All-American Comics, #16
Published: July 1940
Cover
Reviews
Posts About This Issue
No discussions yet.
Issue Contents:
Introducing the Green Lantern!
Characters
- The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Story Notes
Oddity: GL wears his power ring on his right hand.
Featuring Flash Comics
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Origin of Green Lantern (1)
"Out in the great west, a train makes a test crossing over a newly constructed trestle bridge..."
Storyline
Construction engineer Alan Scott survives an explosion during a test crossing of a trestle bridge and learns he was saved by the green lantern he carried. The lantern tells how long ago a meteor was formed into a lamp by a Chinese lampmaker and how it protected him from his murderous neighbors. Later the lamp was found by an asylum inmate, who re-formed it into a lantern and was cured of his insanity by the lantern. Now it brings power to Scott, who forms a ring out of part of it and uses his new abilities to force a confession for the sabotage of the bridge out of Dekker, a rival contractor.
Characters
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (introduction, origin, railroad construction engineer)
- Chang (lamp maker)
- Joe (asylum guard)
- Billings (asylum patient)
- Jimmy (railroad worker)
- Dekker (villain, death)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Haroldo Magno
- Inks: Haroldo Magno
- Letters: Haroldo Magno
Story Notes
Oddities: 1) GL wears the power ring on his right hand in the story; 2) he doesn't charge his ring but gets power by picking the lamp up; and 3) he repeats the oath in the last panel w/o charging the ring.
The Rescue (1)
Characters
- Hop Harrigan
Credits
- Pencils: Roberto Zaghi
- Letters: Roberto Zaghi
- Script: Roberto Zaghi
- Inks: Roberto Zaghi
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
"In the recent repeal election..."
Credits
- Script: Ben Santana
- Pencils: Ben Santana
- Inks: Ben Santana
- Letters: Ben Santana
Reprint Notes
from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-07-04
"Pop, will you give me a dime..."
Characters
- Mutt
- Jeff
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
- Letters: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-16
Frog Chase (1)
Characters
- Cicero's Cat
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-16
"With all this dry weather we've been having..."
Characters
- Mutt
- Jeff
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-06-25
Hidden Mice (1)
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-06-25
"What happened to your nose, Daisybelle?"
Characters
- Daisybelle
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Reprint Notes
from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ?
"My goodness, Daisybelle it certainly takes you..."
Credits
- Script: Gene Byrnes
- Pencils: Gene Byrnes
- Inks: Gene Byrnes
- Letters: Gene Byrnes
Sealed Orders (1)
Characters
- Red Dugan
- Whitey Smith
- Blooey Blue
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel (uncertain)
- Pencils:
- Inks:
The Sinister Mansion (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) ?
Stamps (1)
Characters
- Pete
Credits
- Script: Art Helfant
- Pencils: Art Helfant
- Inks: Art Helfant
Boys & Girls!
Traitors' Treachery, Part III
Characters
- Jimmy Stone
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
Story Notes
Several small ads on the second page of the text story.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Infra Red Destroyers [Part 4]
The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
"Oh, boy! Can she kiss!"
Characters
- Mutt
- Jeff
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
- Letters: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-23
Milk Bottle (1)
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-23
"I got permission from the manager to rehearse our act..."
Characters
- Mutt
- Jeff
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-02
Barrel Roll (1)
Credits
- Script: Magda Price
- Pencils: Magda Price
- Inks: Magda Price
Reprint Notes
from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1939-07-02
The Square 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) 1935-07-01
John Quincy Adams
Story Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
Good-Bye, Widow-Maker (1)
Characters
- Scribbly
Credits
- Script: Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils: Sheldon Mayer
- Inks: Sheldon Mayer
- Letters: Sheldon Mayer
The Power Plant Failure (1)
Featuring All-Star Comics
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover. Ad by Home Recording Co.