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Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	June-July 1946
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall (assistant editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "A World With Two Futures"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)

12 page The Flash story "The City of Honest Crooks"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis	An eminent scientist creates a blue light which serves to shock and cure the criminal mind. However, the Flash is mystified to discover how this scientist, at the same time, is carrying on criminal activity in Keystone City.
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 8-21-09.

1 page Fat and Slat filler "The Doctor's Diagnosis"

Characters	Fat; Slat
Genre	gag
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan

13 page The Flash story "The Bad Men of Bar Nothing"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Synopsis	After surviving near death from the horns of an angry bull at a rodeo, the Three Dimwits decide to travel west to a dude ranch to learn how to become real cowboys.
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 8-21-09.

2 page text story "Sidearm Delivery"

Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Longhorn (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page Flying Colors filler "Rhode Island's Private War"

Genre	fact
Script	John M. Jenks (signed)
Pencils	John M. Jenks (signed)
Inks	John M. Jenks (signed)
Letters	John M. Jenks

2 page Fat and Slat filler "A Hotel Lobby"

Characters	Fat; Slat
Genre	gag
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan

1 page Fat and Slat filler "The Ventriloquist and the Dummy"

Characters	Fat; Slat
Genre	gag
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan

13 page The Flash story "A World with Two Futures"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Evart Keenan
Synopsis	While working in his baoratory on an experiment, Jay Garrick is re-visited by Evart Keenan, a man who lives on the planet Karma. Keenan informs him that by using a time scanner, Karma's future has been altered by a mysterious event, which will catapault that planet back into prehistoric time. He requests the Flash to come to his planet to help discover and then alter the event which caused the change.
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 8-21-09.