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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published November 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details - "I Accuse the Green Lantern"

Characters Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

13 page Green Lantern story "The Perfect Crime"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller.
Synopsis After Green Lantern is cauight red-handed at the scene of a crime, an APEX broadcaster begins a personal vendetta against the Emerald Crusader, charging him with being a master criminal!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Doiby appears in a G.L. uniform in splash and story. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-9-08.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

7 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; Dr. Cooper; Whiteways Word (villain); Jeska (villain); Sorry (villain); Pook (villain).
Synopsis Dr. Mid-Nite witnesses the kidnapping of a fellow doctor and succeeds in capturing the men responsible, discovering, in the process, that the kidnappers had been hired by a criminal attorney.
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-14-09.

2 page Green Lantern public service announcement "U.S. Savings Bonds"

Characters Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Gunnery Training Camp"

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Letters Jon L. Blummer
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-9-08.

7 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "The Missing Tycoons"

Characters Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles; Harold Corsten; Jimmy Corsten; Mabel Corsten; Bob; Arum Hahuth (villain); Snatch Kelly (villain).
Synopsis After a prominent businessman is kidnapped, a medium contacts his wife and arranges for her to attend a seance so that she can meet her husband again.
Genre occult
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Writer credit revised from Ted Udall to John Wentworth by Craig Delich 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "[Dinky Joins the Boy Scouts"

Characters Scribbly; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle].
Genre superhero; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Death in a Shoebox"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

6 page The Atom story "The Hungry Horse"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Finnegan; Bradley (villain); Meeger (villain).
Synopsis Mary gives Al Pratt a package to mail for a client, and when the package accidently breaks open, its contents are revealed to be stolen radium.
Genre superhero
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-14-09.

6 page Red, White and Blue story "Sabotage!"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.
Genre adventure
Script Ted Udal
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.