Flash Comics #71

(May 1946)

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)

public service announcement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boys and girls, your Red Cross must carry on!

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

"Never the Twain Shall Meet!" (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Synopsis

By several strokes of chance, the Flash helps a notoriously bad gambler win a fortune while breaking up gambling operations in Keystone City.

Keywords

Keystone City

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

"Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Frank Harry

Inks

Frank Harry

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I sing when I'm hap-py...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Pedro; Fred; Slim]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Rockhead McWizzard / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ed Wheelan

Inks

Ed Wheelan

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Readers, this is a great moment! No doubt you've all heard of clever men...

Genre

humor

Characters

Rockhead McWizzard

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Jim Van Dore. We previously credited this feature to Jack Farr in error.

Quail for Dinner (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited as Jesse Merlan)

Letters

typeset

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

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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are 8,777,011 ways to plague a growing girl...

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet

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

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

Phil Cavarretta (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Out of the Gag-Bag / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan

Pencils

Ed Wheelan

Inks

Ed Wheelan

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

So ya run away wit' a circus when youse was a kid...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich.

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

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Land of Bird People! (Table of Contents: 15)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Feithera (introduction)

Synopsis

A super-intelligent race of bird people are accidentally discovered in the Arctic. Hawkman's job: prevent their destruction at the hands of men!

Reprints

• in Infinity, Inc. (DC, 1984 series) #4 (July 1984)
which is reprinted
• in Infinity, Inc.: The Generations Saga (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Craig Delich.

How Thom McAn Saved the Trapeze Twins (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Eveready / advertisement / 1 page (report information)