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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

Cover Details - "The Mystery of the Doll Who Walks Like a Man"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Rag Doll
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

13 page Flash story "Tale of the Treasure Hunt"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; VILLAIN: The Ragdoll [Pete Merkel] (first appearance)
Synopsis When a carnival closes its doors, many of its key performers find themselves without jobs, including Pete Merkel, a contortionist by trade. However, when he adopts the criminal identity of the Rag Doll, the Flash discovers this is one toy that interests the Police more than it will children.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-5-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "The Far East"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Script Ted Udall; Emmanuel Demby
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes Writer credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "One of Our Lifeboats Is Missing"

Characters Johnny Thunder
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

6 page The King story "A Murder Album"

Characters The King
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Jon L. Blummer
Inks Jon L. Blummer
Notes Writer credit revised by Ted Udall to Gardner Fox by Craig Delich 9-5-07.

6 page The Whip story "The Wheelchair Fund"

Characters The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
Genre superhero; western
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming

6 page Minute Movies story "Accent on Action"

Genre adventure; humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

9 page Hawkman story "Lost and Found"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
Synopsis Hawkman and Hawkgirl must put an end to Gotham City's lost and found department, which is being used by a criminal ring to dispose of hot merchandise.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-5-07.

1 page Fat and Slat filler "Fat and Slat"

Characters Fat and Slat
Genre humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes This sequence MAY be out of order. Added by Craig Delich 9-5-07.