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Issue Details

Issue #64
Published April 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor); Ted Udall (story editor)
Notes AA issue, no DC logo on cover.

Cover Details

Characters The Flash; Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes AA issue, no DC logo on cover.

12 page Flash story "The Fire Bandits"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Synopsis The Three Dimwits decide that they want to be firemen and the Flash must deal with the ineptness as well as a mysterious tipster who predicts future fires.
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 12-02-07.

2 page Picture Stories from American History story "The Story of Benjamin Franklin"

Characters Benjamin Franklin
Genre fact
Script M. C. Gaines
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Cousin Howie"

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

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Adventure of the Man Who Quit Too Late"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

9 page Hawkman story "The Man with the Magic Monocles"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; VILLAIN: The Monocle (first appearance)
Synopsis The Feathered Fury faces the Monocle, a criminal genius who uses the knowledge of optics and their relation to the invisible rays in the atmosphere, to become the most feared man in the city.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-02-07.

1 page Victory Puzzles activity "Victory Puzzles"

Script A. W. Nugent
Pencils A. W. Nugent
Inks A. W. Nugent
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich on 12-02-07 and is most likely out of sequence.