Flash Comics
#55
(July 1944)
DC,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-05-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- J. R. Publishing Co.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor); Ted Udall (story editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
At the bottom of the first story page: "July Flash No. 55. Entire contents copyrighted 1944 by J. R. Publishing Co."
At the bottom of the first story page: "July Flash No. 55. Entire contents copyrighted 1944 by J. R. Publishing Co."
The Riddle of the Stolen Statuette!
Hawkman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
All-American by John R. Tunis
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Man with the Television Eyes
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Chester Kozlak (ghosted for E. E. Hibbard)
- Inks
- Chester Kozlak (ghosted for E. E. Hibbard)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
- Synopsis
- A master criminal succeeds in planting a television-type statue in homes he intends to victimize, including that of Joan Williams. But the Fastest Man Alive discovers the trick and uses it to trap the felons.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Graham Hunter (signed)
- Inks
- Graham Hunter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties.
- Genre
- humor; sports
Prisoners by Preference!
The Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Ghost Patrol [Slim; Pedro; Fred]
[Be a Big Movie Star]
Johnny Thunder and Peachy Pet / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
Indexer Notes
Oddity: Johnny does NOT appear in this story!
Now! The Complete Old Testament Edition
Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
[Justice for the Children of the Dust]
The Whip / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip [Rod Gaynor]
Join the Junior Justice Society of America
The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Riddle of the Stolen Statuette
Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages
- 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]
- Synopsis
- After stealing a one-of-a-kind, unique glass statuette, the new owner is startled to discover that two other collectors also own identical statuettes, a situation that comes to the attention of the Feathered Furies.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes! They're now on sale everywhere!
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Beaven (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Beaven (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military...
- Genre
- humor; military; adventure
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Riddle of the Stolen Statuette!
Hawkman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
All-American by John R. Tunis
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
The Man with the Television Eyes
The Flash -
4.
["Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties."]
Wheaties -
5.
Prisoners by Preference!
The Ghost Patrol -
6.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
7.
Detours of Destiny
Minute Movies -
8.
[Be a Big Movie Star]
Johnny Thunder and Peachy Pet -
9.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth -
10.
Destroyer, Part Two
-
11.
Now! The Complete Old Testament Edition
Picture Stories from the Bible -
12.
[Justice for the Children of the Dust]
The Whip -
13.
Join the Junior Justice Society of America
The Junior Justice Society of America -
14.
Riddle of the Stolen Statuette
Hawkman -
15.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
16.
["Yes! They're now on sale everywhere!"]
-
17.
["Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military..."]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Juan Gonzalez
- Bob Hughes
- Jim Van Dore
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