All-American Comics
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | All-American Publications |
| Schedule |
Monthly: #1-49, #71-102 Eight times a year: #50-66 Bimonthly #67-70 |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | April 1939 - October 1948 |
| Number of issues | 102 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Alfred Bester, Bill Finger, Sheldon Mayer, Bill O'Connor |
| Artist(s) | Ben Flinton, Sheldon Mayer, Martin Nodell, Paul Reinman |
All-American Comics was the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics. It ran for 102 issues from 1939 to 1948. Characters created for the title, including Green Lantern, the Atom, the Red Tornado, Doctor Mid-Nite, and Sargon the Sorcerer, later became mainstays of the DC comics line.
All-American Comics published 102 issues from April 1939 to October 1948. The series was an anthology which included a mixture of new material and reprints of newspaper strips. Editor Sheldon Mayer's Scribbly was introduced in the first issue as was Hop Harrigan. The Golden Age Green Lantern was introduced by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in issue #16 (July 1940). The Golden Age Atom debuted in #19 (October 1940) and Mayer created the original Red Tornado in #20 (November 1940).Doctor Mid-Nite first appeared in #25 (April 1941).Alfred Bester and Paul Reinman created the monstrous super villain Solomon Grundy in #61 (October 1944). Other features included "Toonerville Folks", "Mutt and Jeff", and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!".
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