Contents
- 1 Synopsis for Wonder Woman: "Danny the Demon Had Plans"
- 2 Appearing in Wonder Woman: "Danny the Demon Had Plans"
- 3 Synopsis for Scribbly: "The Ten Buck Nut"
- 4 Appearing in Scribbly: "The Ten Buck Nut"
- 5 Synopsis for Atom: "Putting on the Dog"
- 6 Appearing in Atom: "Putting on the Dog"
- 7 Synopsis for Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Three Fugitives from Clarence"
- 8 Appearing in Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Three Fugitives from Clarence"
- 9 Synopsis for Johnny Thunder: "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood"
- 10 Appearing in Johnny Thunder: "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood"
- 11 Synopsis for Hop Harrigan: "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker"
- 12 Appearing in Hop Harrigan: "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker"
- 13 Synopsis for The Whip: "Warpath"
- 14 Appearing in The Whip: "Warpath"
- 15 Synopsis for Pint-Size Pete: "Simply Shocking"
- 16 Appearing in Pint-Size Pete: "Simply Shocking"
- 17 Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Heroes Are Born... Not Made"
- 18 Appearing in Green Lantern: "Heroes Are Born... Not Made"
- 19 Synopsis for Ghost Patrol: "Meet Honest John"
- 20 Appearing in Ghost Patrol: "Meet Honest John"
- 21 Synopsis for Mr. Terrific: "Models for Crime"
- 22 Appearing in Mr. Terrific: "Models for Crime"
- 23 Synopsis for Wildcat: "Wildcat Meets the Kidder"
- 24 Appearing in Wildcat: "Wildcat Meets the Kidder"
- 25 Synopsis for Hawkman: "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
- 26 Appearing in Hawkman: "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
- 27 Synopsis for Bulldog Drumhead: "Leary Leery McSneery"
- 28 Appearing in Bulldog Drumhead: "Leary Leery McSneery"
- 29 Synopsis for Flash: "The Million Dollar Apple"
- 30 Appearing in Flash: "The Million Dollar Apple"
- 31 Notes
- 32 Trivia
- 33 See Also
- 34 Links and References
Synopsis for Wonder Woman: "Danny the Demon Had Plans"
Appearing in Wonder Woman: "Danny the Demon Had Plans"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Danny the Demon, safecracker
Other Characters:
- General Courtney (Dies)
- Colonel Fuzz
- Bingley, park manager
- Danny Deft, watchman
- Dipsy the Clown
- Officer O'Leary and his partner
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Cookoo Amusement Park
- Holliday College
- Intelligence Service, @ War Department
Items:
Synopsis for Scribbly: "The Ten Buck Nut"
Appearing in Scribbly: "The Ten Buck Nut"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- random racetrack crackpot
Locations:
- New York
- New York City
- Hunkel's Grocery
- Racetrack
- New York City
Synopsis for Atom: "Putting on the Dog"
Appearing in Atom: "Putting on the Dog"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Herminetta Wallabi
Antagonists:
- Big Mouth Bo-Bo
- Goo Goo
- other stooge
Other Characters:
- Rollo the Wonder Dog
Locations:
- New York
- New York City
- Rocket Theater
- Mulligan's Cafe
- Mrs. Wallabi's 5th-Avenue Mansion
- Central Park
- New York City
Synopsis for Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Three Fugitives from Clarence"
Appearing in Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: "Three Fugitives from Clarence"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Clarence Bates
- Mrs. Rogers
- Dan Rogers
Antagonists:
- Monk Healy
- his mugs
Locations:
Synopsis for Johnny Thunder: "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood"
Appearing in Johnny Thunder: "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Peachy Pet
- Mrs. Thunder, Johnny's Mother
Antagonists:
- Big Bad Wolf (only in Johnny's story)
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Thunder
- her lady friends
- Peachy's kid friends
Synopsis for Hop Harrigan: "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker"
Appearing in Hop Harrigan: "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Pacific Theatre of World War II
- well-fortified Japanese-held island
Items:
- Microfilmed Intel
- Special Cameras
Vehicles:
- Japanese light bomber (stolen, destroyed)
- three Japanese pursuit planes (one destroyed)
- Japanese 2-man Submarine (captured)
- Japanese Destroyer (Destroyed)
- U.S. Destroyer
- U.S. Cruiser
Synopsis for The Whip: "Warpath"
Appearing in The Whip: "Warpath"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Charley
- Daggett
- Shelby
Other Characters:
- Pueblo Indians
- Yellow Horse
- Chief Laughing Dog
- Professor Brahmer
Locations:
- New Mexico
- Gaynor's Ranch
- Pueblo Reservation
- Piute
Synopsis for Pint-Size Pete: "Simply Shocking"
Pint-Size Pete has terrible bad luck and complains about it a lot.
Appearing in Pint-Size Pete: "Simply Shocking"
Featured Characters:
- Pint-Size Pete
Supporting Characters:
- Minus, Pete's Pooch Pal
Antagonists:
- B. Goat, City Dog-Catcher
- Foxy Finageller
- his crook gang: Snapper, others
Other Characters:
- Cops
Locations:
Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Heroes Are Born... Not Made"
Appearing in Green Lantern: "Heroes Are Born... Not Made"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Leslie "Pop" Banks, as Medusa (Only appearance; dies)
- three thugs
Other Characters:
- Banker Adams (Only appearance; dies)
- Leslie Banks, Leslie's daughter (Single appearance)
- at least 10 orphans
Locations:
- Baxton, USA (Single appearance)
- Bell Tower
- Many Monuments
- Secour Hotel
- Orphanage
- École Rodin, France (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Baxton's Iron Bell
- Green Lantern Ring
- Medusa's Portable Short-Wave Transmitter (death ray)
Synopsis for Ghost Patrol: "Meet Honest John"
Appearing in Ghost Patrol: "Meet Honest John"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Honest John Gyppem, mayor
- Big Charlie Bildit, builder
Other Characters:
- Bricklayer
Locations:
- Argus City
- new train station (collapses)
- new train station (collapses)
Synopsis for Mr. Terrific: "Models for Crime"
Appearing in Mr. Terrific: "Models for Crime"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Money" Lowy
- his hoods
Other Characters:
- Jack Tarr, ship modeler
- Chickie Tarr
- night watchman (wounded)
Locations:
Items:
- Tarr's scale model ships, concealing deadly mechanisms
- Sloan's scale model ship, concealing radio equipment
Synopsis for Wildcat: "Wildcat Meets the Kidder"
Appearing in Wildcat: "Wildcat Meets the Kidder"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Kidder
- his gang
Other Characters:
- D. Dunn, opposing boxer (K.O.)
Locations:
- Boxing Arena
- Toy Store
Items:
- sneezing powder, squirting pens, cigarette charges, etc.
Synopsis for Hawkman: "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
An arsonist endangers Hawk Valley with a forest fire. Hawkman hunts down and out-fights his gang, while Hot Shot flees and hides in a walk-in freezer. Such a place is actually Hot Shot's worst nightmare, because he has an extremely strong phobia about cold. By bad luck, his special asbestos suit gets wedged in the doorway, delaying any rescue from the freezer, in which Hot Shot dies.
Appearing in Hawkman: "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hot Shot (Only appearance; dies)
- Slick, hench thug
- 3 more hench
Locations:
- Hot Shot's specially overheated secret base
- Hawk Valley
- Amalgamated Metals Building
Items:
- Nth Metal Wings
Vehicles:
- Hot Shot's specially heated sedan
Synopsis for Bulldog Drumhead: "Leary Leery McSneery"
Appearing in Bulldog Drumhead: "Leary Leery McSneery"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- L'il Oliver Wendell McDuffy, sidekick
Antagonists:
- Leery McSneery
- his gang
Other Characters:
- J. Mortimer Goldenbucks
Locations:
Synopsis for Flash: "The Million Dollar Apple"
As a protective measure, a very expensive emerald is concealed within an apple. The apple gets lost and thru an exceedingly unlikely series of coincidences, works its way back to the rightful owner.
Appearing in Flash: "The Million Dollar Apple"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Jocko Wolfe, theater owner
- his gang
Other Characters:
- Robert Cromwell, noted explorer
- private detective
- Tony, apple peddler
Locations:
- Palace Theater
- Five Penthouse Drive, Cromwell's apartment
Items:
- Cromwell's emerald
Vehicles:
- S.S. Luck
Notes
- The Big All-American Comic Book was a one-shot comic book published in December 1944 by William H. Wise & Company. The product of World War II paper restrictions, the book was a collaboration with All-American Publications: All-American provided the properties and wrote the content, while Wise & Company printed it using their surplus paper allotment.
- The book was 128 pages, featured all original stories, and sold for 25 cents. Almost all other comics at that time were 64 pages and sold for a dime.
- This issue is reprinted in The DC Comics Rarities Archives Vol. 1.
- Green Lantern's oath is the second version, later used by Hal Jordan and the Earth-One Green Lanterns.
- Doiby gets head-konked unconscious, one more time.
- Hawkman gets head-konked unconscious, with a wrench.
- Hop Harrigan: At the time of this story, the Battle of Tarawa has already taken place.
- Story picks up with Hop and Tank disguised as Malay tribesmen, carrying a carved wooden figure packed with important microfilm.
- Pint-Size Pete is a funny-animal-style black cat, wandering in a funny-animal world.
- Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor is a major and Phil Darnell is a general, at the time of this story.
- Also appearing in this issue of The Big All-American Comic Book was:
- Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher.
- Who's Who in Zooville: Meet J. Groaner Crooner by R. Santi.
- Full-page ad for Ed Wheelan's Joke Book, Featuring Fat and Slat.
Trivia
- William Moulton Marston signed his Wonder Woman story as "Charles Moulton".
- Stan Aschmeier signed his Mister Terrific artwork as "Stan Josephs".
See Also
Links and References
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- M.C. Gaines/Executive Editor
- William Moulton Marston/Writer
- Sheldon Mayer/Writer
- Joseph Greene/Writer
- Lynn Evans/Writer
- John B. Wentworth/Writer
- Jon L. Blummer/Writer
- A.W. Nugent/Writer
- Alfred Bester/Writer
- Stan Aschmeier/Penciler
- Joe Gallagher/Penciler
- Gardner Fox/Writer
- Ronald Santi/Writer
- Harry G. Peter/Penciler
- Harry G. Peter/Inker
- Sheldon Mayer/Editor
- Sheldon Mayer/Penciler
- Sheldon Mayer/Inker
- Joe Gallagher/Inker
- Frank Harry/Penciler
- Frank Harry/Inker
- Stan Aschmeier/Inker
- Jon L. Blummer/Penciler
- Jon L. Blummer/Inker
- Homer Fleming/Penciler
- Homer Fleming/Inker
- A.W. Nugent/Penciler
- A.W. Nugent/Inker
- Paul Reinman/Penciler
- Paul Reinman/Inker
- Joe Kubert/Penciler
- Joe Kubert/Inker
- Ronald Santi/Penciler
- Ronald Santi/Inker
- Everett E. Hibbard/Penciler
- Everett E. Hibbard/Inker
- Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Holliday Girls (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Etta Candy (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Steven Trevor (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Phillip Darnell (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Washington, D.C./Appearances
- Holliday College/Appearances
- Mental Radio/Appearances
- Bracelets of Submission/Appearances
- Lasso of Truth/Appearances
- Scribbly Jibbet (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mortimer Jibbet (New Earth)/Appearances
- Amelia Hunkel (New Earth)/Appearances
- Abigail Hunkel (New Earth)/Appearances
- New York/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Schultz's Grocery/Appearances
- Albert Pratt (New Earth)/Appearances
- Blue Boys/Appearances
- Thomas Rogers (New Earth)/Appearances
- Herbert Simms (New Earth)/Appearances
- Richard Mehlville (New Earth)/Appearances
- Big City/Appearances
- John Thunder (New Earth)/Appearances
- Peachy Pet (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mildred Thunder (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hop Harrigan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tank Tinker (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Imperial Japan/Appearances
- United States Army/Appearances
- United States Navy/Appearances
- Pacific Ocean/Appearances
- World War II/Appearances
- Rodney Gaynor (New Earth)/Appearances
- New Mexico/Appearances
- Earth-C/Appearances
- Alan Scott (New Earth)/Appearances
- Charles Dickles (New Earth)/Appearances
- Leslie Banks (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Starheart/Appearances
- Ghost Patrol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Fred, Ghost Patrol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Pedro, Ghost Patrol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Slim, Ghost Patrol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Terrence Sloane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ted Grant (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hiram Skinner (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ernest Kidder (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Carter Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Shiera Sanders (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hot Shot (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Hawk Valley/Appearances
- Bulldog Drumhead (Earth-C)/Appearances
- Jason Garrick (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joan Williams (New Earth)/Appearances
- Three Dimwits/Appearances
- Winky Moylan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Blinky Boylan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Noddy Toylan (New Earth)/Appearances
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