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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published June-July 1947
Cover Price 0.15
Pages 76
Editing Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Robert Kanigher (story editors)

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern; Flash; Wonder Woman.
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard

13 page Wonder Woman story "The Siege of the Flying Mermaids"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mala; Gerta von Gunther; Hippolyte; the Amazons; Paula von Gunther; Queen Sharkeetah (villain).
Synopsis Wonder Woman must battle an evil group of mermaids that were created from tiny sharks by a formula invented by Gerta, willful daughter of Paula von Gunther.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-5-09.

2 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-5-09. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

8 page Just a Story story "Behind the 8-Ball"

Characters Percival Drizzle
Genre adventure
Script Howard Purcell
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-5-09. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

11 page The Flash story "The Making of a Reporter"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Ken Kummer.
Synopsis The son of a successful newspaperman takes on the challenge of a dangerous assignment in order to prove to his fiancee that he can make it on his own as a reporter, and not let his dad support him for the rest of his life. But, in the end, even he must accept the help of the Flash or risk having his first story being his last!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit revision by Craig Delich, updated 8/04, previously listed as Gardner F.Fox. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-5-09.

8 page Hop Harrigan story "Mixy Pixy Brews a Bruise"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Doc Groan; Miss Snap.
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Letters Jon L. Blummer
Notes Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

6 page O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct story "O'Malley the Cop"

Characters John O'Malley
Genre detective
Script Irwin Hasen
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Writer credit revised from ? to Hasen by Craig Delich 9-5-09. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

2 page text story "The Finger of Fate"

Genre adventure
Script Cliff Rhodes (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-5-09. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006.

12 page Green Lantern story "The Man Who Couldn't Fail"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Ira Selby.
Synopsis Alan Scott is summoned to his old Alma Mater in an attempt to locate the "brain child" of the university who mysteriously disappeared.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Changes to sequencing by Len Wolinsky, 3/15/2006. Alan Scott works for radio station WXYZ in this story. Alan Scott graduated from Hale University. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-5-09.