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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published February 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer, editor; Dorothy Roubicek (assistant eds)
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society.

Cover Details - "The Tale of the 1000 Dollar Bill"

Characters The Flash
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society.

13 page Flash story "Thousand Dollar Bill"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis A meek, hen-pecked man accidently draws $1000 out of his bank account and is amazed to note how people suddenly treat him with respect. The Flash also notices a group of crooks who take an unusual interest in him as well.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-28-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "The Thunderbolt Impersonates Johnny"

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

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Legend of the Lethal Lagoon"

Characters The Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

6 page Minute Movies story "The Sleeping Beauty"

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

6 page The Whip story "The Light That Never failed"

Characters The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
Genre western
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming

9 page Hawkman story "Personal Protection from the Hawkman"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis A group of criminals seek to discredit the Feathered Fury by selling phony scrolls to people purporting to offer "protection" from Hawkman.
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 10-28-07.