All Select Comics
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All Select Comics is an American comic book series published by Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. It ran 11 issues, dated Fall 1943 to Fall 1945.
The series was renamed Blonde Phantom from issues #12-22 (1947 - March 1949), and revamped as the romance comic Lovers from #23-86 (May 1949 - Aug. 1957).
As the World War II-era All Select Comics, it starred the superheroes Captain America and the original Human Torch in the first 10 issue, as well as Namor the Sub-Mariner in the first five issues plus #10. Other Timely superheroes appearing in various issues were the Golden Age Black Widow, the Destroyer, the Whizzer, and, in the final issue, the Blonde Phantom and Miss America. The war comics feature "Jap Buster Johnson", about a two-fisted U.S. Navy lieutenant out to avenge his dead buddy, appeared in three issues, and the military humor feature "Jeep Jones" in two. The final-issue feature "Mr. Wu" (a.k.a. "The Mysterious Mr. Wu") starred Marvel Comics' first Asian hero, an Asian-Indian private detective, in the first of his two Timely appearances.
Writers and artists on the various features included Vince Alascia, Larry Antonette, Ken Bald, Dan Barry, Allen Bellman, Jack Binder, Stan Drake, Al Gabriele, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Powell, Chic Stone, and, on the final issue Stan Lee, Charles Nicholas, Syd Shores, and Ed Winiarski.
All covers were by Alex Schomburg except the last, by Shores.
The first issue was reprinted in 1974 by publisher Alan L. Light's company Flashback as Special Edition Reprints #14.[1]
