All-American Comics #55

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CGC records 22 graded copies for All-American Comics #55 (1944). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Green Lantern: "The Riddle of the Runaway Trolley"

Alan Scott's despairing of finding a human interest story for broadcast, unaware of how much drama's occurring on the trolley car he's boarding (a rich man's about to lose a fortune, a jeweler's losing his girlfriend, and the driver's just lost his job and is determined to turn his last run on the trolley into a joyride to get back at his bosses). Two groups of thugs are also on hand, one group that wants to the trolley to get back on its route, and another that wants to let the driver go off the grid and have his fun. Much to Green Lantern's confusion when Alan switches to his caped alter ego to try and make sense of the chaos.

The ones who wanted the trolley back on track were hoping to use it for an inconspicuous getaway car, and the ones who wanted the driver to have his joyride were hired by the businessman losing a fortune, who was able to break the franchise by having the car off its route for a few hours. The jeweler's girlfriend realizes her new beau is really a robber, and after she jumps off a bridge in shame and the jeweler jumps after her, and Green Lantern saves them both, they decide to get married. Alan Scott has his pick of human interest stories.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern) **Supporting Characters:** * Doiby Dickles) **Antagonists:** * Broadway Trio * Muscle Mob (five thugs) * "Cannon" Charley **Other Characters:** * Bankrupt Executive * Sam * Sue * Trolley Conductor * lots of Cops **Locations:** **Items:** * Green Lantern's Power Ring **Vehicles:** * Crosstown Trolley * Goitrude

| Writer2_1 = Joe Greene | Penciler2_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker2_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle2 = Atom: "The Criminal Clocks" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Atom) **Supporting Characters:** * Mary James) **Antagonists:** * De Luxe Clock Company: Grimes, et. al. **Other Characters:** * Clock Vendor **Locations:** * Calvin City, Connecticut ** Calvin College

| Writer3_1 = Joe Greene | Penciler3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker3_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle3 = Dr. Mid-Nite: "The Riddle of the Blazing Dummy" | Synopsis3 = Dr. McNider and Myra stop at a drugstore for lunch. The doctor happens to overhear crook "Three-Finger Donigan" picking up a prescription of some apparently volatile capsules. Wrried by what that might entail, McNider surreptitiously sneaks a look at Donigan's newspaper, seeing an article about ventriloquist-turned-auctioneer Ed Chatwood circled. Myra comes in announcing she got two tickets to Chatwood's show, which plays perfectly into McNider's piqued interest.

At the show, McNider's disturbed when he sees the same man delivering Chatwood's dummy that he saw meeting with Donigan earlier that day. During the performance the dummy bursts into flames and roasts Chatwood's arm. In spite of his injury, Chatwood goes to an art gallery to perform a Navy benefit auction. Meanwhile, McNider becomes Dr. Mid-Nite and sneaks into the room Donigan's occupying at a ritzy hotel. Inside Mid-Nite finds chemical supplies that confirm Donigan was the one who rigged the dummy to catch fire and injure Ed Chatwood.

At the auction, Dr. Mid-Nite interrupts, attacking Chatwood, whose arm suddenly shows no sign of injury, and had putty on his face to make him look like the ventriloquist. It's really Donigan, who Dr. Mid-Nite throws around before finding the real Chatwood locked in a closet. | Appearing3 = *Dr. Mid-Nite) **Supporting Characters:** * Hooty) * Myra Mason) **Antagonists:** * Three-fingers Donigan ** one stooge **Other Characters:** * Ed Chatwood, ventriloquist **Locations:** * Keystone City ** Ritzbilt Hotel ** Radio Station WQW ** Pandora Galleries **Items:** * Willy McChipsey, ventriloquist's dummy * Dr. Mid-Nite's Blackout Bombs

| Writer4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Penciler4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | Inker4_1 = Sheldon Mayer | StoryTitle4 = Scribbly and the Red Tornado: "The Professor Returns" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** *Scribbly Jibbet) *Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel)) **Supporting Characters:** *Cyclone Kids) **Sisty Hunkel) **Dinky Jibbet) **Antagonists:** * The Professor * his new gang: ** Chick ** Dirty Bertram ** (at least fourteen more) **Locations:** * New York City ** 623 River Street, Professor's hide-out ** Vine Street, Hunkel's Grocery

| Writer5_1 = | Penciler5_1 = Joe Gallagher | Inker5_1 = Joe Gallagher | StoryTitle5 = Red, White, and Blue: "Crooked Coconuts" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Red, White, and Blue) ** Red Dugan), USMC ** Whitey Smith), USA ** Blooey Blue), USN **Supporting Characters:** * Doris West), G2 **Villains:** * Foreman Gupp ** Warehouse Workers **Other Characters:** * Agent Johnson **Locations:** * Pier 11 ** Acme Warehouse * G2 Headquarters

| Writer6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Penciler6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | Inker6_1 = Jon L. Blummer | StoryTitle6 = Hop Harrigan: "The Impossible Isle" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** *Lieut. Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Hippity) ** his Paratots **Antagonists:** * Japanese Navy **Animals:** * Dinosaurs ** Stegosaurus ** Pterodactyl ** two big Theropods **Locations:** * Pacific Ocean ** Impossible Isle **Vehicles:** * merchant ship damaged ** "Catafighter" = single-use catapult-launched conventional fighter plane abandoned * two Japanese submarines * Japanese surface raider

| Notes = * Published monthly except May, August, November, and February by J.R. Publishing Company. * **Atom** gets head-konked unconscious with a handgun barrel. * **Dr. Mid-Nite:** Myra Mason does not know about Dr. McNider's special infra-red glasses. * In this point of time, the text is explicit that any non-metal objects could hurt Green Lantern, not only wood. **Green Lantern** gets head-konked unconscious with a wooden club. * The Impossible Isle in **Hop Harrigan** turns out to be populated by Stegosauruses and Pterodactyls, and some giant carnivores too. Like many similar islands, it is volcanically destroyed on the same day that it's discovered. * The **Red Tornado** and the Cyclone Kids are collectively called "The Terrific Trio" in at least one caption and in the dialogue of both Ma and the bad guys, but not in the title of the story. These are not the same characters as the Terrific Trio (DCAU)). * **Red, White and Blue:** Red gets head-konked unconscious with a pistol butt. * Also appearing in this issue of *All-American Comics* were: ** *Cicero's Cat* (newspaper strip reprints) by Bud Fisher ** *Mutt & Jeff* (newspaper strip reprints) by Bud Fisher ** Jimmy Stone: "Chinese Puzzle, Part Two" (text story) by Evelyn Gaines | Trivia = * Stan Aschmeier signed his *Dr. Mid-Nite* story as "Stan Josephs". | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Bill Finger, Joe Greene, Joe Greene, Sheldon Mayer, Jon L. Blummer

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

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GCD: 3362

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