All-American Comics, #24

Published: March 1941

Cover

All-American Comics #24

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Credits
The "Big Six" Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field!
Story 1 1 page superhero
Storyline

Promotional advertisement for 6 of DC's biggest heroes starring in Action, Detective, Adventure, All-American, More Fun and Flash Comics.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
  • Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
  • Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
  • Flash [Jay Garrick]
Story Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

The Slave Racket (1)
Story 2 10 pages superhero
Storyline

When Jim Cass tells him how he was tricked into working as a slave in the tropics for tycoon R. J. Karns, Alan Scott signs on for the same job. Then, as Green Lantern, he encourages the workers to rebel before grabbing the overseer in order to take him to the U.S. to force him to testify against Karns.

Characters
  • The Green Lantern [Alan Scott
  • also as Lane]
  • Irene Miller
  • Mr. Blake (Scott's employer at APEX)
  • Jim Cass
  • R. J. Karns (villain, shipping tycoon)
  • Joe (villain)
  • Pancho Lupo (villain)
  • Jose (villain)
  • Carlo (villain)
  • Piedro (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Green Lantern resides in Capitol City in this story. Panel 3 on page 8 had to be based on the cover to All-American #18 done by Sheldon Moldoff.

Neither Man Nor Mouse (1)
Story 3 4 pages humor; superhero; teen
Storyline

When the local newspaper publishes a story that the Red Tornado is a hoax, the crooks that had left town decide to return....with a vengeance!

Characters
  • The Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]
  • The Cyclone Kids [Sisty Hunkel
  • Dinky Jibbet] (introduction)
  • Scribbly Jibbet
  • un-named Morning Dispatch editor
  • Gus (Dispatch typesetter)
  • Smokey (villain)
100,000 Men Kissed This Face (1)
Story 4 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

The strange stories of a horse with hair 10" long, a hole from a Civil War cannon ball in a wall that was cut out and framed, and how 100,000 men kissed the face of FM Wrangel at graduation are told.

Characters
  • Field Marshall Count of Wrangel
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-08-21

Story 5 1 page humor

"Sh-h - I'm settin' the hens on my colored Easter eggs..."

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-04-12

Easter Eggs (1)
Story 6 0 pages humor
Characters
  • Cicero's Cat
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-04-12

Story 7 1 page humor

"For Sale Cheap"

Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-03-29

Light Switch (1)
Story 8 0 pages humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-03-29

Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends
Story 9 1 page
Storyline

Four different tricks, such as "a trick star" and shadow pictures, are illustrated for the readers so that they can perform these at home.

The Factory Infiltrators (1)
Story 10 6 pages aviation
Storyline

Hop investigates the disappearance of important tool dies and parts of secret aircraft from the factory.

Characters
  • Hop Harrigan
  • Tank "Ikky" Tinker
  • Prop Wash
  • Miss Snap
  • un-named German spies (villains)
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Here's More Good News for the Members of the All-American Flying Club!
Story 11 1 page aviation
Storyline

Hop reports to all members of the Flying Club that free baggage stickers from T.W.A. and Eastern Airlines are available to them.

Characters
  • Hop Harrigan
Story 12 1 page non-fiction; aviation

"The famous Bellanca Monoplane..."

Storyline

True stories about famed aviators are recounted by Hop.

Characters
  • Hop Harrigan
  • Paul Redfern
  • Art Goebel
  • Colonel Clarence Chamberlain
  • Ernest L. Smith
  • Emory B. Bronte
  • Lt. Lester J. Maitland
  • Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger
Credits
Story Notes

Credits added by Craig Delich.

Story 13 1 page
Storyline

Curtiss Candy Company illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, using Fordham University's head football coach, James Crowley, as spokesman.

Characters
  • James Crowley
Shakedown Racket (1)
Story 14 6 pages superhero
Storyline

The Atom steps in to halt a protection racket involving local newsboys and bootblacks.

Characters
  • The Atom [Al Pratt]
  • Blackie (young bootblack)
  • un-named Boss (villain, introduction)
  • Slink (villain, introduction)
Story Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails.

The County Fair (1)
Story 15 2 pages humor
Storyline

When Pete is able to ring a bell at the local county fair, he is offered the chance to fight a champion boxer, "One-Round O'Rouke," in the Silver Gloves boxing contest.

Characters
  • Pete
  • Butch
  • J. Moses Appleberry (scout for the Silver Gloves Boxing Committee)
Credits
Rescue on Mars, Part 5
Story 16 6 pages science fiction
Storyline

Ted, Alan and Jack attempt to track down Professor Lutyens, who is being held prisoner in the Hall of the Great Brain.

Characters
  • Ted
  • Alan
  • Jack
  • Dr. Lutyens
  • the Martians (villains)
Credits
Announcing Two New Exciting Features Which Will Make All-American Comics Even Better Than Before!
Story 17 1 page superhero
Storyline

Promotional plugs, with illustrations, introduce new features to the All-American Comic's line-up: Dr. Mid-Nite & Hooty in issue #25 and Sargon the Sorcerer in issue #26.

Characters
  • Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]
  • Hooty (an owl)
  • Sargon [John Sargent]
Franklin Pierce
Story 18 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

Half the page is devoted to the 14 cent stamp, which has the portrait of President Franklin Pierce on it. Rest of page is stamp dealer advertisements.

Characters
  • Franklin Pierce
The Missing Witness
Story 19 2 pages adventure
Storyline

Through a shrewd luck, Jimmy overhears and sees Harcourt's insurance man, Crandall, pull the thought-to-be stolen Burma Ruby pulled out of a wall safe, and concludes that Harcourt is attempting to defraud the insurance company.

Characters
  • Jimmy Stone
  • Phil Hackett
  • Linda Warren
  • Crandall (insurance agent)
  • McKenzie (a lapidary)
  • Andrews (Harcourt's butler)
  • J.P. Harcourt (villain)
Amazing Combination Offer
Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Ad by Remington Rand

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Story 21 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

Rusty Messing, a reader of All-American Comics, provides his review of Geoffrey Chaucer's book, "Canterbury Tales."

Story Notes

Writer added by Craig Delich.

Story 22 0 pages
Story Notes

A few small ads on the book review page.

Story 23 1 page
Storyline

Five different illustrated activities for the reader are shown.

Story 24 1 page humor

"There she is, Mutt- My new maid!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-06-21

Heartbroken (1)
Story 25 0 pages humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1936-06-21

Story 26 1 page humor

"Pedigree dogs, that's what these are, ma'am!"

Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1935-05-12

Accidental Shower (1)
Story 27 0 pages humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1935-05-12

Fort "Blunder" (1)
Story 28 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

The features tell about: wooden horse carver Frank Carretta, who has never ridden a horse; Adele Harrison, who wrote the longest story ever told; and a fort built at Rowse's Point, New York, accidentally built on British soil in 1818, and sometimes referred to as Fort Blunder!

Characters
  • Adele Garrison
  • Frank Carretta
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-08-22

Just Call Me Mr. Black (1)
Story 29 5 pages adventure
Storyline

Mrs. Jackson and the entire household is mystified by the oddities surrounding the new boarder, Mr. Black, who turns out to be a writer!

Characters
  • Ben Webster
  • Billy
  • Mr. Black
  • Mrs. Jackson
  • Bart Campbell
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

Duty on the Docks (1)
Story 30 8 pages adventure
Storyline

Red, Whitey and Blooey react to rough tactics used on a old pencil seller by some criminals, not realizing that it's Doris in disguise, who has been assigned by G-2 to investigate the activities of a mysterious frieghter on the waterfront.

Characters
  • Red Dugan
  • Whitey White
  • Blooey Blue
  • Doris West [as Doris Mosey]
  • Captain Todt (villain)
  • Sigmund (villain)
Credits
Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All Star No. 4!

Featuring All-Star Comics

Story 31 1 page
Storyline

Illustrated promotional ad for All-Star Comics #4 and the new JSA adventure "For America and Democracy!" including the cover.

Characters
  • Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
  • Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
  • Flash [Jay Garrick]
  • Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]
  • Hawkman [Carter Hall]
  • Atom [Al Pratt]
  • Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]
  • Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Credits
Story 32 1 page
Storyline

Advertisements from the Wilson Chemical Company of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, makers of White Cloverine brand salve.

Story Notes

Found on the inside back cover.

Ready the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine
Story 33 1 page
Storyline

Daisy Manufacturing Company ad for their new air rifle, the "1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine."

Characters
  • Red Ryder
  • Little Beaver
Credits
Story Notes

Found on the back cover.