Issue: #5
Series: All-American Comics
Publisher: DC
Title: |
All-American Comics |
Issue: |
5 |
Page Count: |
68 |
Publish Date: |
August 1939 |
Volume: |
1 |
Contributors: |
Editor: M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) |
Assigned Comics
Inside This Issue:
Detailed information about the issue is listed below.
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- cover |
Features: | The American Way |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Walter Galli |
Inks: | Walter Galli |
Story Title: |
An Important Message from the All-American Comics Gang!!!
- promo (ad from the publisher) |
Pages: | 1 |
Story Title: |
Banko Tonight!!
- comic story |
Features: | Red, White and Blue |
Pages: | 8 |
Pencils: | William A. Smith |
Inks: | Stan Asch |
Genre: | adventure |
Characters: | Doris West; Red Dugan; Whitey; Blooey Blue |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Mutt & Jeff |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Cicero's Cat |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Reg'lar Fellers |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Burr Inwood |
Inks: | Burr Inwood |
Genre: | humor; children |
Characters: | Jimmie Dugan; Puddinhead; Bullseye (the dog) |
Reprinted: | from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Daisybelle |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Genre: | humor; children |
Reprinted: | from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
It Works!
- comic story |
Features: | Ben Webster |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Calvin Fader |
Inks: | Calvin Fader |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
And How It Works!
- comic story |
Features: | Ben Webster |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Calvin Fader |
Inks: | Calvin Fader |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
Amazing Happenings!
- comic story |
Features: | Ben Webster |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Calvin Fader |
Inks: | Calvin Fader |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
The Riot!
- comic story |
Features: | Ben Webster |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Calvin Fader |
Inks: | Calvin Fader |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Ben Webster's Career Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
The Big Pot
- cartoon |
Features: | Believe It or Not |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Robert L. Ripley |
Inks: | Robert L. Ripley |
Genre: | non-fiction |
Reprinted: | from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-08-23 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Always Belittlin' |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby |
Inks: | Percy Crosby |
Genre: | humor; children |
Reprinted: | from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-01-06 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Skippy |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Genre: | humor; children |
Reprinted: | from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-01-06 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Always Belittlin' |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Genre: | humor; children |
Reprinted: | from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-04-21 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Skippy |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Genre: | humor; children |
Reprinted: | from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-04-21 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- activity |
Features: | Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | A. W. Nugent |
Inks: | A. W. Nugent |
Letters: | A. W. Nugent |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Wiley of West Point |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Lt Richard Rick (signed) |
Inks: | Lt Richard Rick (signed) |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Wiley of West Point Sunday (Richard Rick) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Wiley of West Point |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Lt. Richard Rick |
Inks: | Lt. Richard Rick |
Letters: | Lt. Richard Rick |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Wiley of West Point Sunday (Richard Rick) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Toonerville Folks |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Fontaine Fox |
Inks: | Fontaine Fox |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Toonerville Folks Sunday (McNaught Syndicate) 1937-01-24 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Toonerville Folks |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Fontaine Fox |
Inks: | Fontaine Fox |
Colors: | ? (red tones) |
Letters: | Fontaine Fox |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Toonerville Folks Sunday (McNaught Syndicate) 1937-01-31 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Reg'lar Fellers |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Daisybelle |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Mutt & Jeff |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Cicero's Cat |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
Outside
- comic story |
Features: | Tippie |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Edwina Dumm |
Inks: | Edwina Dumm |
Genre: | animal |
Reprinted: | from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1937-03-07 |
Story Title: |
Mystery Men of Mars [Part 5]
- comic story |
Features: | Adventures in the Unknown |
Pages: | 6 |
Pencils: | Stan Asch |
Inks: | Stan Asch |
Genre: | science fiction |
Characters: | Alan Kane; Tad Dolliver; Prof Luytens; Elmer the Robot |
Synopsis: | The boys escape back to the ship, with the help of Elmer the Robot, but the Professor is left behind. |
Story Title: |
The American Way [Part 1]
- comic story |
Features: | The American Way |
Pages: | 4 |
Pencils: | Walter Galli (credited) |
Inks: | Walter Galli (credited) |
Genre: | non-fiction |
Characters: | Frederick March |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Hop Harrigan |
Pages: | 4 |
Pencils: | Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] |
Inks: | Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] |
Genre: | aviation |
Characters: | Hop Harrigan; Jerry [Gerry] |
Synopsis: | Hop discovers that Jerry is a girl (now spelled Gerry). |
Story Title: |
Clothesline
- comic story |
Features: | Tippie |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Edwina Dumm (signed) |
Inks: | Edwina Dumm (signed) |
Genre: | animal |
Reprinted: | from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1937-02-23 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Mutt & Jeff |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Cicero's Cat |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Reg'lar Fellers |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Daisybelle |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Bobby Thatcher |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | George Storm |
Inks: | George Storm |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Bobby Thatcher Sunday (McClure Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Bobby Thatcher |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | George Storm |
Inks: | George Storm |
Genre: | adventure |
Reprinted: | from Bobby Thatcher Sunday (McClure Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Spot Savage |
Pages: | 2 |
Pencils: | Harry Lampert (signed) |
Inks: | Harry Lampert (signed) |
Genre: | adventure |
Characters: | Foto |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- advertisement |
Features: | Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | A. W. Nugent |
Inks: | A. W. Nugent |
Letters: | A. W. Nugent |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Always Belittlin' |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Letters: | Percy Crosby |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-02-03 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Skippy |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Letters: | Percy Crosby |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-02-03 |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Always Belittlin' |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Letters: | Percy Crosby |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934-12-29 |
Story Title: |
Go Home!
- comic story |
Features: | Skippy |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Inks: | Percy Crosby (signed) |
Letters: | Percy Crosby |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934-12-29 |
Story Title: |
Longest Letter Ever Written
- cartoon |
Features: | Believe It or Not |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Robert L. Ripley |
Inks: | Robert L. Ripley |
Genre: | non-fiction |
Reprinted: | from Believe It or Not daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935-08-19 |
Story Title: |
First Overseas Cachets for Air Mail Approved
- text article |
Features: | All-American Stamp Page |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: |
Lesson in Blood (Part Two)
- text story |
Features: | Jimmy Stone |
Pages: | 3 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Reg'lar Fellers |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Daisybelle |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Inks: | Gene Byrnes (signed) |
Letters: | Gene Byrnes |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Daisybelle Sunday (Gene Byrnes) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Mutt & Jeff |
Pages: | 0.6 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
Into the Inkwell
- comic story |
Features: | Cicero's Cat |
Pages: | 0.4 |
Pencils: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Inks: | Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Cicero's Cat Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ? |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Scribbly |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Genre: | humor; teen |
Characters: | Gus Hunkel |
Synopsis: | Gus convinces the editor of the Clarion that Scribbly is a famous midget cartoonist. |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Scribbly |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Letters: | Sheldon Mayer |
Genre: | humor; teen |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Scribbly |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Letters: | Sheldon Mayer |
Genre: | humor; teen |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Scribbly |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Letters: | Sheldon Mayer |
Genre: | humor; teen |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Toonerville Folks |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Fontaine Fox |
Inks: | Fontaine Fox |
Letters: | Fontaine Fox |
Genre: | humor |
Reprinted: | from Toonerville Folks Sunday (McNaught Syndicate) 1938-04-03 |
Story Title: |
Introducing Popsicle Pete
- comic story |
Features: | Popsicle Pete |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer |
Genre: | humor; children |
Synopsis: | Karl McReady wins a contest declaring him the Typical American boy. |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- comic story |
Features: | Popsicle Pete |
Pages: | 0.67 |
Pencils: | Sheldon Mayer |
Inks: | Sheldon Mayer |
Genre: | humor |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- advertisement |
Features: | Popsicle |
Pages: | 0.33 |
Story Title: |
The Glorious Fourth!
- cartoon |
Pages: | 1 |
Pencils: | Walter Galli (signed) |
Inks: | Walter Galli (signed) |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- promo (ad from the publisher) |
Features: | Movie Comics |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: |
[ no title ]
- advertisement |
Features: | Johnson Smith & Co. |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
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