Issue Details

Issue	#34
Published	January 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters	Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Irwin Hasen
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

13 page Green Lantern story "The Building Racket"

Characters	Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles; Villains: Nick Darcy, Mayor Castor, Mr. Livingston.
Synopsis	An investigation by the Green Lantern into the faulty construction of buildings by the Blake Construction Company reveals that the company is just a dummy corporation designed to protect the real one: the Livingston Company, supposedly above reproach. To escape prosecution, the Livingston Company decides to pin a murder rap on the Master of Light!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils	Irwin Hasen (signed as Martin Nodell)
Inks	Irwin Hasen (signed as Martin Nodell)
Notes	Art credits corrected 8/04 per Craig Delich. Credits in the Golden Age Green Lantern Archives are wrong. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-1-08.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Twink's Secret"

Characters	Hop Harrigan; Twink.
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 4-1-08.

Half page Hop Harrigan's History of Aviation filler

Characters	Hop Harrigan [inset]
Genre	fact
Script	Jon L. Blummer
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Letters	Jon L. Blummer

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff.
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. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-1-08.

6 page The Atom story "The Defense Bond Manipulators"

Characters	The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Pete; Joe (villain); Mike (villain).
Synopsis	The Atom discovers that men who sold Al Pratt phony defense bonds and who had kidnapped Mary Jane are actually foreign spies.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill O'Connor (signed)
Pencils	Ben Flinton (signed)
Inks	Leonard Sansone
Notes	Inker credit per Jerry Bails, corrected 8/04. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-09.

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "Hunt for the Red Tornado's Identity"

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

Half page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff.
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. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-1-08.

6 page Red, White and Blue story "Terror of the Man-Made Meteors"

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 filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff.
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. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-1-08.

8 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "Sargon's Challenge"

Characters	Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles; Mrs. Vandervan; Prince Stroganoff (villain); Ivan (villain).
Synopsis	Sargon puts a halt to a scheme of a phony Prince, in reality a side show performer and a fraud, who is engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family.
Genre	occult
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell
Notes	Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Bomb on Board!"

Characters	Jimmy Stone
Genre	adventure
Script	Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer [spot illos]
Inks	Sheldon Mayer [spot illos]
Letters	typeset

8 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Dr. Kwack"

Characters	Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; Dr. Kwack (villain).
Synopsis	The Man of Night suspects that a new physician in town is a fraud, especially when he diagnoses a healthy patient having a rare disease!
Genre	superhero
Script	Charles Reizenstein
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Notes	Writer credit per Craig Delich, added 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-09.