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 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 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. ==Features==