Issue Details

Issue	#101
Published	September 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Masquerade at Mesa City"

Characters	Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Lightning; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset)
Genre	western
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Notes	Cover is the same as the splash page of the Johnny Thunder story.

8 page Johnny Thunder story "Masquerade at Mesa City"

Characters	Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Lightning
Genre	western
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Letters	Alex Toth

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	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 reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

6 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Case of the Talking Shadows"

Characters	Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; the Great Ludwig (villain)
Synopsis	Dr. Mid-Nite investigates mysterious shadow men who have robbed a jewelry festival, and is drawn to a silhouette show run by the Great Ludwig.
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Rudolph Palais
Inks	Rudolph Palais
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	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 reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

4 page Everything Happens to Harry story "Chewing Gum"

Characters	Harry
Genre	humor
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan
Notes	Art credits revision from Irwin Hasen to Ed Wheelan by Craig Delich 2009-8-15 [also adding writer and letterer]. The Who's Who states that Hasen did "Everything Happens to Harvey" [not Harry] in the early 1950's.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	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 reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

7 page The Black Pirate story "The Ship That Sailed the Hills"

Characters	The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor
Genre	period
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff.
Genre	humor
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 8-15-09.

2 page none text story "Mailman on Horseback"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	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 reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

12 page Green Lantern story "Crimes from a Cardboard Box"

Characters	The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Streak
Synopsis	A gifted young inventor of children's games becomes a most striking criminal genius.
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Irwin Hasen
Notes	Writer credit per Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.