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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published April-May 1948
Cover Price 0.15
Pages 80
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor); Robert Kanigher (story editor)
Notes Cover inks credit from Craig Delich, updated August 2004. This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America.

Cover Details

Characters Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Cover inks credit from Craig Delich, updated August 2004. This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America.

13 page Wonder Woman story "Deception's Daughter"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Lya (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Wonder Woman imposter (villain).
Synopsis When Womnder Woman intercepts a Martian spacecraft from crashing to Earth, out steps the daughter of the Duke of Deception. She captures Wonder Woman and forces her to build an underground base from which Lya intends to return to Mars and overthrow her father.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

5 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

8 page Johnny Peril story "Doorway into Time"

Characters Johnny Peril; Lewis; Queen Terah of Shan (D); Akim; Ramor (villain).
Synopsis Johnny finds a man in southern Utah that claims to have walked through a stone arch, which transported him back in time to a city called Shan, where he was forced to compete in the arena. He won his freedom as well as the love of the Queen.
Genre fantasy
Script Howard Purcell
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Story is re-told in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #106, April-May 1968, Sequence 1. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

12 page Green Lantern story "Forecast: Danger"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott].
Synopsis Green Lantern has a hard time convincing a young man to follow in his father's footsteps as a meteorologist until a storm threatens a ship carrying his fiancee.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Alexander Toth
Inks Alexander Toth
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04. Alan Scott works for radio station WXYZ in this issue. Doiby does NOT appear in this story. Notes, some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

6 page Cotton-Top Katie story "The Mysterious Box"

Characters Cotton-Top Katie; The Perfessor.
Genre teen humor
Script Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Pencils Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Inks Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

7 page Hop Harrigan story "Riddle of the Useless Thefts"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker.
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer
Pencils Arthur F. Peddy (signed)
Inks Bernard Sachs (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04.

2 page text story "Getting Away With Murder"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page The Flash story "Crime Has Many Faces"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Martin Taylor.
Synopsis The Flash takes a man back ten years on a trip through time to show him how his carelessness has caused death and destruction over the years.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Notes Inker credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.