Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	April 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant)
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

Cover Details - "The Man Who Could Read Men's Souls"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Ferstadt
Inks	Lou Ferstadt
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

13 page Flash story "The Man Who Could Read Faces"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; VILLAIN: Johnny Bonham
Synopsis	When young Johnny Bonham steals a parchment from an Egyptian mummy and attempts to re-create an experiment based upon the symbols found within, the Flash must face the result: a man who can not only read the thoughts of others, but interpret their desires as well!
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Lou Ferstadt
Inks	Lou Ferstadt
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synposis added by Craig Delich 9-7-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Into Frozen Russia"

Characters	Ghost Patrol
Genre	war
Script	Ted Udall
Pencils	Frank Harry
Inks	Frank Harry

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Keep Away Unless You're a Dive"

Characters	Johnny Thunder
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier

6 page The King story "Double Trouble"

Characters	The King
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Joe Gallagher
Inks	Joe Gallagher
Notes	Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

6 page The Whip story "Case of the Patriotic Boys"

Characters	The Whip [Rod Gaynor]
Genre	superhero; western
Pencils	Homer Fleming
Inks	Homer Fleming

6 page Minute Movies story "The Heart of Cha Ming"

Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Letters	Ed Wheelan

9 page Hawkman story "Give Them the Bird"

Characters	The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis	Through a series of misadventures, and with a little help from the Feathered Fury, a college board of trustees is convinced to listen to a lecture on birds and what they could learn from them.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Notes	Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-07.

1 page Victory Puzzles activity

Script	A. W. Nugent
Pencils	A. W. Nugent
Inks	A. W. Nugent