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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published January-February 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant Editor); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant editor)
Notes Assistant editor dates are approximate. This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club. Oddity: insides in spots depicts the lightning bolt on Flash's costume backwards! Some info and story title correction added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

Cover Details - "The Flash and the Formula to Fairyland"

Characters The Flash; various characters from Fairyland.
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed as Hibbard)
Inks Everett E. Hibbard (signed as Hibbard)

3 page The Flash story "The Formula to Fairyland!: Prologue"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]
Synopsis The Flash is called in to try and revive the spirits of a blind boy who lies near death at a local hospital.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

10 page The Flash story "The Formula to Fairyland!: Chapter 1: Migration into Fantasy"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis A local bookstore owner, unknowingly saved by the Flash, believes that the Three Dimwits have saved him and thus rewards them [as scientists] with a rare volume on how to enter Fairyland. When the appointed night, Halloween, arrives, they read the magic incantation, shrink and enter into Fairyland, as do the Flash and Joan, who also repeat the words.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed)
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 3/03. Much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

13 page The Flash story "The Formula to Fairyland!: Chapter 2: Unfairness in Fairyland!"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis Once in Fairyland, Flash, Jean and the Dimwits run into a variety of characters: Cinderella, Puss n' Boots and the Ugly Duckling, as well as an old witch who, with two crooks, abscond with the golden treasure of Fairyland. It's up to the Flash to recover the loot in order to release Joan. who is being accused of the foul deed.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 3/03. Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

4 page Butch McLobster the Super Mobster filler "Puts over a Fast One"

Characters Butch McLobster
Genre detective
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

1 page How to Spot the Planes in the Skies? filler "Japanese Mitsubishi/Italian Savoia-Marchetti-SM81"

Genre fact
Script Falcon Mathieu
Pencils Falcon Mathieu
Inks Falcon Mathieu
Letters Falcon Mathieu

12 page The Flash story "The Formula to Fairyland!: Chapter 3: The Flash Meets Magic!"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]; Rasts Riley; Red; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis The Flash meets Jack [of the Beanstalk fame] and climbs up the beanstalk in order to confront the witch and crooks who have teamed up with the giant, but is captured.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed)
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 3/03. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Decoys...Made in Japan"

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

14 page The Flash story "The Formula to Fairyland!: Chapter 4: Tale's End!"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis Thanks to Mother Frost and friends, the Flash is released from Captivity, and then he seeks out the Fairy Godmother, who provides weapons needed to battle the old witch, recover the loot, and secure the release of Joan. The telling of this story gives the dying boy new hope and he recovers (learning the Flash's secret identity in the process).
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Harry Tschida
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 3/03. Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.