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Issue Details

Issue #100
Published August 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Gotham's Golden Jubilee"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Black Lightning; The Green Lantern (inset)
Genre western
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Story title added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

10 page Johnny Thunder story "Johnny Thunder"

Characters Johnny Thunder [John Tane](1st appearance); Black Lightning; Sheriff Tane; Kathy; Gary; Jagger Bowen (villain)
Synopsis Schoolmaster Johnny Tane becomes Johnny Thunder to please his sheriff father, while still keeping his promise to his mother that he won't engage in violence. Here he helps put an end to a cattle rustling operation by a gang who rustle cattle, change their brands, then re-sell them.
Genre western
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Letters Alexander Toth

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

6 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "The Man Who Lived in a Book"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Judson (architect); Gloves (villain); Trigger (villain)
Synopsis The Man of Night must solve a series of robberies that occur in the oddly-shaped buildings designed and built by a friend of Dr. McNider.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudolph Palais
Inks Rudolph Palais

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

6 page The Black Pirate story "The Smugglers' Signal"

Characters The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor
Synopsis The Black Pirate and son help rescue a young lady that is being used by a gang of smugglers in their operations because her brother is being held prisoner by them.
Genre period
Pencils Arthur F. Peddy
Inks Bernard Sachs

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

2 page none text story "Johnny Appleseed"

Characters Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman]
Synopsis The biographical story of Johnny Appleseed is re-told.
Genre fact
Script John Broome [as John Osgood] (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Science-Snaps filler

Synopsis A series of five different scientific facts are illustrated and explained to the reader.
Genre fact
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Letters Martin Naydel
Notes All credits added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-8-15.

12 page Green Lantern story "Gotham's Golden Jubilee"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Ann Hunt [mistaken for the Black Eyed Bandit]; Knodar (villain, 3rd appearance)
Synopsis Gotham City celebrates its Golden Anniversary while the futuristic criminal, Knodar, returns to steal the golden key to the city, but gets confused, thinking a 20th Century girl is the 23rd century Black-Eyed Bandit.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated (August, 2004). Alan Scott works for WXYZ radio in this story.