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Issue Details

Issue #76
Published August 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)

Cover Details - "Spring"-Time for Doiby

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; Hop Harrigan (inset).
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)

12 page Green Lantern story "Springtime for Doiby!"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Killer Dill (I, villain).
Synopsis Green Lantern agrees to discover the whereabouts of a distraught father's son, unaware that the man and the boy are criminals in league together.
Genre superhero
Script Alfred Bester
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for WXYZ Radio [note: there actually was a WXYZ radio station operating out of Detroit, Michigan, and the "Lone Ranger" radio show was first broadcast over that station in 1934!]. Notes, some info and revised synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-5-09.

6 page Winky, Blinky and Noddy story "Second Childhood"

Characters Winky; Blinky; Noddy.
Genre humor
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E.Hibbard
Notes Art credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

4 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 8-5-09.

7 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "Man with the Long-Distance Eyes"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hands Harrigan (I, villain); Regis Morgan (I).
Synopsis A man with a vision problem consulting Dr. McNider is kidnapped by a gang of crooks who uses him as a lookout because that man is capable of seeing distances up to a mile away.
Genre superhero
Pencils Stan Aschmeier (signed as Stan Josephs)
Inks Stan Aschmeier (signed as Stan Josephs)
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

Half page Ton o' Fun filler

Genre gag
Script Harry Lampert
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert

1 page Fat and Slat filler "Fools for Fun"

Characters Fat; Slat.
Genre gag
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

2 page text story "The Graveyard Chiseler"

Genre adventure
Script Jim Robinson (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Hop Harrigan story "A Flight for Freedom!"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker.
Synopsis Hop is commissioned for the inagural flight of a new plane called the Titanic.
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 8-5-09.