All-American Comics #34 for Sale - First Appearance of Ma Hunkel - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #34
Publication date: January 1942
Key date: 1942-01-00
On-sale date: 1941-11-17
Indicia publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ma Hunkel - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sisty Hunkel - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Red Tornado - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mary James - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Doiby Dickles, Green Lantern, Alan Scott
2	The Building Racket	comic story	13	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Doiby Dickles, Green Lantern, Alan Scott
3	Here It Is!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	Batman, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Clark Kent, Alan Scott, Superman, Bruce Wayne
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	Batman, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
5	Jeff's Cab Service	comic story	0.67	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Jeff, Mutt
6	Coming Soon!!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Jeff, Mutt
7	Terror of the Man-Made Meteors	comic story	6	script: John Wentworth; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert	Blooey Blue, Red Dugan, Whitey Smith, Doris West
8	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Jeff, Mutt
9	Twink's Secret	comic story	6	script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. Blummer; letters: Jon L. Blummer	Hop Harrigan, Ikky Tinker
10	-	cartoon	0.67	script: Jon Blummer; pencils: Jon Blummer; inks: Jon Blummer; letters: Jon Blummer	Hop Harrigan
12	-	in-house column	1	pencils: Jon Blummer; inks: Jon Blummer	Hop Harrigan
13	Hunt for the Red Tornado's Identity	comic story	4.9	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Ma Hunkel First, Sisty Hunkel First, Dinky Jibbet, Scribbly Jibbet, The Red Tornado First
14	-	cartoon	0.1	script: Scribbly; pencils: Scribbly; inks: Scribbly; letters: Scribbly	Dinky Jibbet, Scribbly Jibbet
15	Sargon's Challenge	comic story	8	script: John B. Wentworth; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	John Sargent, Sargon the Sorcerer
16	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Jeff
17	The Defense Bond Manipulators	comic story	6	script: Bill O'Connor; pencils: Ben Flinton; inks: Leonard Sansone	The Atom, Mary James First, Al Pratt
19	William McKinley	text article	0.5	letters: typeset
21	Bomb on Board! Part I	text story	1.7	script: Evelyn Gaines; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Jimmy Stone
23	Sensation Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Harry Peter, Jon Blummer; inks: Harry Peter, Jon Blummer
24	-	in-house column	0.67	letters: typeset
25	Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
26	Dr. Kwack	comic story	8	script: Charles Reizenstein; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Dr. Mid-Nite, Hooty, Myra Mason, Charles McNider
27	And Here It Is -- All Star Comics No. 8!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard
28	World's Finest Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson

Plus 5.13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-794-6	2002	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #3334 of 102#35 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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