All-American Comics #89

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CGC records 56 graded copies for All-American Comics #89 (1947). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Green Lantern: "The Harlequin"

Radio sponsor JQ Lentil pitches an idea for a show to promote his chain of department stores. The first show is to be titled Green Lantern vs the Harlequin. Secretary Molly Mayne assumes the role of the villainess Harlequin for the show, but engages in a real life crime spree. She hopes to capture the attention of the Green Lantern in hopes of developing a romance with him. She recruits a band of henchmen with the help of reflective spectacles but her plans are broken up by the arrival of Green Lantern himself. The Harlequin shows her caring for the Lantern and prevents him from coming into harm when he is captured by her gang. The Harlequin learns that her gang has planted a bomb at Lentil's department store in preparation for a robbery. She tries to stop them but her gang turns on her and seemingly captures her in a sack. As they are disposing her body, they find that she has switched places with the Lantern. The Green Lantern subdues the gang and rescues the patrons of Lentil's department store before an explosion destroys the building. As the story ends, Molly Mayne is asking Alan Scott if he thinks that the Harlequin was a match for Green Lantern. Alan looks at her suspiciously and ponders the meaning of her question. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** *Green Lantern) **Supporting Characters:** * Doiby Dickles) **Antagonists:** * The Harlequin) **Other Characters:** * J.J. Lentil) **Locations:** * Gotham City ** WXYZ Radio **Items:** * Green Flame of Life Power Ring **Vehicles:** * Goitrude

| Writer11_1 = Al Smith | Penciler11_1 = Al Smith | Inker11_1 = Al Smith | StoryTitle11 = Mutt & Jeff | Synopsis11 = (newspaper strip reprints) | Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Mutt * Jeff

| Writer12_1 = | Penciler12_1 = Everett Raymond Kinstler | Inker12_1 = Everett Raymond Kinstler | StoryTitle12 = Black Pirate: "The Adventure in Castle Villon" | Synopsis12 = | Appearing12 = **Featured Characters:** * Black Pirate) **Supporting Characters:** * Justin Valor)

**Antagonists:** * Duke **Other Characters:** * Henri * Yvonne **Locations:** * 17th Century ** Le Havre, Normandy *** Castle Villon **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer13_1 = Harry Lampert | Penciler13_1 = Harry Lampert | Inker13_1 = Harry Lampert | StoryTitle13 = Cotton-Top Katie: "Ventriloquism" | Synopsis13 = | Appearing13 = **Featured Characters:** * Cotton-Top Katie) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Writer14_1 = | Penciler14_1 = Frank Harry | Inker14_1 = Frank Harry | StoryTitle14 = Doctor Mid-Nite: "Out of This World" | Synopsis14 = After entering the wrong number in a phone booth, Dr McNider finds himself transported to an ancient Roman Colosseum run by his nemesis, Doctor Light. Quickly changing into Doctor Mid-nite, he battles off several Gladiators before being knocked out by a bull and awakens in a river, back in the 1940s. After overhearing Myra's friend Jim has recently received an offer for an ancient Roman sword, Doctor Mid-nite follows him to a large building where he is kidnapped. Mid-nite discovers the Colosseum is actual a large blackmarket hidden under the building and accessed through a revolving phone booth. Once inside he rescues Jim and apprehends Doctor Light. | Appearing14 = **Featured Characters:** *Dr. Mid-Nite) **Supporting Characters:** * Myra Mason) **Antagonists:** *Doctor Light) **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * New York City **Items:** * Mid-Nite's Infra-red Goggles

| Writer15_1 = | Penciler15_1 = Howard Purcell | Inker15_1 = Howard Purcell | StoryTitle15 = Hop Harrigan: "Meet Blade Landow" | Synopsis15 = | Appearing15 = **Featured Characters:** * Hop Harrigan) **Supporting Characters:** * Tank Tinker) * Geraldine (Gerry)) **Antagonists:** * Blade Landow **Other Characters:** * Alice West * Johnny Landow **Locations:** * Toledo, Ohio **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Notes = * Published by National Comics Publications, Inc. * **Green Lantern**: "The Harlequin" is reprinted in World's Finest Vol 1 211. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Robert Kanigher, Al Smith, Harry Lampert

Interior art: Irwin Hasen, Al Smith, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Harry Lampert, Frank Harry, Howard Purcell

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GCD: 6112

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