Comic Title: All-American Comics #16
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: May 21, 1940 Copyright Date May 17, 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 Rescue)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Hop Harrigan (of Earth-2)

Writer/Artist: Jon L. Blummer

Reprinted In:
All-American Comics (Facsimile Edition) #16 (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Hop Harrigan (last appearance in All-American Comics #15; next appearance in All-American Comics #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ikky Tinker (last appearance in All-American Comics #15; next appearance in All-American Comics #17)
• Prop Wash (last appearance in All-American Comics #15; next appearance in All-American Comics #18)
• Miss Snap (last appearance in All-American Comics #15; next appearance in All-American Comics #18)

Other Character(s)

• Canvasback Kelly (a pilot; no further appearances)
• Lem Brown, his wife, and their baby (no further appearances)
• Trent and Stevens (two doctors; no further appearances)
• A group of farmers (Sam named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
When a flooding river trap a farmer's wife and her baby on a small island, Hop and Ikky take their planes to rescue her. Ikky's rival Canvasback Kelly has landed his own plane on the island but cannot take off again. Hop takes the woman and her child off the island, leaving Ikky to take Kelly home. Before takeoff the two pilots get into a fist fight. Kelly is forced to fly them off the island because Ikky is knocked out.

Hop brings Mrs. Brown to the doctor. She needs medicine from the city hospital immediately. Kelly has taken Ikky to the hospital and promises to bring the medicine. However, Ikky recovers and starts another fight. This time neither pilot can fly, so one of the doctors flies Ikky's plane to the airfield to deliver the medicine.

After the success of the rescue, Hop and Ikky are able to promote their small planes. Ikky demonstrates the use of the plane to some farmers who want to use them as cropdusters.