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Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1947-07-15
Editing: Orrin C. Evans (editor); Bill Driscoll (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for All-Negro Comics (All-Negro Comics, 1947 series) #1 Edit Cover
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Ace Harlem; Dew Dillies; Lion Man; Sugarfoot / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:
Ace Harlem; Bubba; Bubbles; Bibber; Lion Man; Sugarfoot; Snake-Oil
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: Color
  • Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
  • Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
  • Binding: Saddle-stitched
  • Publishing Format: One-Shot
  • Publication Type: magazine

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

Presenting Another FIRST in Negro History
(Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Biography of Orrin C. Evans and editorial explaining how everything in the book was created by "Negro artists" specifically for the book.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Photo of Orrin C. Evans, President of All-Negro Comics, Inc. is included with the article. Photo was taken by the G. K. Wilson studio.

[no title indexed]
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Ace Harlem / comic story / 15 pages

Script:
Pencils:
John Terrell (signed)
Inks:
John Terrell (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Early morning in Pop's Bar-B-Que Shack --
Characters:
Ace Harlem
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Dew Dillies / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Grownups don't know it, but the world 'round us is filled with li'l Dew Dillies.
Characters:
Bubbles; Bibber
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Leonard Cooper being mentioned as a collaborator on the comic from http://asapjournal.com/16-4-lion-man-john-jennings/ (retrieved 6 February 2021).

Ezekiel's Manhunt
(Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure
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"American-born, college educated, Lion Man is a young scientist, sent by the United Nations..."
(Table of Contents: 5)

Lion Man / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:jungle
Characters:
Lion Man; Bubba; Dr. Sangro
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Hep Chicks on Parade
(Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Len ?
Pencils:
Len (signed)
Inks:
Len (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:humor
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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Lil' Eggie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
John Terrell (signed as Terrell)
Inks:
John Terrell (signed as Terrell)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Egbert! Your pay is a dollar short.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Sugarfoot / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Cravat ? (signed)
Pencils:
Cravat (signed)
Inks:
Cravat (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah wuz just thinkin' Sugarfoot - this is a heck of a way to start life in de comics!
Characters:
Sugarfoot; Snake-Oil; Ample
Reprints (1)

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Ace Harlem / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Ace Harlem; Dew Dillies; Lion Man; Sugarfoot / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Ace Harlem; Dew Dillies; Lion Man; Sugarfoot
  2. Presenting Another FIRST in Negro History
  3. ["Early morning in Pop's Bar-B-Que Shack --"]
    Ace Harlem
  4. ["Grownups don't know it, but the world 'round us is filled with li'l Dew Dillies."]
    Dew Dillies
  5. Ezekiel's Manhunt
  6. "American-born, college educated, Lion Man is a young scientist, sent by the United Nations..."
    Lion Man
  7. ["Your Best Bet -is- All Negro Comics!"]
  8. Hep Chicks on Parade
  9. ["Egbert! Your pay is a dollar short."]
    Lil' Eggie
  10. ["Ah wuz just thinkin' Sugarfoot - this is a heck of a way to start life in de comics!"]
    Sugarfoot
  11. ["Remember - crime doesn't pay, kids!"]
    Ace Harlem
  12. ["It's New!"]
    Ace Harlem; Dew Dillies; Lion Man; Sugarfoot
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