Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	October 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Sheldon Mayer
Notes	The indicia reads Issue #30 while the cover reads issue #31.

Cover Details

Characters	The Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles [inset].
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks	Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes	The indicia reads Issue #30 while the cover reads issue #31.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

14 page Green Lantern story "The Adventure of the Underfed Orphans"

Characters	Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles [prologue only], Villains: Grimstone (I), Honest John Logan (I).
Synopsis	A saleman offering tickets tp a dance to benefit an orphanage pics the interest of Alan Scott, who, in disguise, investigates charges that the orphanage feeds its charges sub-standard food.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils	Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks	Martin Nodell (signed as Martin Nodell)
Notes	1st page prologue is titled "Green Lantern Prologue", stating Doiby Dickles is leaving on a charity tour and is not in the rest of the story. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre	sitcom
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 reprints.

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "Claude"

Characters	Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly Jibbet.
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters	Sheldon Mayer

6 page Hop Harrigan story "The Cantrell Clan"

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 3-30-08.

1 page Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation filler

Characters	Hop Harrigan [inset]
Genre	fact
Script	Jon L. Blummer
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Notes	Credits added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre	sitcom
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 reprints.

8 page Red, White and Blue story "Case of the Tainted Meat"

Characters	Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West.
Genre	adventure
Script	John B. Wentworth?
Pencils	Harry Lampert
Inks	Harry Lampert
Notes	Credits corrected per Craig Delich 8/04.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre	sitcom
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 reprints.

8 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "The Stolen Car Gang"

Characters	Sargon [John Sargent]
Genre	occult
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Traitor's Payoff Part 2"

Characters	Jimmy Stone
Genre	adventure
Script	Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre	sitcom
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 reprints.

6 page The Atom story "The Dude Ranch Mystery"

Characters	The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils	Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks	Leonard Sansone
Notes	Inker credit per Jerry Bails corrected 8/04.

6 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Mystery of the Medium"

Characters	Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Myra Mason.
Genre	superhero
Script	Charles Reizenstein
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier