All-American Comics, #88

Published: August 1947

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All-American Comics #88

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Issue Contents:
Canvas of Crime
1 page superhero
Characters
  • The Green Lantern
  • Doiby Dickles
  • Mutt (inset)
  • Jeff (inset)
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Canvas of Crime!
Story 2 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Green Lantern is drawn into a strange case in which paintings depict murders yet to be committed. The prime suspect: Alan Scott!

Characters
  • The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
  • Doiby Dickles
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich. Alan Scott works for W.X.Y.Z. radio in the story.

Story 3 1 page humor

"Jeff sure is fond of his pet horse!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Story 4 1 page humor

"Where's Jeff, Mutt?"

Characters
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Pete Reiser
Story 5 1 page
Story 6 1 page humor

"Boom!" "Hey! See anything of a twin-engine plane going down?"

Characters
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 7 1 page humor

"Waiter, what kind of a place is this?"

Characters
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 8 1 page humor

"No! That's radio!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 9 1 page humor

"Jeff, you never told me about your childhood!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 10 1 page humor

"To who do you wish to speak to, sir?"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 11 1 page humor

"Jeff, I got a turkey for you..."

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story 12 1 page
Story 13 1 page humor

"-And then little Jeff went home..."

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Trapping the Bank Robber
Story 14 1 page
Tarantula Unmasks Dr. Mid-Nite (1)
Story 15 7 pages superhero
Storyline

Crooks suspect the true identity of the Man of Night, so they kidnap Dr. McNider to prove their point. Imagine their surprise when Dr. Mid-Nite appears to rescue the good doctor!

Characters
  • Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]
  • Tarantula (villain, not the hero)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Story 16 1 page
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right!
Story 17 6 pages historical

"Distance means nothing to that courageous corsair, the Black Pirate"

Storyline

A pirate , Don Stiletto , is pillaging the west coast of North America, because the Stiletto family’s land was unjustly swindled from his widowed mother by a wealthy landowner. The black pirate’s mission is to stop Don Stilleto and to return the family’s land that was unjustly taken.

Characters
  • The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
  • Justin
Credits
Story 18 1 page
Story 19 1 page humor

"Just ask the blacksmith for a job!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Story 20 1 page humor

"Something's wrong with my foot!"

Characters
  • Mutt
  • Jeff
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb
Story 21 1 page adventure

Featuring Funny Stuff; The Dodo and the Frog

Story 22 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Vote for J. Fenimore Frog"

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 23 0 pages
"Slick" Pulls a Fast One
Story 24 2 pages adventure
Characters
  • Slick
Credits
El Gringo Dingo or Go 'Way, Bossie!
Story 25 8 pages aviation
Characters
  • Hop Harrigan
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Story 26 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners
Story 27 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.