All-American Comics is a comics anthology and 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.
3-546: 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. Sheldon Mayer 's Scribbly was introduced in the first issue as was Hop Harrigan . The Golden Age Green Lantern was introduced by artist/creator Martin Nodell in issue #16 (July 1940). He continued in the title until #102 (Oct 1948). The Golden Age Atom debuted in #19 (October 1940) and Mayer created
6-505: The demand for Western comics , All-American Comics changed title and format with #103 (November 1948) to All-American Western . The retitled series had Johnny Thunder as the lead feature. It changed title and format again to All-American Men of War as of #127 (August–September 1952). A May 1999 one-shot issue by writer Ron Marz and artist Eduardo Barreto was a part of the " Justice Society Returns " storyline. Sheldon Mayer Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-673: The original Red Tornado in #20 (November 1940). Doctor Mid-Nite first appeared in #25 (April 1941), while Howard Purcell and John Wentworth introduced Sargon the Sorcerer in the following month's issue. Alfred Bester and Paul Reinman created the monstrous supervillain Solomon Grundy in #61 (October 1944). Other features included " Toonerville Folks ", " Mutt and Jeff ", and " Ripley's Believe It or Not! ". All-American Publications and all its titles were purchased by National Periodicals (DC Comics) in 1946. Responding to
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