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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published September 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)
Notes Story title added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

Cover Details - "Beware of Pickpockets"

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; Hop Harrigan (inset).
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Story title added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

12 page Green Lantern story "The Desperate Dilemma of Dippy Drake!"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Dippy Drake (I); V: Sleazy Slugg (I).
Synopsis A timid pickpocket who wants to reform is hired by a mobster to pick the pocket of the District Attorney, who is carrying the evidence needed to convict him.
Genre superhero
Script Alfred Bester?
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04; inker credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
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. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

2 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor; funny animal
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 "Who Is the Atom?"

Characters Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Bertram Beazle; Basil (villain); Boris (villain).
Synopsis Bertram Beazle, Mary's newspaper editor, assigns her to find out who the Atom really is, but she mistakenly hires two thugs to bait the trap for the Mighty Mite.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Greene
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-09.

7 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "The Man Who Spoke in Whispers!"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Oliver Upp (I); gang of bank robbers (villains).
Synopsis A bank teller loses his voice after being threatened by a gang of bank robbers to leave the bank unlocked one night. When Dr. Mid-Nite learns of the plan, he tries to help Oliver Upp to get his voice back, literally by scaring him to death.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Greene
Pencils Stan Aschmeier [signed as Stan Josephs]
Inks Stan Aschmeier [signed as Stan Josephs]
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-09.

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Murdered Spy"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Pencils ? [spot illo]
Inks ? [spot illo]
Letters typeset

6 page Red, White and Blue story "Courier Duty"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue.
Genre adventure
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher
Notes Writer credit revised from Ted Udall to ? by Craig Delich 9-29-08.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Prison Camp Invaders"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker.
Synopsis Hop and Tank are in the midst of a "Jap-held cannibal island."
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 9-29-08.