All-American Comics #53

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Green Lantern: "The Mail Goes Through"

Sheltering from the rain in an old abandoned house, a falling tree reveals a mail pouch hidden in the walls to Alan Scott and Doiby Dickles. Deciding the post office is spread awfully thin those days, Alan takes it upon himself to deliver the 86-year-old letters as Green Lantern. He inspires a few folks, then when he goes to deliver a letter to explorer "Steel-Nerves" Thomas, finds the man under attack by gangsters come to rob his house of valuable treasures from his adventures. Thomas admits to the heroes he's nothing but a fraud, who makes up overblown stories to impress people. One of the gangsters regains consciousness and shoots out the hull of an old wooden ship from the ceiling so it drops on Green Lantern. Soon regaining consciousness himself, Green Lantern uses his ring to turn invisible so that when Thomas fights back, it seems like he knocks out all the gangsters by himself, and gives him the confidence of a brave explorer ancestor of his.

Next Green Lantern delivers a letter to recently released safe-cracker Pete Blake, who realizes he's descended from "the great statesman Henry Cl---", news Green Lantern hopes will hope him go straight. The emerald crusader also proposes Pete attend a party held by the USA Society, people descended from great Americans. Pete meets and gets a date offer from a beautiful blonde named Dorothy, only for some more gangsters to rob the party and lock most of the attendees inside a vault. Green Lantern shows up but is forced to let them go when they threaten to shoot Dorothy. Pete proves himself to her by using his safe-cracking expertise to save everyone from the vault before they suffocate. While he was doing that, Green Lantern rounded up the thieves.

Doiby marvels at how delivering those letters late did more good than it would've if they'd arrived on time.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern) **Supporting Characters:** * Doiby Dickles) **Antagonists:** * Lifter * Soapy * 3rd thug * four more thugs **Other Characters:** * "Steel Nerves" Thomas, explorer * Pete Blake, parolee * U.S.A.Society (club for descendants of great Americans) ** Roger Cartwright ** Dorothy Cartwright **Locations:** **Items:** * Green Lantern's Power Ring **Vehicles:** * Goitrude

| Writer2_1 = Ted Udall | Penciler2_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker2_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle2 = Atom: "Colors and Crime" | Synopsis2 = In attempting to invent a cure for hay fever, Al Pratt's friend Wilmer crates a chemical that turns human skin blue. Some crooks steal it and try to blackmail a theater company by threatening to turn them blue before a performance. The Atom intervenes, but the crooks escape. They threaten Wilmer to mail them more of the blue chemical, but at the Atom's direction he mails them a package of sneezing powder instead, allowing Atom to spring his trap and capture them easily. Wilmer creates another formula to cure hay fever, but this one explodes and turns his face an amusing color again. This time, black with ash. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Atom) **Antagonists:** * Gus Morello * Fats * Shive **Other Characters:** * Wilmer, inventor * Rodney Garrick ** his Shakespearean Players **Locations:** * Calvin City, Connecticut ** Bijou Theater ** Post Office ** Calvin College *** Science Laboratory

| Writer3_1 = Charles Reizenstein | Penciler3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle3 = Dr. Mid-Nite: "Caught by Coincidence" | Synopsis3 = Hans, a Nazi spy, disguises himself as a hobo to meet with his stateside contacts. Meanwhile, some blue bloods decide to pull a prank on Mrs. Van Kollem by dressing up a hobo as a millionaire and seeing if she can even tell the difference. The mark they pick is Hans, who goes along with it, thinking he's made contact with his associates. At the party, "Peter Dwight the Third" sneaks away and makes to rob the house's safe, which he thinks is where plans for a new bomber are hidden. Fortunately, Dr. McNider's a guest at the party, and in his heroic guise catches the spy. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Mid-Nite) **Supporting Characters:** * Myra Mason) **Antagonists:** * Hans, demolition diver, as "Peter Dwight the Third, Australian steel magnate" * saboteur gang **Other Characters:** * Archie, young playboy * Roger, young playboy * Mrs. van Kollem * hobos * society swells * Sen. van Kollem **Locations:** * Keystone City area ** hobo jungle ** Van Kollem Mansion ** power house **Items:** * Dr. Mid-Nite's Blackout Bombs **Vehicles:** * Nazi Submarine

| Writer4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Penciler4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Inker4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | StoryTitle4 = Scribbly and the Red Tornado: "Red Tornado Now on Despatch Staff" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Scribbly) * Ma Hunkel (Red Tornado)) **Supporting Characters:** * Cyclone Kids) ** Sisty Jibbet) ** Dinky Jibbet) **Antagonists:** * Greasy * his pal **Other Characters:** * Macklin, ex-editor **Locations:** * New York City ** Vine Street, Hunkel's Grocery ** Morning Despatch Newspaper Office

| Writer5_1 = Ted Udall | Penciler5_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker5_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle5 = Red, White, and Blue: "Trouble is Its Own Reward" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Red, White, and Blue) ** Red Dugan), USMC ** Whitey Smith), USA ** Blooey Blue), USN **Supporting Characters:** * Doris West), G2 **Antagonists:** * Gustav von Richter as Frederico San Angelo (fake) **Other Characters:** * Frederico San Angelo, South American Envoy * Motorcycle Cop * many more cops **Locations:** * South America * United States of America **Vehicles:** * Passenger Steamship

| Writer6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Penciler6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Inker6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | StoryTitle6 = Hop Harrigan: "Crash" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** *Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Hippity) ** Mayan Pararompers **Antagonists:** * Captain Nogo ** his troops **Other Characters:** * Mayan Chieftains and Medicine Men * Mayan Tribespeople * Quimexo, God of Blood and Vengeance (in the guise of many savage orphan children) **Locations:** * South America ** Mayan Pyramid ** Secret Japanese Airbase **Vehicles:** * 100 Japanese Bombers

| Notes = * Published monthly except May, August, November, and February by J.R. Publishing Company. * **Green Lantern** begins using the modern version of the charging oath in this issue of this series. * **Hop Harrigan** is head-konked unconscious with a rifle-butt. ** Hippity recruits his first cadre of *Pararompers and Paratots* from a mob of Mayan refugee children. * The **Red Tornado** and the *Cyclone Kids* are still being called the "*Terrific Trio*" in this story, by characters and captions alike. * In **Red, White and Blue**, Red Dugan gets head-konked unconscious with a blackjack. * Also appearing in this issue of *All-American Comics* were: ** *Mutt & Jeff* (newspaper strip reprints) by Bud Fisher ** *Cicero's Cat* (newspaper strip reprints) by Bud Fisher ** Good Books Worth Reading: "Shadow In The Pines (by Stephen W. Meader)" (text article) by Josette Frank ** 1/2 page advertisement for Comic Cavalcade Vol 1 4, and 1/2 page advertisement for Green Lantern Vol 1 8 ** Full-page advertisement for Wonder Woman Vol 1 6, Mutt & Jeff Vol 1 10, All-Flash Vol 1 11, and All-Star Comics Vol 1 18 | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Alfred Bester, Ted Udall, Charles Reizenstein, Sheldon Mayer, Ted Udall, Jon L. Blummer

Interior art: Paul Reinman, Joe Gallagher, Stan Aschmeier, Sheldon Mayer, Joe Gallagher, Jon L. Blummer

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GCD: 3161

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