Flash Comics
#58
(October 1944)
DC,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-08-05
- 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.
Merman Meets the Flash
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Merman [Jon Rogers]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Merman Meets the Flash!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Chester Kozlak (signed as CK)
- Inks
- Chester Kozlak (signed as CK)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Merman [Jon Rogers] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Unable to get work because of a lack of job skills (other than being a great swimmer), Jon Rogers turns to crime, each one involving some form of water in each.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich. E. E. Hibbard is credited as artist.
[no title indexed]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick MacKay (signed)
- Inks
- Dick MacKay (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry, Sirs!
- Genre
- humor; military; adventure
What Cooks?
The Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mind if I join you?
- Genre
- humor
Hop Harrigan's Bull Story
Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker
Outsmarting a Saboteur!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
[Peachy Pet's Job]
Johnny Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)
- Pencils
- Stan Asch
- Inks
- Stan Asch
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet
The Voice from the Lake!
Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Synopsis
- A clever criminal discovers that a lake can pick up radio messages and transmit them, so he decides to use it to plot crimes.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Merman Meets the Flash
The Flash -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
Merman Meets the Flash!
The Flash -
4.
["I'm sorry, Sirs!"]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries -
5.
What Cooks?
The Ghost Patrol -
6.
["Mind if I join you?"]
Wheaties -
7.
The Demon Dozen
Minute Movies -
8.
Hop Harrigan's Bull Story
Hop Harrigan -
9.
[no title indexed]
Picture Stories from the Bible -
10.
Outsmarting a Saboteur!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
11.
[Peachy Pet's Job]
Johnny Thunder -
12.
The Voice from the Lake!
Hawkman -
13.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
14.
["Boys & girls - Here is the comic book you've been waiting for!"]
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Juan Gonzalez
- Bob Hughes
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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