Flash Comics #61

(January 1945)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Christmas Gift Books / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Magic of Ultra-Speed! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Martin Naydel

Inks

Martin Naydel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Midget Joe (villain)

Synopsis

The Flash disguises himself as a magician to perform feats of "magic" for children in a hospital ward. While using his speed to grant the wishes of his young audience, he unwittingly stops crimes in progress perpetrated by his old nemesis Midget Joe.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Construction for Crime (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Slim; Pedro; Fred]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

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

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

The Story of the Huguenots in Florida (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Reprints

• in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #1 (1945)

Indexer Notes

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

Meet... Broadcast Bill (Table of Contents: 8)

Who's Who in Zooville / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Pencils

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Inks

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bill

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cross-Country Kid (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited as Jay Marr)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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

The Big All-American Comic Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Hot News] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Stan Asch (credited as Stan Josephs)

Inks

Stan Asch (credited as Stan Josephs)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder

Meet... Gunner Gus (Table of Contents: 14)

Who's Who in Zooville / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Pencils

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Inks

Ron Santi (signed as R. Santi)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gunner Gus

The Grapevine to the Sky! (Table of Contents: 15)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]

Synopsis

In a futuristic version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' the Feathered Fury accidentally runs into such a vine, which leads to a city in the clouds whose inhabitants only have one urge: to kill!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Electric Football / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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