Flash Comics #64

(April 1945)

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

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

To the Boys and Girls of America (Table of Contents: 2)

public service announcement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Basil O'Connor

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Keywords

Red Cross

The Fire Bandits! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (ghosted for E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Martin Naydel (ghosted for E. E. Hibbard)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan

Synopsis

The Three Dimwits decide that they want to be firemen and the Flash must deal with the ineptness as well as a mysterious tipster who predicts future fires.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

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

Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Story of Benjamin Franklin (Table of Contents: 5)

Picture Stories from American History / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

M. C. Gaines; W. W. D. Sones

Pencils

Allen Simon

Inks

Allen Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Benjamin Franklin

Reprints

• in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #2 (1946)
• in Tiny Tot Comics (EC, 1946 series) #7 (Summer 1947) [p. 1 only]
• in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #4 (Summer 1947) [p. 1 only]
• in International Comics (EC, 1947 series) #3 (July-August 1947) [p. 1 only]

Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint. We formerly credited the art to Don Cameron in error.

Circus Terror! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Cousin Howie] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Howie

Want to Be a Champion? (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Adventure of the Man Who Quit Too Late (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Frank Harry (credited)

Inks

Frank Harry (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Slim; Fred; Pedro]

Join the Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Brooklyn Goat (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited as Jay Marr)

Letters

typeset

I Was There, Brother... (Table of Contents: 13)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Victory Puzzles / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

Look, Fellows... (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Ranger Helmet Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Man with the Magic Monocles (Table of Contents: 16)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Monocle [Jonathan Chevel] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Jonathan Cheval is an honest businessman in optics, he loses his business due to the schemes of criminals. Cheval plans his revenge on those who ruined him and uses his knowledge of optics (and their relation to the invisible rays of the atmosphere) to invent a variety of monocles that emit beams of energy. He gets revenge on two of the three before he's captured by Hawkman and imprisoned alongside the third.

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

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

Speedy Energy (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)