All-American Comics #27

Jun 1941 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Introducing Doiby Dickles!”

★ 1st appearance — Doiby Dickles

From June 1941 comes this vibrant issue of All-American Comics, with a cover by Howard Purcell that puts Green Lantern front and center — his masked face looming large against a bold circular backdrop while a pint-sized, orange-suited sidekick charges into action below. A banner proudly announces "Introducing Doiby Dickles, Right Hand Man to the Green Lantern," as a frightened villain and a hammer-wielding thug round out the lively scene. With a story by Bill Finger and art by Mart Nodell and Irwin Hasen, this ten-cent gem captures the boundless energy of early Golden Age superhero storytelling at its most spirited.

writer Bill Finger · artist Mart Nodell · inker Irwin Hasen · cover Howard Purcell

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Cast · 3 characters

Alan Scott Doiby Dickles The Green Lantern

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writer Bill Finger

artist Mart Nodell

inker Irwin Hasen

cover pencils, inks Howard Purcell

Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers

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Twice while carrying plans for an experimental radio tower, Irene Miller is jumped by thieves but saved by cab driver Doiby Dickles. When Alan Scott hears about this, he thanks Doiby personally as Green Lantern. Later, Alan overhears a man named Barton offer to buy Apex and begins to suspect that he may be the one after the plans. While Green Lantern handles Barton's attempts at sabotage, Doiby dresses in a Green Lantern costume to save Irene, who Barton has taken hostage, but receives a last minute helping hand from the real GL.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).