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All Select Comics is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
 series published by Timely Comics
Timely Comics

Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into first Atlas Comics , and then Marvel Comics. During this era, called the Golden Age of comic books, "Timely" was the umbrella name for the comics division of pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman , whose business strategy involved having a multitude...
, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books
Golden Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s....
. An omnibus series with several different superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 and other features each issue, it primarily starred Captain America
Captain America

Captain America is a Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby....
 and the original Human Torch, two of Timely's most popular characters, as well as fellow Timely star the Sub-Mariner
Namor the Sub-Mariner

Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character comic-book character in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe, and one of the first superheroes, debuting in Spring 1939....
 in several.

ll Select Comics ran 11 issues, cover-dated Fall 1943 to Fall 1945.






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All Select Comics is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
 series published by Timely Comics
Timely Comics

Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into first Atlas Comics , and then Marvel Comics. During this era, called the Golden Age of comic books, "Timely" was the umbrella name for the comics division of pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman , whose business strategy involved having a multitude...
, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books
Golden Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s....
. An omnibus series with several different superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 and other features each issue, it primarily starred Captain America
Captain America

Captain America is a Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby....
 and the original Human Torch, two of Timely's most popular characters, as well as fellow Timely star the Sub-Mariner
Namor the Sub-Mariner

Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character comic-book character in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe, and one of the first superheroes, debuting in Spring 1939....
 in several.

Publication history

All Select Comics ran 11 issues, cover-dated Fall 1943 to Fall 1945. The series was renamed Blonde Phantom Comics from issues #12-22 (1947 - March 1949), and revamped as the romance comic Lovers from #23-86 (May 1949 - Aug. 1957).

The first 10 issues of All Select Comics starred the superheroes Captain America
Captain America

Captain America is a Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby....
 and the original Human Torch, as well as Namor the Sub-Mariner
Namor the Sub-Mariner

Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character comic-book character in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe, and one of the first superheroes, debuting in Spring 1939....
 in the first five issues plus #10 (Summer 1946). The costumed crime-fighter the Blonde Phantom
Blonde Phantom

The Blonde Phantom is a fictional masked crimefighter in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editing Stan Lee and artist Syd Shores for Marvel predecessor Timely Comics, she first appearance in All Select Comics #11 , during the 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books....
, created by writer-editor Stan Lee
Stan Lee

Stan Lee is an United States comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.Lee is considered the father of comic books....
 and artist Syd Shores
Syd Shores

Sydney Shores was an United States comic book artist known for his work on Captain America both during the 1940s, in what fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books, and during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books....
, debuted in All Select Comics #11 (Fall 1946). The same issue also introduced the feature "Mr. Wu" (a.k.a. "The Mysterious Mr. Wu"), starring Marvel Comics' first Asian
Asian people

Asian or Asiatic people is a demonym for people from Asia. However, the use of the term varies by country and person, often referring to people from a particular region or subregion of Asia....
 hero, an Asian-India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n private detective who went on to make one additional Timely appearance, in Blonde Phantom #12.

Other Timely superheroes appearing in various issues were the Golden Age Black Widow, the Destroyer, super-speedster the Whizzer
Whizzer (Robert Frank)

The Whizzer is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared during the 1930s-1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books....
, and, in the final issue, Miss America. The war comics
War comics

War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II....
 feature "Jap Buster Johnson", about a two-fisted U.S. Navy lieutenant
Lieutenant

Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police commissioned officer military rank.Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure....
 out to avenge his dead buddy, appeared in three issues, and the military humor
Military humor

Military humor is humor based on stereotypes of military life. Military humor portrays a wide range of characters and situations in the armed forces....
 feature "Jeep Jones" in two.

Writers and artists on the various features included Vince Alascia
Vince Alascia

Vincent Alascia, also known as Nicholas Alascia , was an United States comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comic books, and for his 23-year run as inker on a single creative team, with penciler Charles_Nicholas_%28comics%29#Charles_Wojtkoski and writer Joe Gill at Charlton Comics from 1953...
, Larry Antonette, Ken Bald
Ken Bald

Kenneth Bruce Bald is an United States illustrator and comic book artist best known for the Judd Saxon, Dr. Kildare, and Dark Shadows newspaper comic strips....
, Dan Barry, Allen Bellman, Jack Binder, Stan Drake
Stan Drake

Stanley Albert Drake was an United States cartoonist best known as the founding artist of the comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones, and as a successor artist on Blondie ....
, Al Gabriele
Al Gabriele

Al Gabriele was an United States comic book artist during the 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He is known for his work on some of Marvel Comics' earliest Captain America and Sub-Mariner stories, and for co-creating the company's superheroes the Whizzer and Miss America ....
, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Powell
Bob Powell (comics)

Bob Powell n? Stanislav Robert Pawlowski was an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1930-40s Golden Age of comic books, including on the features "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "Mr....
, Chic Stone
Chic Stone

Charles Eber "Chic" Stone was an American comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age of comic books inkers, including on a landmark run of Fantastic Four....
, and, on the final issue, Lee, Shores, Charles Nicholas
Charles Nicholas (comics)

"Charles Nicholas" is the pseudonymous house name of three early creators of United States comic books for the Fox Feature Syndicate and Fox Comics....
, and Ed Winiarski
Ed Winiarski

Ed Winiarski , who sometimes signed his work "Win" or "Winny" ande sometimes used the pseudonym Fran Miller, is an United States comic book writer-artist known for both adventure stories and funny-animal cartooning in the late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books....
.

All covers were by Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg

Alex Schomburg was a prolific United States commercial art and comic book artist and Painting whose career lasted over 70 years....
 except the last, by Shores.

Reprints

The first issue was reprinted in 1974 by publisher Alan L. Light's company Flashback as Special Edition Reprints #14.

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