Comic Title: All-American Comics #53
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: August 13, 1943 Copyright Date August 10, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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 except May, August, November and February
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 56
Editor: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "The Mail Goes Through"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Alfred Bester
Penciller: Paul Reinman
Inker: Sam Burlockoff

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in All-American Comics #52; next appearance in Comic Cavalcade #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doiby Dickles (last appearance in All-American Comics #52; next appearance in Comic Cavalcade #4)

Villain(s)

• Lifter and his gang (Soapy named; no further appearances)
• A gang of crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Steel Nerves Thomas (an explorer; no further appearances)
• Pete Blake (a reformed safe cracker; no further appearances)
• An unnamed man and his daughter (no further appearances)
• Mrs. Forbes and Mr. Jackson (no further appearances)
• Roger Cartwright and Dorothy (his daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
During a rain storm Alan Scott and Doiby Dickles take refuge in an abandoned house. Inside they find a satchel of letters that was stolen from a stage coach before the Civil War. Green Lantern decides to deliver the letters to the descendants of the original recipients.

The first letter they deliver to a woman. It contains a love letter written by her grandfather to her grandmother. Another letter contains a bank draft which helps an impoverished family.

When Green Lantern and Doiby deliver a letter to explorer Steel Nerves Thomas, they find him being robbed. Green Lantern helps him stop the crooks. The letter and a little help from the hero also assist Thomas is gaining some much needed confidence and bravery.

The final letter is delivered to Pete Blake, a reformed safe cracker. He learns that he is the descendant of a prominent American. He is able to use the letter to gain entry into an exclusive high-class club where he meets Dorothy Cartwright. When crooks rob the club, Pete is forced to reveal his criminal past, but he is able to save the life of Dorothy's father and other club members.