All-American Comics #4 (1939) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: July 1939
Key date: 1939-07-00
Indicia publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: William A. Smith; inks: William A. Smith
1	Marjorie Gestring, Johnny Vander Meer, Cornelius Warmerdam	cartoon	1	pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
2	Shipyard Sabotage	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: William A. Smith; inks: Stan Asch; letters: Harry Lampert	Doris West
3	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
4	The Mouse and the Sprinkler	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
5	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
6	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
7	Trapped!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
8	Ben's Arrest!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
9	Charges Withdrawn	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
10	The Strange Invention	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
11	-	cartoon	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley; letters: Robert L. Ripley
12	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
13	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
14	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
15	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
16	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
17	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
18	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
19	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
20	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
21	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
22	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
23	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
24	-	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
25	Going Out?	comic story	1	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm
26	The Wortle Baby	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
27	Truman the Terrible	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
28	-	comic story	4	script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon Elby; inks: Jon Elby; letters: Jon L. Blummer	Hop Harrigan; Prop Wash; Ikky Tinker
29	All-American Comics; The American Way	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: typeset
30	The Mystery Men of Mars [Part 4]	comic story	6	script: Carl Claudy; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Ted Dolliver; Alan Kane
31	The Dropped Book	comic story	1	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm; letters: Edwina Dumm
32	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
33	-	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
34	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
35	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
36	Lesson in Blood (Part One)	text story	3	script: Loring Dowst; pencils: Ben Flinton; inks: Ben Flinton
37	Grandma, Who Don't See Very Well	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
38	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
39	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
40	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
41	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
42	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
43	Patin Medicine	comic story	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley; letters: Robert L. Ripley
44	New York's Number One Postage Stamp	text article	1	colors: ? (red tones); letters: typeset
45	The Plot against Spot	comic story	3	pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
46	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
47	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
48	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
49	-	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
50	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly; Ma Hunkel; Huey Hunkel
51	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly; Ma Hunkel; Huey Hunkel; Herman Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Sisty Hunkel
52	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly; Ma Hunkel; Huey Hunkel; Herman Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Hank Hunkel; Sisty Hunkel
53	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly; Huey Hunkel; Herman Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Hank Hunkel; Sisty Hunkel
54	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
55	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
56	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
57	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
58	Movie Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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