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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published January 1941
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
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

10 page The Green Lantern story "Fix the Fight Game"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Tyler; Brute Nolan; Kid McKay; Mark Karaste (Villain)
Synopsis Notorious mobsters kidnap the wife of a boxing champion and threaten to kill her unless he agrees to throw the fight.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Inks Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)
Letters Carrie Nodell
Notes Story takes place in Capitol City. Oddity: a crook was destroyed when he placed GL's power ring on his finger. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

4 page Scribbly story "Search for the Red Tornado"

Characters Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet; Sisty Hunkel; Dinky Jibbet
Synopsis Scribbly's newspaper editor, knowing that the Red Tornado operates solely in the neighborhood, assigned Scribbly to try and get a drawing made of the hero so that his paper could get a scoop over the other newspapers in town.
Genre humor; teen; superhero
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-26-08.
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 humor; children
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters Gene Byrnes
Notes Newspaper reprints.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Secret on the Mountain"

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.

1 page Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation text article

Characters Hop Harrigan (spot illo)
Genre fact
Script Jon L. Blummer
Pencils Jon L. Blummer
Inks Jon L. Blummer
Letters typeset
Notes Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

6 page The Atom story "Truckers' War"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mr. Tarbell; Truck Tarbell; Joe Morgan; Mary James; Lefty Lou Albano (villain)
Synopsis The Atom decides to help out a fellow student's father, who is being forced to pay protection money to racketeers.
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 3"

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

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Crime, Inc. Part 1"

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

2 page Popsicle Pete filler "Officer O'Toole"

Characters Pete; Officer O'Toole
Genre gag
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

Half page All-American Comics Monthly Book Review text article "The Prince and the Pauper"

Letters typeset

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 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 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.

5 page Ben Webster story "The Gold Mine Stock"

Characters Ben Webster
Genre adventure
Script Russell Cole (signed as Edwin Alger)
Pencils Russell Cole (signed as Edwin Alger)
Inks Russell Cole (signed as Edwin Alger)
Notes Newspaper reprint. True writer/artist credit [Cole] added by Craig Delich 3-2-08.

8 page Red, White and Blue story "The Mining Accidents"

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