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ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #25

Cover Date: April 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Purcell


Story: [Sabotage at the Steel Mills] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtMartin Nodell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern

Supporting Character(s):

Irene Miller

Villain(s):

Harkiss (first appearance; Sterling stock holders represenative; tries to blackmail and use extorsion to force Sterling to sell the mills; dies)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Sterling (first appearance; owner of the Sterling Steel Mills)

Location(s):

Apex Broadcasting

Comment(s):

Martin Nodell credited as Mart Dellon.

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #1 (1999)


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Second Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill O'Connor
PencilsBen Flinton
InksLeonard Sansone
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Atom

Supporting Character(s):

Mary James (last in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)

Villain(s):

Earl Evans and his gang (first appearance; bank robbers)

Location(s):

Calvin City


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Third Story: [No title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Mayer
ArtSheldon Mayer
LetteringSheldon Mayer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Scribbly Jibbet

Supporting Character(s):

Red Tornado
Cyclone Kid Sisty (Sisty Hunkel)
Cyclone Kid Dinky (Dinky Jibbet)

Villain(s):

Extortionists (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

JSA All-Star Archives #1 (2007)


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Fourth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan (disguises himself as the Guardian Angel)

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker
Prop Wash

Villain(s):

spies using amphibious planes (first appearance; all probably die)

Comment(s):

Jon L. Blummer credited as Jon L B


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Fifth Story: "The Origin of... Dr.Mid-Nite" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider; first appearance; last chronological appearance in Sandman Mystery Theatre #55; origin retold with new details in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #20/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Myra Mason (Dr. McNider's nurse and assistant; first appearance)
Hooty (Dr. McNider's pet owl; first appearance)

Villain(s):

"Killer" Maroni (boss of a protection racket; first appearance)
Buggsy (a thug working for Maroni; first appearance)
Mike (a thug working for Maroni; first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Schlitz (a candy store owner and victim of Maroni's protection racket)
a store owner (a victim of Maroni's protection racket; dies)
two police officers (one dies)

Location(s):

an unidentified city

Story Reprinted in:

Justice League of America #95/2
JSA All Stars Archives #1 (October 2007)


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Sixth Story: "Rescue on Mars... An Adventure in the Unknown [Part 6]" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCarl Claudy
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Alan Kane
Ted Dolliver

Supporting Character(s):

Jack Williams
Doc Lutyens
Clarence (left behind on Mars to lead the Martians)

Villain(s):

Martians (Greater Brain)

Location(s):

Mars
Chile

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.
These Martians are not known to be related to any other Martians in the DC Universe.


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Seventh Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel (?)
ArtWilliam Smith
LetteringWilliam Smith
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan (next in World's Best Comics #1/2)
Whitey Smith (next in World's Best Comics #1/2)
Blooey Blue (revealed to have his pilot's license; (next in World's Best Comics #1/2)
Doris West (next in World's Best Comics #1/2)

Villain(s):

Commander Teufel (first appearance; German spy kidnapping training pilots)

Location(s):

Fort Wiley


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