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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published December-January 1947-48
Cover Price 0.15
Pages 80
Editing Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Robert Kanigher (story editors)
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America. The Flash and G.L. panels are by Hasen, Wonder Woman panel is by Peter.

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern; Flash; Wonder Woman.
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen; Harry G. Peter
Inks Irwin Hasen; Harry G. Peter
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America. The Flash and G.L. panels are by Hasen, Wonder Woman panel is by Peter.

13 page Wonder Woman story "Empress of the Sea Brigands"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Hard Candy; Judy MacGregor; Mark Holcombe (D); Gary Banks; Paula von Gunther; Randy Holcombe (villain); Mohammed Abdulla (villain); Achmet (villain).
Synopsis The murder of a neighboring ranch owner of Hard Candy [Etta's father] leads to the arrest of Judy MacGregor, who has a well-known hatred of all men. So Wonder Woman takes her back to 1777 to see if she can discover the basis for this intense hatred.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

13 page Johnny Peril story "The Story of Professor Kendle"

Characters Johnny Peril; Professor Kendle (villain, D).
Synopsis Johnny interviews a rocket scientist that has invented a spaceship that can travel to the Moon, He tells Johnny that he has dreamed that an alien forces him to fly to the Moon, and when the scientist and ship do disappear, the world raises money to effect a rescue. Johnny discovers, however, that the kidnapping is a hoax, but then something strange happens!
Genre fantasy
Script Howard Purcell (signed)
Pencils Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks Howard Purcell (signed)
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

7 page Hop Harrigan story "Airfield Sabotage"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Danny Lane; Riker (villain).
Genre aviation
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

5 page Cotton-Top Katie story "I Think the Heat's Got Him!"

Characters Cotton-Top Katie; the Perfessor.
Genre teen
Script Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Pencils Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Inks Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.

12 page The Flash story "The Slow-Motion Crimes"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; the Junior JSA; Joan Williams; Iris; Bob; the Turtle (villain).
Synopsis The Turtle returns to confound Flash, this time by combining fast and slow words as clues to the crimes he plans to commit. To top things off, the Scarlet Speedster is saved from death by a member of the JJSA!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
Reprinted In Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1991 series) #nn.

2 page text story "Dead Center"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall (signed as Charles King)
Letters typeset

12 page Green Lantern story "The Case of the Withered Flower"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Nick Blake; John Cashmere; Dick Cashmere; Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold](villain).
Synopsis Doiby's signal flare lures Green Lantern into a trap. After deciphering the clues, the Emerald Crusader discovers to his horror that Solomon Grundy has returned!
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks John Belfi
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Doiby uses a green signal flare to summon the Green Lantern in this story. This is the last appearance of Grundy until the Silver Age in All-Star Squadron #3. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.