Lantrin! What is dis anyhow ... a con -- a conspir -- a frame up? 
All-American Comics #55 is an issue of the series All-American Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1944.
Synopsis for 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.
Appearing in Green Lantern: "The Riddle of the Runaway Trolley"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
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
Synopsis for Atom: "The Criminal Clocks"
Appearing in Atom: "The Criminal Clocks"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- De Luxe Clock Company: Grimes, et. al.
Other Characters:
- Clock Vendor
Locations:
Synopsis for Dr. Mid-Nite: "The Riddle of the Blazing Dummy"
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.
Appearing in Dr. Mid-Nite: "The Riddle of the Blazing Dummy"
Supporting Characters:
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
Synopsis for Scribbly and the Red Tornado: "The Professor Returns"
Appearing in Scribbly and the Red Tornado: "The Professor Returns"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
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
Synopsis for Red, White, and Blue: "Crooked Coconuts"
Appearing in Red, White, and Blue: "Crooked Coconuts"
Featured Characters:
- Red, White, and Blue
- Red Dugan, USMC
- Whitey Smith, USA
- Blooey Blue, USN
Supporting Characters:
- Doris West, G2
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Agent Johnson
Locations:
- Pier 11
- Acme Warehouse
- G2 Headquarters
Synopsis for Hop Harrigan: "The Impossible Isle"
Appearing in Hop Harrigan: "The Impossible Isle"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Hippity
- his Paratots
Antagonists:
Animals:
- 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 (Destroyed)
- 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".
See Also