Issue Details

Issue	#19
Published	October 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Sheldon Mayer
Notes	In this issue, Scribbly makes an advertizing plug for All-Star Comics #2. However, this plug curiously appears on the "All-American Stamp Page" instead of next to the cover reproduction elsewhere in the issue.

Cover Details

Characters	The Green Lantern
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

8 page The Green Lantern story "The Insurance Racket"

Characters	The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Joe Prentiss (Death); Hodges (Villain); Gambler Slade (Villain; Intro); Wolfe (Villain); Mr. Titus (Death)
Synopsis	Green Lantern struggles to stop Gambler Slade, who has been murdering men who owed him money, after first forcing them to sign insurance policies naming him as beneficiary.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils	Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Inks	Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Letters	Martin Nodell
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page The Mighty Atom story "Introducing the Mighty Atom"

Characters	The Atom [Al Pratt] (intro, origin); Mary James; Joe Morgan.
Synopsis	Poor little Al Pratt, dubbed "Atom Al" by his friends, meets up with a fight trainer that agrees to help him build up his body to help deal with bullies who harrass him. But it proves of better use when Mary is kidnapped.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils	Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks	Leonard Sansone
Notes	Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). The Atom does NOT appear in uniform in this story. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-35-08.
Reprinted	in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn; in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre	humor; sitcom
Script	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters	Al Smith
Notes	Newspaper reprints.

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	sitcom; humor
Script	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters	Al Smith
Notes	Newspaper reprint.

1 page Daisybelle filler

Characters	Daisybelle
Genre	children; humor
Script	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters	Gene Byrnes
Notes	Newspaper reprint.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "The Payroll Robbers"

Characters	Hop Harrigan
Genre	aviation
Script	Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks	Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Letters	Jon L. Blummer
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.

1 page Believe It or Not filler

Genre	facts
Script	Robert L. Ripley
Pencils	Robert L. Ripley
Inks	Robert L. Ripley
Letters	Robert L. Ripley
Notes	Newspaper reprint.

8 page Gary Concord the Ultra-Man story "On the Side of the Enemy"

Characters	Gary Concord
Genre	superhero; science fiction
Script	Jon L. Blummer
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Letters	Jon L. Blummer?
Notes	Last appearance. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.

2 page Popsicle Pete filler "Introducing Luke McLuke"

Characters	Pete; Luke McLuke (Intro)
Genre	gag
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

1 page Believe It or Not filler

Genre	facts
Script	Robert L. Ripley
Pencils	Robert L. Ripley
Inks	Robert L. Ripley
Letters	Robert L. Ripley
Notes	Newspaper reprint.

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Murder in the Classroom Part 3"

Characters	Jimmy Stone
Genre	adventure
Script	Evelyn Gaines
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Inks	Sheldon Mayer (spot illo)
Letters	typeset

5 page Ben Webster story "Briar Disappears"

Characters	Ben Webster
Genre	adventure
Script	Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Pencils	Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Inks	Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger] (signed)
Notes	Newspaper reprint. Writer/artist's true name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-1-08.

1 page All-American Comics Monthly Book Review text article "Roughing It in the Bush"

1 page Daisybelle filler

Characters	Daisybelle
Genre	humor; children
Script	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters	Gene Byrnes
Notes	Newspaper reprint.

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	humor; sitcom
Script	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters	Al Smith
Notes	Newspaper reprints.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre	humor; sitcom
Script	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters	Al Smith
Notes	Newspaper reprints.

4 page Scribbly story "Sisty and Dinky Are Kidnapped"

Characters	Scribbly Jibbet; Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet; Ma Hunkel
Genre	humor; teen; adventure
Script	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters	Sheldon Mayer

8 page Red, White and Blue story "The Booby-Trapped Bridge"

Characters	Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Siegel?
Pencils	William Smith
Inks	William Smith