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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published March 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

Cover Details - "Hawkman's Voyage to Venus!"

Characters Hawkman; Neptune Perkins
Genre superhero
Pencils Jon Chester Kozlak (signed)
Inks Jon Chester Kozlak (signed)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

12 page Flash story "The Flash Plays Football"

Characters Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams "Odds" Henry; "All Thumbs" McGurk.
Synopsis The Flash discovers that Midwestern's opponent in a key football game has had the entire team kidnapped and replaced with a team that could beat anyone, including Midwestern. So the Fastest Man Alive decides to secretly aid Midwestern in the game.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher ?
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-11-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "The Roller Road To Renown"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet; Gloria Glider (intro); Herman Sherman; no Thunderbolt
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]
Inks Stan Aschmeier

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Three Ghosts, Two Girls"

Characters Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]; Alma Grove (first appearance); Agnes Grove (first appearance); Darby Furness
Genre war
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

1 page Out of the Gag-Bag filler "Out of the Gag-Bag"

Genre humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-11-07

4 page Rockhead McWizzard story "Inventing the Bicycle"

Characters Rockhead McWizzard; Mr. Gotrocks (first appearance)
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Credits added by Craig Delich 12-11-07.

1 page Ton o' Fun filler "Ton o' Fun"

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-11-07

2 page text story "Wanderer"

Genre adventure
Script John Broome [as John Osgood]
Letters typeset

1 page filler "Ton O' Fun"

Genre gags
Script Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks Harry Lampert (signed)

9 page Hawkman story "Voyage To Venus"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Neptune Perkins; The Venusians (first appearance); the Roc (dies); the Kraken (dies)
Synopsis Hawkman and Neptune are taken by a mysterious globe to Venus in order to save the inhabitants from attacks by giants beasts.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Jon Chester Kozlak (signed)
Inks Jon Chester Kozlak
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-11-07.