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All-American Comics 40

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #40

Cover Date: July 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Irwin Hasen


Story: "The Circle of Kafoon" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (between All-Star Squadron #27 and #31)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles
Irene Miller (last in Green Lantern #4)

Villain(s):

Scarpo (first appearance; gangster who trick the priests of Dhoy Bhee into committing crimes)

Other Character(s):

Priests of the Great God Dhoy Bhee (first appearance for all; Goro named; monks from the small country of Kafoonistan seeking the new chief monk who resembles their gods, a match for Doiby)


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Second Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite (last in All-Star Comics #12/All-Star Squadron #30; next in flashback in Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2011 #1/7)

Supporting Character(s):

Myra Mason (last in All-Star Comics #12/All-Star Squadron #30)
Hooty (last in All-Star Comics #12/All-Star Squadron #30)

Villain(s):

German and Japanese spies (first appearance for all)


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Third Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan (now stationed at Randolph Field, TX)

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker
Prop Wash
Miss Snap
Gerry Nye
Booker
Spud (first appearance; an ex-tractor salesman and a cadet; transfers to USAAF Maintainance)
Blimey (first appearance; a English pilot trainee)


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Fourth Story: [No title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Sargon the Sorcerer (between All-Star Squadron #28 and #31)

Supporting Character(s):

Flora Styles

Villain(s):

Crooks selling bad clothes (first and only appearance for all)


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Fifth Story: [No title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Mayer
ArtSheldon Mayer
LetteringSheldon Mayer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red Tornado (next in All-Star Squadron #31)

Supporting Character(s):

Cyclone Kid Sisty
Cyclone Kid Dinky
Scribbly Jibbet

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth (?)
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan
Whitey Smith
Blooey Blue
Doris West (next in World's Finest Comics #6/5)

Villain(s):

Fritz Stenkler and his Yellow Shrits (first appearance for all; Nazi sympathizers and saboteurs)


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Seventh Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill O'Connor
PencilsBen Flinton
InksLeonard Sansone
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Atom (last in All-Star Squadron #30; next in flashback in Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2011 #1/7

Villain(s):

Tusk (first appearance; uses a hypnotic ray to blackmail prominent citizens)


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