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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published Summer 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall (assistant editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)
Notes This issue carries an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America. Note added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

Cover Details - "The Adventure of the Mummy Case and the Wooden Man"

Characters The Flash; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Cover carries the AA (All-American) imprint.

11 page The Flash story "No Rest at the Rest Home"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Synopsis The Three Dimwits accidently become involved in a shady rest home operation, and only the Flash can sort out the details in time to protect the innocent victims.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "The Talisman and the Tapestry"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis A petty sneak theif robs the Garrick home of a seemingly worthless book, not realizing that it contains a map that will lead him and the Flash to the Andes Mountains in Chile to unravel the secret of a mysterious tapestry.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

1 page text story "The Oatmeal Kid"

Genre adventure
Script Jack Miller [as Jay Marr] (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "The Mummy Case and the Wooden Man"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; Isis
Synopsis A junkman carves a wooden man out of an ancient Egyptian mummy case for his son, and, to the surprise of everyone, it mysteriously comes to life. The Fastest Man Alive is then faced with terror beyond belief!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.