Comic Title: All-American Comics #23
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: December 19, 1940 Copyright Date December 20, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines

Title: (The Red Tornado Goes Ape)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Scribbly

Writer/Artist: Sheldon Mayer

Reprinted In:
JSA All Stars Archives Vol. 1 HC (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Scribbly (last appearance in All-American Comics #22; next appearance in All-American Comics #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Red Tornado (last appearance in All-Star Comics #3; next appearance in All-American Comics #24)
• Huey Hunkel (last appearance in All-American Comics #21; no further appearances)
• Sisty Hunkel (last appearance in All-American Comics #21; next appearance in All-American Comics #24)

Other Character(s)

• Big Eddie (a bully; no further appearances)
• Several police officers (no further appearances)
• A zookeeper (no further appearances)
• Winifred (a gorilla; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Dinky Jibbet (in Scribbly's strip)

Comments:
This story features single panel gag entitled "Why Big Brudders Leave Home".

This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of JSA All Star Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
When Sisty is chases by a local bully, Ma Hunkel becomes the Red Tornado to stop him. The bully seeks help from the police who have orders to arrest the Red Tornado. They chase Hunkel to the local zoo. Ma puts the costume onto a gorilla who then leads the police on another chase. When the gorilla is exposed, the police end their pursuit believing that they've stopped the real Red Tornado.