All-American Comics #1

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Red, White, and Blue: "Canal Zone Intrigue"

Red Dugan, Blooey Blue, and Whitey Smith became fast friends growing up together in the town of Oakville, each joining a different branch of the service after graduating high school. Red enlisted in the Marines, Blooey signed aboard a ship in the Navy, and Whitey volunteered for duty in the Army.

Several years after the three men join the service, Red Dugan arrives in the Panama Canal Zone to reunite with his old friends. He heads for the docks to meet Blooey, serving aboard the USS Florida. Unfortunately, Blooey has been thrown in the brig. Red persuades the Commander to release his friend, and the two head for the El Porto cafe to wait for Whitey. While waiting, they witness a beautiful woman enter the cafe. A rough-looking man quickly accosts her, and Red heads over to rescue her. He punches the man in the face, causing a full on brawl in the cafe. Whitey finally makes it to the establishment to join in the fight, and the three pals make quick work of the local thugs.

After the fight, the trio discover to their dismay that the woman has left. They examine the purse she left behind and find her name, Doris West, along with an address, Flying Breeze, Pier 18. Red also turns up illegal photographs of sensitive areas in the Canal Zone, confirming that Doris is an international spy. The men hear the MPs arriving on the scene and beat a hasty retreat. They resolve to head to the pier and confront the spy.

Red, Whitey, and Blooey force their way onboard the Flying Breeze and meet Doris West face-to-face. She refuses to remember their encounter in the El Porto cafe but changes her tone when she realizes they have her pocketbook. In order to get back her purse, she reveals that she was visiting the cafe on impulse. Red hands it over, but Doris looks dismayed; Red then confronts her about the photographs. He threatens to turn her over the police, but Doris pulls a gun on the trio. She fires a shot into Whitey's hat to show that she means business and orders the ship down the river

Away from the Canal Zone, Doris reveals that she is a G-2 agent, also known as the US Secret Service. The man in the cafe that accosted her was the real spy, and the boys ruined her rendezvous. The same man arrives on board for the photographs, but Doris declares she will only deal with his boss. Doris and the boys take a rowboat to the spy's ship and meet the boss. He reveals that he knows Doris' identity as a US agent. As the heroes fight for their lives, Red runs to the radio room and wires for help. As the rest of the party are captured and about to be killed, Red makes a triumphant entry to save his friends. The Coast Guard arrives, and the foreign spies are arrested.

Red expresses his sadness that he won't see Doris again, but she reveals that Red, Whitey, and Blooey have been made special agents to help root out spy activities, as members of G-2. They all head back to Secret Service headquarters.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Red, White, and Blue) ** Red Dugan), USMC ** Whitey Smith), USA ** Blooey Blue), USN **Supporting Characters:** * G-2 chief ** Doris West), G2 **Antagonists:** * Head of the spy ring **Other Characters:** * Canal Zone Base Captain **Locations:** * Panama Canal Zone **Vehicles:** * USS Florida

| Editor2_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Editor2_2 = M.C. Gaines | Writer2_1 = Al Smith | Penciler2_1 = Al Smith | Inker2_1 = Al Smith | StoryTitle2 = Mutt & Jeff | Synopsis2 = (reprinted newspaper strips) | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Mutt * Jeff **Supporting Characters:** * Mrs. Mutt * Cicero * Gus Geevem

| Writer5_1 = Gene Byrnes | Penciler5_1 = Gene Byrnes | Inker5_1 = Gene Byrnes | StoryTitle5 = Reg'lar Fellers | Synopsis5 = (reprinted newspaper strips) | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Jimmy Dugan * Puddinhead Duffy **Supporting Characters:** * Pinhead * Angie Riley * Bullseye (the dog) **Other Characters:** * Curley

| Writer6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Penciler6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Inker6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Letterer6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | StoryTitle6 = Hop Harrigan: "Hop Leaves the Farm" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Ikky Tinker) * Prop Wash) **Antagonists:** * Silas Crass **Vehicles:** * Hop's dad's biplane

| Writer7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Penciler7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Inker7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Letterer7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | StoryTitle7 = Scribbly | Synopsis7 = | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Scribbly Jibbet) **Other Characters:** * Daphne * Sylvester * Butch * Eppie * Gladis * Brother) * Mother **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer8_1 = Carl H. Claudy | Penciler8_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker8_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle8 = Adventures in the Unknown: "The Mystery Men of Mars" (Part 1 of 6) | Synopsis8 = Professor Lutyens) invents a means to reverse gravity, builds a spaceship, visits the Moon, and hires two student assistants, Alan Kane) and Ted Dolliver), to accompany him on a trip to Mars. The transit takes over a month. The atmosphere of Mars is breathable. | Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Alan Kane) * Ted Dolliver) * Professor Lutyens) **Locations:** * Amityville, quiet college town See Notes. ** university * Mars) **Vehicles:** * Lutyens' "Wanderer" spaceship

| Writer9_1 = Russell Cole | Penciler9_1 = Russell Cole | Inker9_1 = Russell Cole | Letterer9_1 = Russell Cole | StoryTitle9 = Ben Webster's Career: "The Strange Instructions" | Synopsis9 = (reprinted newspaper strips) | Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Ben Webster) **Supporting Characters:** * Briarsie, Ben's dog **Other Characters:** * Prof. Matt Mattix * Toby Baxter * Mary Jane * Chippo

| Writer10_1 = | Penciler10_1 = George Storm | Inker10_1 = George Storm | StoryTitle10 = Bobby Thatcher | Synopsis10 = (reprinted newspaper strips) | Appearing10 = **Featured Characters:** * Bobby Thatcher **Supporting Characters:** * Tubby * Bowers **Other Characters:** * Mysterious man

| Writer11_1 = | Penciler11_1 = Richard Rick | Inker11_1 = Richard Rick | StoryTitle11 = "Wiley of West Point" | Synopsis11 = (reprinted newspaper strips) | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Bob Wiley **Other Characters:** * Baxter * Bob's roommate * Mr. Knox **Locations:** * United States Military Academy|West Point

| Notes = * Published monthly by All-American Comics, Inc. * First issue for **Adventures in the Unknown**, which will run in this title until All-American Comics Vol 1 25, April 1941. ** The quiet little college town of Amityville isn't actually named until All-American Comics Vol 1 13, April 1940. ** Aboard the "Wanderer" spacecraft, cooking of pancakes and other foods is done on an electric stove, because a gas range would use up too much oxygen. * First issue for **Hop Harrigan**, which will run in this title until All-American Comics Vol 1 99. ** The villain *Silas Crass* drops out after this issue, not to reappear until All-American Comics Vol 1 13. * First issue for **Scribbly**, which will run in this title until All-American Comics Vol 1 59, July 1944, and will then receive its own title, starting with Scribbly Vol 1 1, Sep 1948, which then would run until Scribbly Vol 1 15, Jan 1952. * Also appearing in this issue of *All-American Comics* were: ** "Tippie" (reprinted newspaper strips), by Frances Edwina Dumm ** "Always Belittlin'" and "Skippy" (reprinted newspaper strips), by Percy Crosby ** "Spot Savage" by Harry Lampert ** "Daisybelle" (reprinted newspaper strips), by Gene Byrnes ** "Cicero's Cat" (reprinted newspaper strips), by Bud Fisher ** "Toonerville Folks" (reprinted newspaper strips), by Fontaine Fox

| Trivia = * First appearances of Scribbly Jibbet) and Ben Webster) in DC Comics; their previous appearances were in Dell comics. * Russell Cole is credited as Edwin Alger. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Jerry Siegel, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon L. Blummer, Sheldon Mayer, Carl H. Claudy, Russell Cole

Interior art: William Smith, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon L. Blummer, Sheldon Mayer, Stan Aschmeier, Russell Cole, George Storm, Richard Rick

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