(April 1946)

DC, National Periodical Publications / Wheaties giveaway imprint, 1946 Series
Volume:
?
Price:
Pages:
32
Editing:
Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)
Format: 
Color; 6.5 inches by 8.25 inches; saddle-stitched; newsprint; one-shot giveaway

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Criminal from Tomorrow!
    Flash
  2. 2. Farewell to Crime!
    Johnny Thunder
  3. 3. [Carnival of Crime]
    Ghost Patrol
  4. 4. The Scavenger of the Skies!
    Hawkman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
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Issue Notes

Copyright by National Comics. Given away taped to boxes of Wheaties cereal.

none (Table of Contents)

Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash; Dmane.

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]

The Criminal from Tomorrow! (Table of Contents)

Flash / story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Dmane (intro, villain).
Synopsis:
Jay Garrick's "ultra energy beam" reaches into the future and accidently transports an arch criminal of the year 6946 to the present time.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-22-07.

Farewell to Crime! (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John B. Wentworth
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; humor
Characters:
Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; unnamed crooks (villains).
Synopsis:
Johnny can't say the magic words because he's hanging from a flag pole, by his teeth!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

[Carnival of Crime] (Table of Contents)

Ghost Patrol / story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John B. Wentworth
Pencils:
Frank Harry
Inks:
Frank Harry
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
supernatural adventure
Characters:
Ghost Patrol: Fred, Pedro, & Slim; carnival bosses (villains).
Synopsis:
The boys take on a crooked carnival.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

The Scavenger of the Skies! (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; V: The Raven [I].
Synopsis:
Hawkman and Hawkgirl face the Raven, a new criminal that tackles the Feathered Furies on their own turf.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-22-07.

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