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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published July 1944
Frequency [not indicated]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor); Ted Udall (story editor)
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society. Indicia states: "July Flash No. 55. Entire contents copyrighted 1944 by J. R. Publishing Co."

Cover Details - "Riddle of the Stolen Statuette"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

13 page Flash story "The Man with the Television Eyes"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams.
Synopsis A master criminal succeeds in planting a television-type statue in homes he intends to victimize, including that of Joan Williams. But the Fastest Man Alive discovers the trick and uses it to trap the felons.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks Jon Chester Kozlak
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.

6 page Ghost Patrol story "Prisoners by Preference"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

7 page Minute Movies story "Detours of Destiny"

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

8 page Johnny Thunder story "Be a Big Movie Star"

Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Oddity: Johnny does NOT appear in this story!

6 page The Whip story "Justice for the Children of the Dust"

Characters The Whip [Rod Gaynor]
Genre western
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming

9 page Hawkman story "Riddle of the Stolen Statuette"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders].
Synopsis After stealing a one-of-a-kind, unique glass statuette, the new owner is startled to discover that two other collectors also own identical statuettes, a situation that comes to the attention of the Feathered Furies.
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 11-18-07.