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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published January 1944
Frequency [not indicated]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant)
Notes Indicia states: "January Flash No. 49 Entire contents copyrighted 1943 by J. R. Publishing Co."

Cover Details

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed) [as Shelly]
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed) [as Shelly]

13 page Flash story "The Flashlight That Never Failed!"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
Synopsis A young man's father discovers "carbon light", which can pick up and move any object, no matter how heavy. When criminals accidentally learn of this invention from the Flash himself, the Scarlet Speedster, Joan and the young man fall victim to its strange powers.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-28-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Impossible Assignment"

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

8 page Ghost Patrol story "The White Elephant"

Characters The 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 "Deserters from Disaster"

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

6 page The Whip story "Gold on the Hoof"

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

9 page Hawkman story "The Human Dynamo"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
Synopsis A freak accident turns a meek scientist into a "human dynamo," and, in order to discover a cure, the scientist finds that he must steal large amounts of money to finance the experiements, some the Hawkman & Hawkgirl seek to prevent while trying to help him.
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 10-28-07.