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* '''Atom''' gets head-konked unconscious with a handgun barrel.
 
* '''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.
 
* '''Dr. Mid-Nite:''' Myra Mason does not know about Dr. McNider's special infra-red glasses.
* '''Green Lantern''' gets head-konked unconscious with a wooden club.
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* 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 [[War That Time Forgot|Impossible Isle]] in '''Hop Harrigan''' turns out to be populated by [[Dinosaurs|Stegosauruses and Pterodactyls]], and some giant carnivores too. Like many similar islands, it is volcanically destroyed on the same day that it's discovered.
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* The [[The War that Time Forgot|Impossible Isle]] in '''Hop Harrigan''' turns out to be populated by [[Dinosaurs|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)]].
 
* 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.
 
* '''Red, White and Blue:''' Red gets head-konked unconscious with a pistol butt.

Revision as of 15:44, 7 June 2020

"Green Lantern: "The Riddle of the Runaway Trolley"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Quote1 Lantrin! What is dis anyhow ... a con -- a conspir -- a frame up? Quote2
Doiby Dickles

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"


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:

Vehicles:


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"


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:

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:

Synopsis for Red, White, and Blue: "Crooked Coconuts"


Appearing in Red, White, and Blue: "Crooked Coconuts"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

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:

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


See Also


Links and References

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