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All-American Comics #21

DC · Series began 1939 · December 1940

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Dates

Cover date: December 1940
On sale: October 18, 1940
In stores: October 22, 1940
Pages: 68

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Editions and covers

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Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Marty Nodell, Sheldon Mayer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon Blummer, Ben Flinton, Stan Asch, Art Helfant, Edwin Alger, Bill Smithinks: Sheldon Moldoff, Marty Nodell, Sheldon Mayer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon Blummer, Leonard Sansone, Stan Asch, Art Helfant, Edwin Alger, Bill Smithscript: Bill Finger, Sheldon Mayer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon Blummer, Bill O'Connor, Carl Claudy, Evelyn Gaines, Art Helfant, Edwin Algerletters: Carrie Nodell, Sheldon Mayer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jon Blummer, Edwin Alger

Stories

The Long Lost Son · 10 pages
Crooked lawyer Elias Strake convinces Cub Brenner to pose as the long-lost son of the Blakes in order to steal their fortune. But when Alan Scott hears Strake was involved in the reunion, he investigates as Green Lantern. When Cub has a change of heart, GL helps him turn the tables on Strake and confess his crimes. But the Blakes refuse to press charges against Cub because he really is their son Tommy Blake, as they confirmed from his scarred and mis-shapened hand.
The Red Tornado to the Rescue · 4 pages
The Red Tornado wipes up the Torponi mob, but when the Police Chief takes credit for the the kids rescue, Ma Hunkel decides the Red Tornado should tell him off in no uncertain terms.
Don't Toy with the Dog on the Rope · 0.33 pages
Chasing a Fly into the Basement · 0.33 pages
Skiing · 0.5 pages
The Shooting Match · 6 pages
The Monsters from the Mine · 6 pages
In the midst of the Calvin College Sophomore picnic, the students are rounded up by a madman, a man who has learned how to transmute his will into any person's body and thus take control of them as his slaves.
Rescue on Mars [Part 2] · 6 pages
Wings over Panama [Part 2] · 1.5 pages
Waiting on an Investment · 2 pages
The American Claimant · 1 pages
James K. Polk · All-American Stamp Page · 1 pages
Animal Crackers in Bed · 0.5 pages
Electric Fan · 0.33 pages
Little Tom's Trouble · 5 pages
The Wire-Cutters · 8 pages

Reprinted in

The JSA All Stars Archives (2007), A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (1981), Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (1999)