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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published September 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer, editor; Ted Udall; Dorothy Roubicek (assistant eds)
Notes This issue features an ad for the J.J.S.A.

Cover Details - "Big Butch Makes the Hall of Fame"

Characters The Hawkman
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Notes This issue features an ad for the J.J.S.A.

13 page Flash story "The Blessed Event"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Intro-Midget Joe
Synopsis Jay wins a baby in a raffle and it immediately becomes a headache for himself [trying to explain it to Joan], and to the Flash, when the baby turns out to be a midget crook!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-25-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "The Art Museum Escapade"

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

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Oooop!"

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

6 page Minute Movies story "Curse of the Curwoods"

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

7 page The Whip story "Ration Racketeers"

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

9 page Hawkman story "Hall of Fame"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; V: The Letter [I]
Synopsis A mysterious gangster called "The Letter" challenges Hawkman to solve the enigma of his thefts of busts of famous men.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-25-07.