Unofficial All-American Comics Index

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #53

Cover Date: October 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Irwin Hasen (signed)

Story: "The Mail Goes Through!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Sam Burlockoff
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (next in Green Lantern #9)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles

Villain(s):

Thieves (first appearance for all; one set tries to rob Thomas, another set robs a party that Blake was attending)

Other Character(s):

Steel Nerves Thomas (first appearance; a phony big-game hunter; receives a lost letter from an ancestor who inspires him with bravery)

Pete Blake (first appearance; a former safe cracker who tries to go straight)

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Second Story: "Colors and Crime" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ted Udall
Art	Joe Gallagher
Lettering	Joe Gallagher
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Atom (next in All-Star Comics #18)

Villain(s):

Gus Morello (first appearance; uses Wilmer's "hay fever cure" to try and blackmail)

Other Character(s):

Wilmer (first appearance; a fellow Calvin College student who creates a hay fever cure that temporarily turns the users skin blue)

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Third Story: "Caught by Conscience!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Charles Reizenstein
Art	Stan Aschmeier
Lettering	Stan Aschmeier
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite (last in Wonder Woman #236; next in All-Star Comics #18)

Supporting Character(s):

Myra Mason

Villain(s):

Hans (first appearance; A Nazi spy and saboteur and a former Darthmouth student)

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Fourth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Sheldon Mayer
Art	Sheldon Mayer
Lettering	Sheldon Mayer
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red Tornado

Supporting Character(s):

Cyclone Kid Sisty

Cyclone Kid Dinky

Scribbly Jibbet

Villain(s):

Two gangsters who want to ruin the Despatch (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ted Udall
Art	Joe Gallagher
Lettering	Joe Gallagher
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:

Red Dugan

Whitey Smith

Blooey Blue

Doris West

Villain(s):

Gustav Von Richter (first appearance; a former German actor and spy; impersonates a Spanish freedom fighter)

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Sixth Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jon L. Blummer
Art	Jon L. Blummer
Lettering	Jon L. Blummer
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan

Supporting Character(s):

Hippity

Villain(s):

Japanese soldiers (first appearance for all; all die)

Other Character(s):

Quimexo (first appearance; an orphaned Brazilian Indian, joins with Hop and Hippity)

Location(s):

Amazon forest

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue into next issue.

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