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.