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All-American Comics 53

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:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsPaul Reinman
InksSam Burlockoff
EditingSheldon 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:

StoryTed Udall
ArtJoe Gallagher
LetteringJoe Gallagher
EditingSheldon 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:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon 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:

StorySheldon Mayer
ArtSheldon Mayer
LetteringSheldon Mayer
EditingSheldon 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:

StoryTed Udall
ArtJoe Gallagher
LetteringJoe Gallagher
EditingSheldon 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:

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