Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	June 1944
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)
Notes	This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society.

Cover Details - "The Mysterious Bottle From the Sea"

Characters	The Flash; Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Martin Naydel
Inks	Martin Naydel
Notes	This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society.

13 page Flash story "The Bottle from the Sea"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Synopsis	A mysterious bottle containing a love potion washes up on the beach and into the hands of the Three Dimwits. The Flash becomes involved when a multi-millionaire drinks of the potion and a gang of crooks learns about it.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Martin Naydel
Inks	Martin Naydel
Notes	Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "The Inventor"

Characters	Johnny Thunder
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Notes	Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Let's Mind Our Own Business"

Characters	Ghost Patrol
Genre	war
Pencils	Frank Harry
Inks	Frank Harry

6 page Minute Movies story "Romance of Old Russia"

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

6 page The Whip story "Congo Wiles 'neath Texas Skies"

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

9 page Hawkman story "The Great Radium Mystery"

Characters	The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis	The Hawkman must deal with an emergency situation when the city's entire supply of radium mysteriously disappears, creating an urgent situation at the local hospitals.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.