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Issue Details

Issue #101
Published September 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Masquerade at Mesa City"

Characters Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Lightning; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset)
Genre western
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Cover is the same as the splash page of the Johnny Thunder story.

8 page Johnny Thunder story "Masquerade at Mesa City"

Characters Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Black Lightning
Genre western
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Letters Alex 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 "Case of the Talking Shadows"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; the Great Ludwig (villain)
Synopsis Dr. Mid-Nite investigates mysterious shadow men who have robbed a jewelry festival, and is drawn to a silhouette show run by the Great Ludwig.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Rudolph Palais
Inks Rudolph Palais
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)

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.

4 page Everything Happens to Harry story "Chewing Gum"

Characters Harry
Genre humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes Art credits revision from Irwin Hasen to Ed Wheelan by Craig Delich 2009-8-15 [also adding writer and letterer]. The Who's Who states that Hasen did "Everything Happens to Harvey" [not Harry] in the early 1950's.

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.

7 page The Black Pirate story "The Ship That Sailed the Hills"

Characters The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor
Genre period
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.

1 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 8-15-09.

2 page none text story "Mailman on Horseback"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

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 "Crimes from a Cardboard Box"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Streak
Synopsis A gifted young inventor of children's games becomes a most striking criminal genius.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen
Notes Writer credit per Craig Delich, updated August, 2004.