All-Flash #9

(March-April 1943)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Salute by C. W. Anderson (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Jackie Cordell

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Adventure of the Stolen Telescope! [Chapter 1: The Anti-Gravity Metal] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Terrible Three (villains)

Synopsis

Research scientist Jay Garrick makes a startling discovery of a new metal, thanks to the use of a new type of telescope. A group of Nazis, called the "Terrible Three", find out about Jay's discovery and succeed in stealing both the telescope and metal.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Another Meeting of the Justice Society! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Pencils

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Inks

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Colors

?

Letters

Sol Hess

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mix me one of your best chocolate malteds...

Genre

humor

Characters

Simp O'Dill

Reprints

• from Simp O'Dill Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Pencils

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Inks

Sol Hess (signed as Hess)

Colors

?

Letters

Sol Hess

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you use a good bicycle cheap?

Genre

humor

Characters

Simp O'Dill

Reprints

• from Simp O'Dill Sunday (Bell Syndicate) ?

[Adventure of the Stolen Telescope!] Chapter Two: The Terrible Three Ain't So Terrible! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boyland; Noddy Toylan; Editor Sheldon Mayer; The Terrible Three (villains)

Synopsis

The Three Dimwits accidentally convince the Nazis that they are the "Terrible Three." It's all the Flash can do to save them and capture the spies at the same time.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Victory Puzzles / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

A. W. Nugent

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Free! An Autographed Picture of Wonder Woman to All Those Who Help the March of Dimes! (Table of Contents: 11)

Wonder Woman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (see notes)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince], Hippolyte, Steve Trevor

Synopsis

Wonder Woman explains infantile paralysis to her mother, and how it can be treated with an iron lung. She agrees to offer an autographed picture of herself to each child who contributes to the March of Dimes.

Keywords

infantile paralysis; invisible plane; iron lung; March of Dimes; mental radio

Indexer Notes

Appears in several DC comics circa March 1943. PSA featuring Wonder Woman for Infantile Paralysis.

Writer unlikely to be Jack Schiff, who did DC's PSA from 1949-1967 but is not known to have worked on any All American titles prior to their merge with DC. Probably an AA staffer. Ted Udall was on the AA staff in 1942-3, wrote a lot of the AA fillers, and would have been familiar with Wonder Woman, so he's a likely suspect. Another is (the future) Dorothy Woolfolk, who was also staff around this time, and is said to have written Wonder Woman, prior to her working on EC's Moon Girl in 1947. A PSA would make sense. Sheldon Mayer has also been identified as a potential writer of this PSA, but the source of that credit is not known.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Rumpus / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant

Pencils

Art Helfant

Inks

Art Helfant

Colors

?

Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll guess your weight...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Rumpus

The Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Adventure of the Magic Mirror! Chapter One: Into the Looking Glass! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Marty Burke (explorer); Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan

Synopsis

World explorer Marty Burke brings an odd mirror back from the Pacific area of the war, and when Winky, Blinky and Noddy learn the 4th Dimensional aspects of it, the Flash is swept into mystery right out of "Alice in Wonderland".

Indexer Notes

Ferstadt art credits per Craig Delich. We previously credited E. E. Hibbard with pencils and Chester Kozlak with inks.

The Catafighter (Table of Contents: 16)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

aviation

Characters

Hop Harrigan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Hop Harrigan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Adventure of the Magic Mirror!] Chapter Two: Out of the Fourth Dimension! (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Marty Burke; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan

Synopsis

Learning that Marty and Joan have been captured by criminal elements, who have learned of the mirror's existence, the Flash travels from the 4th Dimension to save them and round up the crooks who have stolen the mirror.

Keywords

4th Dimension

Indexer Notes

Ferstadt art credits per Craig Delich. We previously credited E. E. Hibbard with pencils and Chester Kozlak with inks.

The Big Eight! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)