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All-American Comics 83

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #83

Cover Date: March 1947
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1947-01-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Mayer (as Bud Fisher)


Story: "The Power of the Primative!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
ArtPaul Reinman
Assistant editingJulius Schwartz
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (last in Comic Cavalcade #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles

Other Character(s):

Bill Barry (first appearance; a Hale University football hero who is distressed by being thought of as a throwback)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Hale University

Comment(s):

This story takes place during football season.


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Second Story: "Bad Blood Between Brothers!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
Assistant editingJulius Schwartz
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite (last in All-Star Comics #33)

Villain(s):

Hired Thugs (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jim and Jack Molton (first appearance for both; try and do away with each other for an inheritance)


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtPaul Reinman
Assistant editingJulius Schwartz
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Justin Valor
Dona Bonita

Villain(s):

Hill People (first appearance; large purple brutes)

Other Character(s):

Krolls (first appearance; an alien race that recruits the Black Pirate and his crew to stop another race from dominating them; Tela named; see Comments)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet (homeworld of the Krolls and the Hill People)

Comment(s):

The Krolls look very similar to the Guardians of the Universe.


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Fourth Story: "The Secret of the Unopened Letters!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
Assistant editingJulius Schwartz
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan (last in Comic Cavalcade #19/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker
Miss Snap (also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Col. A. Harrigan (first appearance; Hop's father; in flashback)
Mariana Harrigan (first appearance; Hop's sister)
Senora de la Cordilleras (first appearance; Hop and Mariana's aunt)
Chicka Bomba (first appearance; a retainer for the de la Cordilleras family)

Location(s):

All-American Aircraft Company
Columbia


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