CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

 

 

MAIN STORY
The series premiered in 1939. Stopped in 1948 after 102 issues.

The series contains a mixture of stories featuring diverse comic book characters. Examples: The Atom premiered in the series, Green Lantern was a recurring superhero, Johnny Thunder was a recurring Western hero, and Mutt and Jeff and Believe It or Not! were regular features as well.

DC published several series bearing the common title All American..., but this series is the only one to incorporate a hyphen (All-American).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#2 - 1939
#16 - 1940
#42 - 1942

#63 - 1945
#84 - 1947
#98 - 1948

 

 

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