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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published Fall 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall (assistant editor); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant editor)
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America.

Cover Details - "The Three Dimwits Discover a Vanishing Vitamin!"

Characters The Flash; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

1 page The Flash story "Tumble Inn to Trouble: Introduction"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe](villain)
Synopsis [See synopsis for Chapter 1]
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

12 page The Flash story "Tumble Inn to Trouble: Chapter 1: 10 Years to Think"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe](villain, 1st appearance); Hunk Norvock (villain)
Synopsis Famous District Attorney Clifford Devoe loses a very important case involving mobster Hunk Norvock, and decides to throw in with him. A deal is struck between the two, but Devoe doesn't hear anything from Hunk for 10 years, and then when he does, it involves the Flash and a restaurant owned by the Three Dimwits.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

14 page The Flash story "Tumble Inn to Trouble: Chapter 2: The Thinker against the Door"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe](villain)
Synopsis Devoe, now known as "The Thinker," takes over Hunk's gang and begins to plan a series of robberies, including a valuable diamond known as "The Sun." At the restaurant, Noddy is fed a salad of Karma leaves by a disgruntled waiter and he vanishes into invisibility!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

1 page Hop Harrigan text story "Hop Harrigan in the Solomons"

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

11 page The Flash story "Tumble Inn to Trouible: Chapter 3: Hot Stuff, That Banana Oil"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan; Noddy; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe](villain)
Synopsis Discovering the secret of the Karma leaves, the Thinker sends his thugs to the Dimwit's restaurant to get a supply of those leaves, which will allow them to commit crimes unseen. Unfortunately for the Thinker, the Scarlet Speedster doesn't need the leaves of the Karma plant to be invisible!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.

10 page The Flash story "Tumble Inn to Trouble: Chapter 4: Who's the Real Thinker?"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky Toylan, Noddy; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe](villain)
Synopsis The Thinker strikes at the Flash by making him think that the Three Dimwits are the real masterminds of crime. Although the Fastest Man Alive doesn't buy the story, the authorities do, and Flash has his hands full convincing the Police that the Dimwits are just plain saps!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-09.