Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	Summer 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	M C Gaines, (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor); [Ted Udall?, (assistant editor)]
Notes	This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club.

Cover Details - "The Flash and Short Shanks"

Characters	The Flash; Short Shanks.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Everett E. Hibbard
Inks	Everett E. Hibbard
Notes	This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club.

13 page The Flash story [The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 1: Case of the "Patsy Colt"!

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky, Blinky Toylan and Noddy (1st appearance); Trudy; Short Shanks.
Synopsis	Flash meets Winky, Blinky and Noddy while visiting the Cumberly Horse Farm with Joan. Joan's friend Trudy owns a horse named "Short Shanks", a very fast horse that shows little promise of racing fame....until a mysterious fire and sale of the horse at public auction.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Everett E. Hibbard
Inks	Everett E. Hibbard
Notes	Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

13 page The Flash story "[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 2: A Horse on Mr. King!"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Trudy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).
Synopsis	A blacksmith buys the horse and discovers that the horse has one leg shorter than the others, so he constructs special shoes that allow the horse a chance to become a champion. Meanwhile, the Flash discovers that the Three Dimwits have a photo in their possession showing the guilty party who set the fire at the horse farm: Trudy!
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Everett E. Hibbard
Inks	Everett E. Hibbard
Notes	Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

1 page We Were All Kids Once! filler

Genre	humor
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant
Letters	Art Helfant

2 page Butch McLobster, The Super Mobster filler

Characters	Butch McLobster
Genre	detective
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan

13 page The Flash story "[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 3: Melodrama in a Sawmill!"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).
Synopsis	Walter King persuades the Three Dimwits to set traps to kill the Flash in hopes of taking full possession of the horse, now a proven contender in racing, and they nearly succeed in sawing the Flash in two!
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Everett E. Hibbard
Inks	Everett E. Hibbard
Notes	Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Runaway Plane"

Characters	Hop Harrigan
Genre	aviation
Script	Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters	typeset

13 page The Flash story "[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 4: The Big Race!"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).
Synopsis	The blacksmith and Trudy kidnap "Short Shanks" and paint him to look like a zebra in order to outwit King. While the Police round up and jail King, Joan Williams decides to ride the horse in a local race.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Everett E. Hibbard
Inks	Everett E. Hibbard
Notes	Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.