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Issue: All-Flash #8
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #8 of 32 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Jolaine Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/17/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 25 in ad in All-American Comics #46. Assistant editor dates are approximate.

Oddity: insides in spots the lightning bolt on Flash's costume is depicted backwards!
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Flash and the Formula to Fairyland!

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Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard [as Hibbard] (signed)
Inker(s): E. E. Hibbard [as Hibbard] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; various characters from Fairyland
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Secret Cargo by Howard Pease

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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The Formula to Fairyland! [Prologue]

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard
Inker(s): Harry Tschida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]
Synopsis: The Flash is called in to try and revive the spirits of a blind boy who lies near death at a local hospital.
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[The Formula to Fairyland!] Chapter One: Migration into Fantasy

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (signed)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Tschida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Joan Williams; Jimmy [a.k.a. Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis: A local bookstore owner, unknowingly saved by the Flash, believes that the Three Dimwits have saved him and thus rewards them (as scientists) with a rare volume on how to enter Fairyland. When the appointed night, Halloween, arrives, they read the magic incantation, shrink and enter into Fairyland, as do the Flash and Joan, who also repeat the words.
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: The Justice Society is here again!
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Feature(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: Thanks, boys & girls, for the wonderful reception...
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[The Formula to Fairyland!] Chapter Two: Unfairness in Fairyland!

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (signed)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Tschida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Joan Williams; Jimmy [aka Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis: Once in Fairyland, Flash, Jean and the Dimwits run into a variety of characters: Cinderella, Puss n' Boots and the Ugly Duckling, as well as an old witch who, with two crooks, abscond with the golden treasure of Fairyland. It's up to the Flash to recover the loot in order to release Joan. who is being accused of the foul deed.
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He Puts Over a Fast One on Egbert, the Boy Scout

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Writer(s): Ed Wheelan
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Butch McLobster the Super Mobster
Character(s): Butch McLobster
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Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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Boys and Girls!

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Feature(s): All-Flash
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Feature(s): Hop Harrigan; All-American Flying Club
First Line: Boys and girls - I'm on the radio now...
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Japanese Mitsubishi; Italian Savoia-Marchetti-SM81

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Writer(s): Falcon Mathieu
Penciller(s): Falcon Mathieu
Inker(s): Falcon Mathieu
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Letterer(s): Falcon Mathieu
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): How to Spot the Planes in the Skies
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[The Formula to Fairyland!] Chapter Three: The Flash Meets Magic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (signed)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Tschida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Joan Williams; Jimmy [aka Buster]; Rats Riley; Red; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis: The Flash meets Jack (of the Beanstalk fame) and climbs up the beanstalk in order to confront the witch and crooks who have teamed up with the giant, but is captured.
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Feature(s): Green Lantern
First Line: Doiby Dickles, speakin'...
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Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Well, Jeff, we made it!
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Decoys...Made in Japan

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Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
Character(s): Hop Harrigan
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[The Formula to Fairyland!] Chapter Four: Tale's End!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (signed)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Tschida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Joan Williams; Jimmy [aka Buster]; Red; Rats Riley; Lumps Riley (villain); Crusher Riley (villain); various characters from Fairyland
Synopsis: Thanks to Mother Frost and friends, the Flash is released from Captivity, and then he seeks out the Fairy Godmother, who provides weapons needed to battle the old witch, recover the loot, and secure the release of Joan. The telling of this story gives the dying boy new hope and he recovers (learning the Flash's secret identity in the process).
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The Big Eight!

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Feature(s): Knickerbocker Pub. Co.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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