henry Kuttner
Pencils Martin Nodell
Inks Martin Nodell
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-2-08.

2 page text story "Woodall Mansion"

Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Green Lantern story "The Gambler"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; V: The Gambler [Steven Sharpe] (I).
Synopsis Green Lantern must face a new adversary who has turned his whole life into a breath-taking gamble, and who proves to be one of the Emerald Crusader's most crafty and deadly enemies.
Genre superhero
Script Henry Kuttner
Pencils Martin Nodell
Inks Martin Nodell
Notes Alan Scott works for WMCG radio for the first time in this story. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-2-08.