| Issue | #5 |
| Published | Summer 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | M C Gaines, (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor); [Ted Udall?, (assistant editor)] |
| Notes | This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club. |
| Characters | The Flash; Short Shanks. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Notes | This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club. |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky, Blinky Toylan and Noddy (1st appearance); Trudy; Short Shanks. |
| Synopsis | Flash meets Winky, Blinky and Noddy while visiting the Cumberly Horse Farm with Joan. Joan's friend Trudy owns a horse named "Short Shanks", a very fast horse that shows little promise of racing fame....until a mysterious fire and sale of the horse at public auction. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09. |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Trudy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain). |
| Synopsis | A blacksmith buys the horse and discovers that the horse has one leg shorter than the others, so he constructs special shoes that allow the horse a chance to become a champion. Meanwhile, the Flash discovers that the Three Dimwits have a photo in their possession showing the guilty party who set the fire at the horse farm: Trudy! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Art Helfant |
| Pencils | Art Helfant |
| Inks | Art Helfant |
| Letters | Art Helfant |
| Characters | Butch McLobster |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Ed Wheelan |
| Pencils | Ed Wheelan |
| Inks | Ed Wheelan |
| Letters | Ed Wheelan |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain). |
| Synopsis | Walter King persuades the Three Dimwits to set traps to kill the Flash in hopes of taking full possession of the horse, now a proven contender in racing, and they nearly succeed in sawing the Flash in two! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09. |
| Characters | Hop Harrigan |
| Genre | aviation |
| Script | Evelyn Gaines (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Trudy; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Short Shanks; Walter King (villain). |
| Synopsis | The blacksmith and Trudy kidnap "Short Shanks" and paint him to look like a zebra in order to outwit King. While the Police round up and jail King, Joan Williams decides to ride the horse in a local race. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09. |