Comic Title: All-American Comics #18
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1940
On Sale Date: July 20, 1940 Newsstand Date July 20, 1940
Source: House Ad, All-American Comics #17, Page 45

Copyright Date July 19, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: (Ma Hunkel's Grocery Bill)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Scribbly

Writer/Artist: Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s)

• Scribbly (last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ma Hunkel (last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)
• Sisty Hunkel (last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)
• Huey Hunkel (last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #20)
• Dinky Jibbet (last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)

Villain(s)

• Slicker and Dumpty (racketeers; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)
• Tubbs Torponi (a mob boss; name not revealed in this story; next appearance in All-American Comics #19)

Other Character(s)

• Schultz (last appearance in All-American Comics #3; no further appearances)
• Herman Hunkel (mistakenly called Gus in this story; last appearance in All-American Comics #17; next appearance in All-American Comics #37)

Comments:
This story features single panel gag entitled "Why Big Brudders Leave Home".

Herman Hunkel is mistakenly identified as Gus in this story. As established in All-American Comics #4. Gus is the old man with glasses. Herman is the balding fat man who is depicted in this story.

This story continues in All-American Comics #19.

Synopsis:
Schultz the grocer demands that Ma Hunkel pay her grocery bill which she hasn't paid in months. Herman won extra money at the track, so Ma uses his money to pay the bill and buy the store. Schultz is happy to sell because racketeers have been taking his money for a protection scheme. When the crooks try to extort Ma Hunkel, she chases them away.

The crooks strike back and throw a grenade at the shop. Dinky and the other kids are playing outside. Dinky throws the grenade into the car of the crooks where it explodes. When the crooks try again, Ma chases them away. This time Dinky and Sisty have stowed away in the car. They find guns in the trunk which they point at the crooks.