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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published April-May 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Ted Udall [Assistant Editor]; Julius Schwartz [Assistant Editor]

Cover Details

Characters The Flash; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks Martin Naydel (signed)
Letters typeset

12 page The Flash story "The Money Doubler"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy
Synopsis The Flash must contend with two headaches: first, the Three Dimwits invent a machine that is designed to double a person's money -- and second, a gang who has a weird film projector whose projected image can eat through walls!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 3/03. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-21-09.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "Deal Me from the Bottom"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Deuces Wilde
Synopsis Deuces Wilde relates a strange tale of a young boy who developed an amazing ability in pitching playing cards, an ability used to further his criminal pursuits.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-21-09.
Reprinted In DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #5 [completely redrawn in that printing]

2 page text story "The Lost Mine"

Genre adventure
Script Jim Robinson (signed)
Letters typeset

3 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Nerwspaper reprints.

13 page The Flash story "The City of Shifting Sand"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Liars' Club; Joan Garrick; Ben Otan (silicon sand being)
Synopsis At the annual meeting of the Liar's Club , Jay Garrick relates a strange tale of the Flash and his battle against deadly sand....sand that hates human beings!
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-21-09.
Reprinted In Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #1 (March-April 1976) [story redrawn by Edgar Bercasio there]