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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