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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published January 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)

Cover Details - "Hawkman and the Beanstalk"

Characters The Hawkman
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

13 page Flash story "The Magic of Ultra-Speed"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; V: Midget Joe.
Synopsis The Flash disguises himself as a magician to perform feats of "magic" for children in a hospital ward. While using his speed to grant the wishes of his young audience, he unwittingly stops crimes in progress perpetrated by his old nemesis. Midget Joe.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "Construction for Crime"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04.

2 page A Picture Story from American History story "The Story of the Huguenots in Florida"

Genre fact
Script M. C. Gaines
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Reprinted in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #1

1 page Who's Who in Zooville filler "Meet... Broadcast Bill"

Script Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Pencils Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Inks Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Notes Page count and sequence order corrected per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Hot News"

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

1 page Who's Who in Zooville filler "Meet... Gunner Gus"

Genre humor
Script Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Pencils Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Inks Ronald Santi (signed as R. Santi)
Notes This sequence was added by Craig Delich on 11-24-07. Page count and sequence order corrected per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

9 page Hawkman story "Grapevine to the Sky"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Synopsis In a futuristic version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' the Feathered Fury accidently runs into such a vine, which leads to a city in the clouds whose inhabitants only have one urge: to kill!
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 11-24-07.