Comic Title: All-American Comics #17
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: June 20, 1940 Copyright Date June 19, 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
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines

Title: (The Sign of the Green Lantern)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Green Lantern (Alan Scott of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Mart Nodell

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 HC (1999)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in All-American Comics #16; next appearance in All-American Comics #18)

Villain(s)

• Cyrus Gorson (Metropolis Commissioner of Public Works; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Muller and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John Hall (Alan Scott’s employer; no further appearances)

Comments:
Green Lantern operates in the city of Metropolis in this story.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Cyrus Gorson, the Commissioner of Public Works, is grafting on city works projects by giving contracts to his secret partner, Muller Contractors. Alan Scott, who works for a rival construction company, is outraged. He confronts both Gorson and Muller, but is later shot by Muller’s goons. Fortunately, Scott’s power ring protects him from injury. He then confronts the racketeers as Green Lantern, eventually getting Gorson to confess. Muller shoots and kills his partner, and Green Lantern turns over Muller to the police.