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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published September 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)

Cover Details - "The Adventure of the Gangster and the Ghost"

Characters The Hawkman
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Flash story "The Little Spoiled Scion of Society"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Synopsis The three dimwits are hired to tutor the spoiled-brat grandson of wealthy parents, but it takes the actions of the Flash and a local gangster to straighten the young man out.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Culture"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

6 page Minute Movies story "Ridicule"

Genre adventure; humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Storming Hollywood"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

9 page Hawkman story "The Gangster and the Ghost"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall].
Synopsis Hawkman uses a killer's fear of retribution by a man he murdered to put the criminal behind bars.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07.