All-American Comics #71 is an issue of the series All-American Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1946.
Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Doiby Dickles, the Human Bomb"
From Bedlam Hall on Mt. Horror, a fiendish mad scientist sends his beautiful daughter, Drina, to find a subject for his experiments down in Gotham - the lucky one is Doiby Dickles, Green Lantern's sidekick. Green Lantern tries to intervene, but Drina hits him with her purse which happens to have a wooden grip. With Doiby in his clutches, the mad scientist performs his experiment, and turns Doiby into a human bomb that'll go off at the first hard jostle. However, Drina's fallen for Doiby and releases him, and the cabbie goes to track down the hoods he and Green Lantern have actually hunting: Herman, Sherman and Vermin, who've bought up the land around the mad scientist's castle, and plan to blow up the mountain and claim whatever valuable salvage lands on their property.
Doiby and Green Lantern attack them from front and back, but the mad scientist and his entourage have shown up to reclaim Doiby. Not buying Doiby's story about being a volatile human explosive, Green Lantern surrenders more because the scientist is threatening him with a wooden club, secretly the only thing that can harm him. The scientist puts them in the basement of an arsenal and lights a fuse, but Lantern and Doiby are actually saved by Herman, Sherman, and Vermin, who leave them there but make off with explosives to blow up the scientist's mountain. They succeed in destroying the mountain but Green Lantern saves the castle with the people inside. The only thing that lands on the criminal trio is the scientists' collection of lab animals, and the scientists themselves are revealed to just be testing the effects of fear on a specimen, Doiby, by pretending to be mad scientists. He only drank water, not volatile explosive. And to his disappointment, Drina isn't nearly as attractive without her makeup.
Appearing in Green Lantern: "Doiby Dickles, the Human Bomb"
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- Herman (First appearance)
- Sherman (First appearance)
- Vermin (First appearance)
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- Dr. Bedlam
- Drina
- Dr. Bedlam's "Fiends"
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- Earth-Two
- Gotham City
- Mt. Horror
- Gotham City
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Synopsis for Doctor Mid-Nite: "Words of Wisdom"
Appearing in Doctor Mid-Nite: "Words of Wisdom"
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- Petty criminals
Other Characters:
- Danny Taylor
- Judge Williams
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- 66 Pine Street
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Synopsis for Red, White, and Blue: "Blooey and the Sedan Chair"
Appearing in Red, White, and Blue: "Blooey and the Sedan Chair"
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- Chinese people
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Synopsis for The Atom: "Virtue is its own Reward"
Al Pratt tries to get a job at a major newspaper, but is rejected due to his lack of experience. He meets a sick old lady, and among her belongings is an old letter from her ancestor, which reveals the existence of a document from George Washington hidden in a large oak tree.
Appearing in The Atom: "Virtue is its own Reward"
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- Petty criminals
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Manchester
Locations:
- Booneville
- Globe-Times (newspaper)
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- A document signed by George Washington
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Synopsis for Hop Harrigan: "The Aerie of the Vulture Known as Robomb"
Appearing in Hop Harrigan: "The Aerie of the Vulture Known as Robomb"
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- Hippity
- Geraldine (Gerry)
- Miss Snap
- Major Prop Wash
- Tank Tinker
- Hy Gear
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- Professor Robomb
- Adolph
- Karl
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Notes
- Published by J.R. Publishing Company.
- Also appearing in this issue of All-American Comics was:
- Mutt & Jeff (newspaper strip reprints), by Al Smith
Trivia
- In the Green Lantern story, "Mt. Horror" is situated in a swampy area, which might or might not be the infamous Slaughter Swamp.
- One of the few stories where all regular supporting cast of Hop Harrigan is present.
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