All-American Comics #18

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Green Lantern: "At the World's Fair"

Alan Scott attends the New York World's Fair. At the Cafe Condor, he sees a young woman preparing to shoot a man sitting at another table. Alan disarms her and takes her outside. The woman introduces herself as Irene Miller). The man she was prepared to shoot is a gangster named Murdock. Irene explains that her brother Danny once belonged to Murdock's mob, but decided to quit the organization and go straight. Murdock was resentful of Danny's decision, so he framed him for a drunken driving incident, which resulted in the death of a pedestrian. Alan tells Irene that he knows a friend who might be able to exonerate her brother.

Alan charges his ring and changes into Green Lantern. He first stops at the state prison and finds Danny Miller to get his side of the story. He tells Danny that he will bring Murdock to justice and clear his name.

Later, Murdock's thugs stage a riot at the fairgrounds to distract some police officers, giving some of his other goons the chance to rob the proceeds from the Hall of Music. Green Lantern arrives and chases after the thugs as they make their getaway. He causes their vehicle to crash and interrogates one of the thugs. The criminals race back to their boss Murdock, and Green Lantern silently tails them. He discovers that Murdock has been blackmailing a judge named Homer Wake in order to get permits to set up their racketeering operation at the fairgrounds. He also learns that Murdock has kidnapped the judge's young daughter and is holding her captive to ensure his leverage over the judge.

Murdock believes that Wake is the reason why Green Lantern has been interfering in their affairs and sends a hitman to silence him. Green Lantern arrives at Wake's home and stops the thug from killing the judge. He then uses his ring to learn where Murdock is holding Wake's daughter.

Returning to the fairgrounds, Green Lantern finds the young girl inside a small room at the Perisphere. Murdock arrives, and the two get into a fight with each other at the top of the building. During the scuffle, Murdock loses his footing and plummets to the ground below. Before dying, he confesses to framing Danny Miller, and Miller is freed from prison.

| Synopsis2 = Ted and Alan defeat the Venusian invaders. | Synopsis3 = | Synopsis4 = | Synopsis5 = | Synopsis6 = | Synopsis7 = Ma Hunkel buys a grocery store and beats up some racketeers. | Synopsis8 =

| Editor1_1 = M.C. Gaines

| Writer1_1 = Bill Finger | Writer2_1 = Carl H. Claudy | Writer3_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Writer4_1 = Jerry Siegel | Writer5_1 = Russell Cole | Writer6_1 = | Writer7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Writer8_1 = Jon L. Blummer

| Penciler1_1 = Martin Nodell | Penciler2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Penciler3_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Penciler4_1 = William Smith | Penciler7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Penciler8_1 = Jon L. Blummer

| Inker1_1 = Martin Nodell | Inker2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker3_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Inker4_1 = William Smith | Inker7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Inker8_1 = Jon L. Blummer

| Colorist1_1 =

| Letterer1_1 = Martin Nodell | Letterer3_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Letterer7_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Letterer8_1 = Jon L. Blummer

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern (Alan Scott)) **Supporting Characters:** * Irene Miller) **Antagonists:** * Bart Murdock * Murdock's gang * Lefty **Other Characters:** * Danny Miller * Judge Homer Wake * Judge Wake's daughter * New York City Police Department ** Jim **Locations:** * New York City **Queens **Flushing Meadows **New York World's Fair **Trylon and Perisphere **Items:** * Green Flame of Life Power Battery * Green Lantern Ring **Vehicles:** *

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Alan Kane) * Ted Dolliver) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Venusmen **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Ichabod Mudd * Tank Tinker) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * Miss Snap) * Prop Wash) **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Red, White, and Blue) ** Red Dugan), USMC ** Whitey Smith), USA ** Blooey Blue), USN **Supporting Characters:** * Doris West), G2 **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Ma Hunkel) **Supporting Characters:** * Dinky Jibbett) * Scribbly) * Sisty Hunkel) * Huey Hunkel **Antagonists:** * Boss * Dumpty * Slicker **Other Characters:** * Gus Hunkel * Mr. Schultz **Locations:** * New York City **Schultz' Grocery Store

| Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Ultra Man) **Supporting Characters:** * Alec **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * Ginger * Gracia Darling * Slater **Era:** * United States of North America, 2240

| Notes = * **Green Lantern**: ** "At the World's Fair" is reprinted in The Golden Age Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (Collected). ** Alan Scott has moved from Metropolis to New York City. ** Green Lantern recites his oath for the first time in this story. ** First appearance of Irene Miller). Irene becomes a recurring supporting cast member in future Green Lantern stories. She appears next in All-American Comics #20. ** In this, his 3rd adventure, Alan Scott has figured out how to use the ring to hypnotize low-level perps. ** Murdock's gang is wiped out by ricocheting bullets from G.L.'s forcefield, in a small room in the Perisphere. Murdock himself falls to his death after a hand-to-hand fight with Green Lantern atop the Perisphere. ** G.L.Scott is knocked out with a table leg. ** The story is re-imagined in the second story in *Secret Origins (Volume 2) #18*. In the revised story, Murdock is provided with the first name, Bart.

* Also appearing in this issue of All-American Comics were: ** Mutt & Jeff/Cicero's Cat (newspaper strip reprints), by Bud Fisher ** Daisybelle (newspaper strip reprints), by Gene Byrnes ** Ben Webster: "The Mattix Mansion Mystery" (newspaper strip reprints), by Edwin Alger ** Popsicle Pete, by Art Helfant ** "Murder in the Classroom (Part II)" (text story, featuring Jimmy Stone), by Evelyn Gaines

| Trivia = * Martin Nodell is credited as Mart Dellon in this issue. * Russell Cole is credited as Edwin Alger in this issue. * Jon L. Blummer is credited as Don Shelby in this issue.

| Recommended = * All-Star Comics * Green Lantern (Volume 1) * JSA * Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XIX *(Green Lantern biography page)*

| Links = * [https://www.glcorps.org/book.html Green Lantern (Alan Scott) biography page]

Creative credits

Writers: Bill Finger, Carl H. Claudy, Jon L. Blummer, Jerry Siegel, Russell Cole, Sheldon Mayer, Jon L. Blummer

Interior art: Martin Nodell, Stan Aschmeier, Jon L. Blummer, William Smith, Sheldon Mayer, Jon L. Blummer

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