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All-American Comics

All-American Comicsis acomics anthologyand the flagship title ofcomic bookpublisherAll-American Publications,one of the forerunners ofDC Comics.It ran for 102 issues from 1939 to 1948. Characters created for the title, includingGreen Lantern,theAtom,theRed Tornado,Doctor Mid-Nite,andSargon the Sorcerer,later became mainstays of the DC Comics line.

All-American Comics
Solomon Grundy's first appearance inAll-American Comics#61 (Oct. 1944), art byPaul Reinman.
Publication information
PublisherAll-American Publications
ScheduleMonthly:
#1–49, #71–102
Eight times a year:
#50–66
Bi-monthly:
#67–70
FormatOngoing series
Publication dateApril 1939 – October 1948
No.of issues102
Creative team
Written byAlfred Bester,Bill Finger,Sheldon Mayer,Bill O'Connor
Artist(s)Ben Flinton, Sheldon Mayer,Martin Nodell,Paul Reinman
Editor(s)
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Publication history

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All-American Comicspublished 102 issues from April 1939 to October 1948.[1]The series was an anthology which included a mixture of new material and reprints of newspaper strips.[2]Sheldon Mayer's Scribbly was introduced in the first issue as wasHop Harrigan.[3][4]

TheGolden AgeGreen Lanternwas introduced by artist/creatorMartin Nodellin issue #16 (July 1940).[5]He continued in the title until #102 (Oct 1948).[6]

The Golden AgeAtomdebuted in #19 (October 1940)[7][8]and Mayer created the originalRed Tornadoin #20 (November 1940).[9][10]

Doctor Mid-Nitefirst appeared in #25 (April 1941),[11][12]whileHoward Purcelland John Wentworth introducedSargon the Sorcererin the following month's issue.[13]

Alfred BesterandPaul Reinmancreated the monstrous supervillainSolomon Grundyin #61 (October 1944).[14]

Other features included "Toonerville Folks",[15]"Mutt and Jeff",[16]and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!".

All-American Publications and all its titles were purchased by National Periodicals (DC Comics) in 1946. Responding to the demand forWestern comics,All-American Comicschanged title and format with #103 (November 1948) toAll-American Western.The retitled series hadJohnny Thunderas the lead feature.[17][18]It changed title and format again toAll-American Men of Waras of #127 (August–September 1952).[19]

A May 1999one-shotissue by writerRon Marzand artistEduardo Barretowas a part of the "Justice Society Returns"storyline.[20]

Features

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References

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  1. ^All-American Comicsat theGrand Comics Database
  2. ^Mitchell, Kurt; Thomas, Roy (2019).American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944.TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 26.ISBN978-1605490892.
  3. ^Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1930s".DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley.p. 24.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.Edited by Sheldon Mayer, the title contained newspaper reprints and puzzle pages alongside original material such as Mayer's own 'Scribbly'... The features 'Hop Harrigan' and 'Red, White, and Blue' also debuted in this issue.{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^Markstein, Don (2005)."Hop Harrigan".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-05-27.Hop was introduced in All-American's first release, appropriately titledAll-American Comics#1, which was dated April 1939.
  5. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 32: "Alan Scott underwent an unexpected career change into the costumed hero Green Lantern in a story by creator Martin Nodell (using the pseudonym 'Mart Dellon') and writer Bill Finger".
  6. ^Benton, Mike (1992).Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History.Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 147.ISBN0-87833-808-X.Retrieved1 April2020.
  7. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 33: "Writer Bill O'Connor and artist Ben Flinton revealed the Atom in a short, six-page story, though the non-superpowered character soon went on to bigger things".
  8. ^Markstein, Don (2008)."The Atom".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-05-28.The Atom debuted in DC'sAll-American Comics#19 (November 1940).
  9. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 33: "The Red Tornado was the first outright super hero parody at DC, and she was also one of the company's first prominent female characters".
  10. ^Markstein, Don (2009)."The Red Tornado".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on May 28, 2024.
  11. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 37: "April'sAll-American Comics#25 saw the costumed hero Doctor Mid-Nite make his first appearance ".
  12. ^Markstein, Don (2008)."Dr. Mid-Nite".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on May 27, 2024.
  13. ^Markstein, Don (2008)."Sargon the Sorcerer".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on May 25, 2024.
  14. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 47: "Green Lantern faced a monstrous foe inAll-American Comics#61. Solomon Grundy was a zombielike strongman...His origin, recounted in a story by writer Alfred Bester and artist Paul Reinman, involved the corpse of a murdered man ".
  15. ^Markstein, Don (2007)."Toonerville Folks".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-05-28.Unlike most strips published through the 1930s and '40s,Toonervillenever made it into Big Little Books or comic books (except some reprints in the back pages of early issues of DC'sAll-American Comics).
  16. ^Markstein, Don (2006)."Mutt and Jeff".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archivedfrom the original on 2009-10-16.Retrieved2017-10-16.[Mutt and Jeff] found a lasting berth in DC'sAll-American Comics,where, starting in the first issue, they were among several newspaper comics scattered among the non-reprinted features
  17. ^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 59: "All-American ComicsbecameAll-American Westernwith this issue [#103], and Johnny Thunder leaped out from a backdrop of comic pages on the cover to announce the radical transition ".
  18. ^All-American Westernat theGrand Comics Database
  19. ^All-American Men of Warat theGrand Comics Database
  20. ^All-American Comicsone-shotat theGrand Comics Database
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