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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published June 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer, editor; Ted Udall; Dorothy Roubicek (assistant eds)
Notes Page count drops to 60; credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

Cover Details - "The Adventure of the Gangster's Baby"

Characters The Flash
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Page count drops to 60; credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

13 page Flash story "The Gangster's Baby"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis The Flash becomes intrigued by the story of "Tough Tony" and his son, whom he kidnapped as a baby and raised as his own.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-14-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "The Homesick Thunderbolt"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt
Synopsis Takes place in Bahdnesia
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Ghost Met Ghost"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

6 page Minute Movies story "Disappearing Diamonds"

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

6 page The Whip story "Birthdays and Bracelets"

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

9 page Hawkman story "The Master of Memory"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis An ingenious scientist-criminal invents a machine that is able to wipe all knowledge about him and his crimes from the memory of any witness.
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 9-14-07.