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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published Fall 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall (assistant editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)
Notes M. C. Gaines name removed from indicia at last minute (blank space left).

Cover Details

Characters The Flash; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks Martin Naydel (signed)

12 page The Flash story "The Telltale Telescope"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Synopsis While watching through a telescope one evening, Jay Garrick notices something weird about a certain painting he is viewing, but that doesn't hold a candle to the world the Three Dimwits land on after studying the mysterious art of "Yogism."
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "The Formula for Wealth"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; Curly Carson (villain)
Synopsis The Three Dimwits acts as intermediaries between a crook named Curly Carson and a scientist who has discovered the secret to the "Fountain of Youth"!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

2 page text story "River Raft"

Genre adventure
Script Jack Miller [as Jay Marr] (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page Mutt and Jeff story

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "School Days in Suburba"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Synopsis Winky, Blinky and Noddy decide to join a school for kids, unaware that it has been taken over by a bunch of crooks who are intent with breaking out.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.