Flash Comics #39

(March 1943)

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

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

Hide-Rack Kidnapped (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Juanita Siveright

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Play of the Year (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You won't need a ticket for this drama...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Bobby Coop; John Marryon; Glory Langdon; Larry Mountwyn

Synopsis

A theatre promoter devises a plan to revive a play with its original cast of stars as the drawing card. Although the Flash thinks the man is crazy, crookdom decides it's too good to pass up!

Indexer Notes

Credits from Craig Delich.

The Biggest Thing in Bi-Monthlies!! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Brand New! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Ted Udall (credited)

Pencils

Frank Harry (credited)

Inks

Frank Harry (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the dark days of devastating warfare...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; war

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Pedro; Fred; Slim]; Kapitan Frizzling (Nazi)

[no title indexed] (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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a Nazi spy by the name of Count Orf...

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Count Orf [aka Sauer Krause] (villain); Daisy Darling

Free! An Autographed Picture of Wonder Woman to All Those Who Help the March of Dimes! (Table of Contents: 8)

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 [Princess Diana; Diana Prince]; Queen 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.

Writer unlikely to be Jack Schiff, who did DC's PSAs from 1949-1967 but is not known to have worked on any All American titles prior to their merge with DC, so probably written by 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 47. Sheldon Mayer has also been identified as a potential writer of this PSA, but the source of that credit is not known.

Crime Plays Ball!! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Gallagher (signed as Joe Gallagher)

Inks

Joe Gallagher (signed as Joe Gallagher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When crime tries a new angle...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

The King [King Standish]; Big Boy Sommers; Manager Dawson; The Cardon Brothers (crooks)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Homer Fleming

Inks

Homer Fleming

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's always funny when a playboy with too much money gets rebuffed...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Hans (Nazi saboteur); Willy (Nazi saboteur)

Keywords

Diablo Cafe

Thousand-Face, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 11)

A Jack Raymond Story / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Diablo, the criminal, is sentenced to death...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Jack Raymond; Diablo (villain)

Indexer Notes

Concluded from the previous issue.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Mutt and Jeff; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Matinee Murder Mystery (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It looked as if vaudeville was finally coming back...

Genre

adventure; humor; drama

Characters

Al B. Keith; Sid Manley; Fuller Phun; Will Power; Hazel Dearie; Ralph McSneer; Blanche Rouge

Slapstick "Corn" (Table of Contents: 16)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Slat, I see where some big army doctor...

Genre

humor

Characters

Fat [Fuller Phun]; Slat [Archibald Clubb]

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich.

Philhellenes (Table of Contents: 17)

Flash Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

Energy for Victory! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Timetable of Crime (Table of Contents: 19)

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]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; Roundhouse Charley Adams; Gracie

Synopsis

A former railroad man devises a foolproof timetable for crimes to be committed, each guaranteed to outwit the law and the Hawkman.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Moldoff signs, as 'Shelly', in the sixth panel of the last page.

Another Meeting of the Justice Society! (Table of Contents: 20) (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: 21) (Expand) /

Boy Commandos; World's Finest Comics; Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)