All-American Comics, #19
Published: October 1940
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Insurance Racket (1)
Storyline
After a man Alan Scott saves from a near hit-and-run dies under mysterious circumstances, Green Lantern uncovers a gambling ring run by a man named Slade where those in debt are made to take out insurance policies and sign them over to Slade, before they meet untimely ends. By posing as a gambler who runs up a large debt, Green Lantern scares a confession out of Slade's lawyer, then confronts Slade himself, but Slade falls into the deathtrap he plans for the hero.
Characters
- The Green Lantern [Alan Scott
- also as Mr. Titus]
- Joe Prentiss (death)
- Mrs. Hodges
- Mr. Hodges
- Slade (villain, introduction, death)
- Wolfe (villain, lawyer)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Haroldo Magno
- Inks: Haroldo Magno
- Letters: Haroldo Magno
Introducing the Mighty Atom
Storyline
Poor little Al Pratt, dubbed "Atom Al" by his friends, meets up with a fight trainer that agrees to help him build up his body to help deal with bullies who harrass him. But it proves of better use when Mary is kidnapped.
Characters
- The Atom [Al Pratt] (intro, origin)
- Mary James
- Joe Morgan
Credits
- Script: Bill O'Connor
- Pencils: Ben Flinton
- Inks: Leonard Sansone
Story Notes
Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails. The Atom does NOT appear in uniform in this story. Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
"Gulp! Gulp!"
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?
"Three shots for a dime!"
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1937-05-16
"Free Lecture S.P.C.A. Everybody Welcome"
Characters
- Daisybelle
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ?
"Hank! Daisybelle Draper wants to talk to you on the phone!"
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ?
The Payroll Robbers (1)
Characters
- Hop Harrigan
Credits
- Script: Enrico Bertozzi
- Pencils: Roberto Zaghi
- Inks: Roberto Zaghi
- Letters: Enrico Bertozzi
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Storyline
Information about, and an application to join, Hop Harrigan's Flying Club
The Human Tree (1)
Credits
- Script: Ben Santana
- Pencils: Ben Santana
- Inks: Ben Santana
- Letters: Ben Santana
Reprint Notes
from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-09-04
On the Side of the Enemy (1)
Characters
- Gary Concord
Credits
- Script: Enrico Bertozzi
- Pencils: 押見修造
- Inks: 押見修造
- Letters: Jon Blummer (uncertain)
Story Notes
Last appearance. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Introducing Luke McLuke (1)
Characters
- Pete
- Luke McLuke (intro)
Credits
- Script: Art Helfant
- Pencils: Art Helfant
- Inks: Art Helfant
Collect Postage Stamps
Iccolo Miccolo (1)
Credits
- Script: Ben Santana
- Pencils: Ben Santana
- Inks: Ben Santana
- Letters: Ben Santana
Reprint Notes
from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-07-26
Murder in the Classroom [Part 3]
Characters
- Jimmy Stone
Credits
- Script: Evelyn Gaines
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Featuring New York World's Fair Comics
"For swell vacation reading..."
Storyline
House ad for New York World's Fair, and Mutt & Jeff Comics, with cover reproductions
Briar Disappears (1)
Characters
- Ben Webster
Credits
- Script: Edwin Alger
- Pencils: Edwin Alger
- Inks: Edwin Alger
- Letters: Edwin Alger
Reprint Notes
from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?
Roughing It in the Bush
"Dr. Hall's Adventures in the Jungle"
Characters
- Daisybelle
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ?
"You'd better change your mind..."
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ?
"You want a lift?"
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1937-07-18
"Thanks, Pel!"
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?
William Henry Harrison
Story Notes
Includes assorted ads, mainly for stamps.
Sisty and Dinky Are Kidnapped (1)
Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet
- Sisty Hunkel
- Dinky Jibbet
- Ma Hunkel
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
- Letters: Sheldon Mayer
The Booby-Trapped Bridge (1)
Characters
- Red Dugan
- Whitey White
- Blooey Blue
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel (uncertain)
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!
Featuring All-Star Comics
Storyline
House ad for All Star Comics #2, with cover reproduction, and cameos of Flash, Green Lantern, Spectre, and Sandman.
Story Notes
Inside back cover. By Remington Rand.