Issue Details

Issue	#61
Published	January 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)

Cover Details - "Hawkman and the Beanstalk"

Characters	The Hawkman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

13 page Flash story "The Magic of Ultra-Speed"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; V: Midget Joe.
Synopsis	The Flash disguises himself as a magician to perform feats of "magic" for children in a hospital ward. While using his speed to grant the wishes of his young audience, he unwittingly stops crimes in progress perpetrated by his old nemesis. Midget Joe.
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 11-24-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Construction for Crime"

Characters	Ghost Patrol
Genre	war
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Frank Harry
Inks	Frank Harry
Notes	Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

2 page A Picture Story from American History story "The Story of the Huguenots in Florida"

Genre	fact
Script	M. C. Gaines
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron
Reprinted	in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #1

1 page Who's Who in Zooville filler "Meet... Broadcast Bill"

Script	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Pencils	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Inks	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Notes	Page count and sequence order corrected per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Hot News"

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

1 page Who's Who in Zooville filler "Meet... Gunner Gus"

Genre	humor
Script	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Pencils	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Inks	Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Notes	This sequence was added by Craig Delich on 11-24-07. Page count and sequence order corrected per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

9 page Hawkman story "Grapevine to the Sky"

Characters	The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis	In a futuristic version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' the Feathered Fury accidently runs into such a vine, which leads to a city in the clouds whose inhabitants only have one urge: to kill!
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 11-24-07.