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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published Fall 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall (assistant editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Five Clues to Crime"

Characters The Flash; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard

1 page The Flash story "Five Clues to Crime: Introduction"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; The Sinister (villain)
Synopsis [See synopsis for Chapter 1]
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard

9 page The Flash story "Five Clues to Crime: Chapter 1: The Letter of the Law"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; The Sinister (villain)
Synopsis The mouthpiece of one of the Scarlet Speedster's most dangerous foes, The Sinister, decides he can no longer cover up for his client's criminal misdeeds. So he sends the Flash a letter giving the first of five clues to reveal the Sinister's planned crime sprees.
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.

10 page The Flash story "Five Clues to Crime: Chapter 2: Menace in the Museum"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; The Sinister (villain)
Synopsis The Sinister turns to the Three Dimwits for his defense in court. However, the crafty lawyers actually try to railroad their client into jail, quite accidently of course. In the end, the Sinister is set free and Winky, Blinky and Noddy are jailed!
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.

2 page advertisement "150 Mile Race to Save a Nation"

Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Letters George Roussos
Notes Actually a Thom McAnn shoe ad.

10 page The Flash story "Five Clues to Crime: Chapter 3: Meddling with a Medium"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; The Sinister (villain); the Sinister's Gang (villains)
Synopsis With his men committing crimes that he no longer sanctions, the Sinister consults a medium in an attempt top locate and stop his gang from committing more crimes for which he would be blamed!
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.

1 page text story "Oxen Can Pull"

Genre adventure
Script Jack Miller [as Jay Marr] (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Who's Who in Zooville story "Meet Timid Bertie"

Characters Bertie
Genre funny animal
Script Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Pencils Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Inks Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Letters Ronald Santi

10 page The Flash story "Five Clues to Crime: Chapter 4: It All Comes Out in the Wash"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy; the Sinister (villain)
Synopsis Reading a carbon copy of the letter written to the Flash by his mouthpiece, the Sinister attempts to reach the clues before the Flash and remove them so that the Scarlet Speedster could not stop the crimes.
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.