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All-American Comics 28

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #28

Cover Date: July 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Purcell


Story: [A Case of Heart Failure] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (last in All-Star Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Irene Miller
Doiby Dickles (made official cab driver for Apex Broadcasting; uses a Green rocket fired from the roof of his apartment house to summon the Green Lantern)

Villain(s):

Spider (first appearance; uses an formula to hypnotize, then murder older rich men)
Spider's gang (first appearance for all; Parrot Malone, The Hood and Snitch Carter named)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Henry (first appearance; an inventor of a high-power radio tower)

Location(s):

Capitol City

Comment(s):

Irwin Hasen credited as Mart Nodell.

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #1 (1999)


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Second Story: [No title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Mayer
ArtSheldon Mayer
LetteringSheldon Mayer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Scribbly Jibbet
Red Tornado (reveals her identity to the Cyclone Kids)

Supporting Character(s):

Cyclone Kid Sisty (Sisty Hunkel)
Cyclone Kid Dinky (Dinky Jibbet)
Gus Hunkel (dresses up as the Red Tornado)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill O'Connor
PencilsBen Flinton
InksLeonard Sansone
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Atom (last in All-Star Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Mary James

Villain(s):

a gang of hijackers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Baker (first appearance; framed for arson)
Jimmy Baker and Mrs. Baker (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

Calvin City


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Fourth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan (reveals himself as the Guardian Angel; next in All-Flash Quarterly #1/5)

Supporting Character(s):

Ikky Tinker
Prop Wash

Villain(s):

Angry Mexicans (first appearance)

Location(s):

Mexico

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.


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Fifth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite

Supporting Character(s):

Myra Mason
Hooty

Villain(s):

gold crooks (first appearance for all; uses a spotlight to crash gold cargo planes)

Location(s):

McNider's summer mountain home

Comment(s):

Story probably takes place during summer.
McNider can pilot a plane.


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Sixth Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Sargon the Sorcerer

Villain(s):

Train robbers (first appearance for all)


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Seventh Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth (?)
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan (next in World's Finest Comics #2/2)
Whitey Smith (next in World's Finest Comics #2/2)
Blooey Blue (next in World's Finest Comics #2/2)
Doris West (next in World's Finest Comics #2/2)

Villain(s):

foreign spies (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Professor Phipps (first appearance; creates a "detonation ray")


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