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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published December 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters The Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters typeset
Notes Oddity: GL wears the power ring on his right hand.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

10 page The Green Lantern story "The Long Lost Son"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Elias Strake (Villain; Intro); Cub Brenner/Tommy Blake
Synopsis GL involves himself in a strange case in which crooks get a young man to impersonate a couple's son who disappeared at age 9 in order to get at the couple's safe. The tables are turned when the young man is discovered to actually be the long lost son!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Inks Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Letters Carrie Nodell
Notes Oddity: GL wears the power ring on his right hand on the splash page only. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

4 page Scribbly story "The Red Tornado to the Rescue"

Characters Scribbly Jibbet; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Dinky Jibbet; Sisty Hunkel; Tubb Torponi and his gang (Villain)
Synopsis The Red Tornado wipes up the Torponi mob, but when the Police Chief takes credit for the the kids rescue, Ma Hunkel decides the Red Tornado should tell him off in no uncertain terms.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 33-26-08.
Reprinted in Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, A (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) #nn; in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

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 reprints.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre 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 Daisybelle filler

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

6 page Hop Harrigan story "The Shooting Match"

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 3-2-08.

6 page The Atom story "The Monsters from the Mine"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Professor Wilson; Mary James; Joe Morgan; Truck Tarbell; un-named "Emperor of America" (Intro; Death)
Synopsis In the midst of the Calvin College Sophomore picnic, the students are rounded up by a madman, a man who has learned how to transmute his will into any person's body and thus take control of them as his slaves.
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). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-26-08.
Reprinted In JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "Rescue on Mars: Part 2"

Characters Alan; Ted; Jack
Genre science fiction
Script Carl H. Claudy (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Wings over Panama Part 2"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines
Letters typeset

2 page Popsicle Pete filler "Waiting on an Investment"

Characters Pete
Genre gag
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

1 page All-American Comics Monthly Book review text article "The American Claimant"

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.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's cat
Genre 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 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 reprints.

5 page Ben Webster story "Little Tom's Trouble"

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. True writer/artist name [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

8 page Red, White and Blue story "The Wire-Cutters"

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