All-American Comics #21
In "The Long Lost Son," a 1940 issue of All-American Comics, Green Lantern investigates a scheme involving a crooked lawyer and a man pretending to be a long-lost heir. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Martin Nodell, the story follows Cub Brenner’s uneasy role as the supposed son of the Blakes—until he finds his conscience and turns to the emerald hero for help. The cover, by Sheldon Moldoff, captures the tension of a secret revealed.
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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.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).