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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published June-July 1948
Cover Price 0.15
Pages 80
Editing Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Robert Kanigher (story editors)
Notes Art revision to include Lampert, who illustrated Cotton-Top Katie.

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern; Flash; Wonder Woman; Cotton-Top Katie.
Genre superhero
Pencils Alexander Toth; Harry Lampert
Inks Alexander Toth; Harry Lampert
Notes Art revision to include Lampert, who illustrated Cotton-Top Katie.

13 page Wonder Woman story "Anti-Electric"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Paula von Gunther; Senator Bigg; General Ornance; the Secretary of Commerce; Anti-Electric [Mr. Keen](villain).
Synopsis Steve and Diana are riding a train that is suddenly halted by power failure, and soon discover that a fantastic criminal is blackmailing the city with a device that can cancel electric power.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-09.

7 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 9-7-09.

8 page Johnny Peril story "The Island of Little People"

Characters Johnny Peril; Professor Rome; Princess Lana of Loo; King Kronk & the Moguls (villains); Vanda (villain).
Synopsis Johnny makes an emergency landing on an island inhabited by a race of tiny people. After saving a Princess there, he suddenly finds himself shrunk in size and awaiting execution!
Genre fantasy
Script Howard Purcell
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-09.

13 page Green Lantern story "The April Fool's Day Crimes"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; The Fool (villain, 3rd appearance); Lippy Gang (villains).
Synopsis The Fool picks a perfect day to escape from prison: April Fool's Day! The Emerald Crusader and Doiby discover that it's more than co-incidence that the Lippy Gang and the Fool begin a crime spree at the same time.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Alexander Toth (signed)
Inks Alexander Toth (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for an un-named radio station in this story. Doiby summons the Green lantern with a green signal flare in this story. Notes, much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-09.

5 page Cotton-Top Katie story "Tex Rogers"

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

2 page text story "A Man of Talent"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall (signed as Charles King)
Letters typeset

12 page The Flash story "The Trees of Terror"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Corday (villain).
Synopsis The Flash has one of his strangest adventures ever when he encounters a scientist who has the weird capability of transforming the energy of human beings into plant energy. The Fastest Man Alive can handle the situation as long as the humans are criminals, but when Joan becomes the fiend's target, thats all she wrote!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Notes Much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-09.