All-Flash #5

(Summer 1942)

[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 1: Case of the "Patsy Colt"! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky, Blinky Toylan and Noddy (1st appearance); Trudy; Short Shanks.

Synopsis:

Flash meets Winky, Blinky and Noddy while visiting the Cumberly Horse Farm with Joan. Joan's friend Trudy owns a horse named "Short Shanks", a very fast horse that shows little promise of racing fame....until a mysterious fire and sale of the horse at public auction.

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 2: A Horse on Mr. King! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Trudy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).

Synopsis:

A blacksmith buys the horse and discovers that the horse has one leg shorter than the others, so he constructs special shoes that allow the horse a chance to become a champion. Meanwhile, the Flash discovers that the Three Dimwits have a photo in their possession showing the guilty party who set the fire at the horse farm: Trudy!

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

We Were All Kids Once! / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Helfant

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Butch McLobster, The Super Mobster / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Butch McLobster

[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 3: Melodrama in a Sawmill! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).

Synopsis:

Walter King persuades the Three Dimwits to set traps to kill the Flash in hopes of taking full possession of the horse, now a proven contender in racing, and they nearly succeed in sawing the Flash in two!

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

Runaway Plane (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan

[The Flash and Short Shanks]: Chapter 4: The Big Race! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain).

Synopsis:

The blacksmith and Trudy kidnap "Short Shanks" and paint him to look like a zebra in order to outwit King. While the Police round up and jail King, Joan Williams decides to ride the horse in a local race.

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.