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 comicLovers from #23-86 (May 1949 – Aug. 1957).[1]
The first 10 issues of All Select Comics starred the superheroesCaptain America and the original Human Torch, as well as Namor the Sub-Mariner in the first five issues plus #10 (Summer 1946). The costumed crime-fighter the Blonde Phantom, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Syd Shores, 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 hero, an Asian-Indianprivate detective who went on to make one additional Timely appearance, in Blonde Phantom #12.[2][3]
Other Timely superheroes appearing in various issues were the Golden Age Black Widow, the Destroyer, super-speedster the Whizzer, and, in the final issue, Miss America. The war comics feature "Jap Buster Johnson", about a two-fisted U.S. Navylieutenant out to avenge his dead buddy,[4] appeared in three issues, and the military humor feature "Jeep Jones" in two.