Flash Comics #48

(December 1943)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Man Whom Nobody Saw! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Bill Botts

Synopsis

Bill Botss was so ordinary, so much of a wall-flower, that people refused to even notice that he was there. Yet, when he met the Flash, the Scarlet Speedster worked out a cure...a cure that netted the Flash a few criminals and a lot of headaches!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Now You See Him -- Now You Don't (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

All-Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Artist] (Table of Contents: 6)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder

The Mystery of the Von Tirpitz (Table of Contents: 7)

The Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Slim; Fred; Pedro]; von Tirpitz (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Final Game (Table of Contents: 9)

Minute Movies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan

Pencils

Ed Wheelan

Inks

Ed Wheelan

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Wheelan

Genre

adventure; humor

Get Going! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It Happened on Tor (Table of Contents: 11)

A Jack Raymond Story / text story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines

Letters

typeset

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

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Crime Rides a Hansom Cab (Table of Contents: 13)

The Whip / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]

Join the Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Grab Bag of Crime! (Table of Contents: 15)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Mike Morris (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Angry that Hawkman put him behind bars, Black Mike Morris vows to get revenge on the Winged Wonder in a most novel way: give the Feathered Fury gifts upon his parole, then let it be known that Hawkman has taken bribes!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Invention Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)