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Issue: Flash Comics #52
Publication Date: April 1944
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Issues: #52 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 02/08/1944
Volume: 5
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Dorothy Woolfolk (assistant editor, uncredited)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Machine That Thinks Like a Man

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel
Inker(s): Martin Naydel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Don't Miss These New Issues--

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The Machine That Thinks Like a Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (credited)
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel [as E. E. Hibbard] (credited)
Inker(s): Martin Naydel [as E. E. Hibbard] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Evart Keenan
Synopsis: Evart Keenan returns from the planet Karma to visit Jay Garrick once again and bestow the gift of a mechanical brain on him, unaware that it can also answer the burning question of the underworld: how to destroy the Flash!
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Pages: 13
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The Cave's Secret

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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Peachy Pet in Berlin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth (signed)
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet Thunder
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Pages: 7
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Lichty (signed)
Inker(s): George Lichty (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: We're gonna play Nazi torture-chamber...
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An Open Letter to Dictators

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Harry
Inker(s): Frank Harry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Ghost Patrol
Character(s): The Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]
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Pages: 8
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A Fiend for Fame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Minute Movies
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Feature(s): All-Flash; The Junior Justice Society of America
First Line: For further adventures of the Flash...
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The Green Planet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Jack Raymond Story
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Now! The Complete Old Testament Edition

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Feature(s): Picture Stories from the Bible
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Recipe for Righteousness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Inker(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
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The Flash Urges You to Help in the Scrap Paper Salvage Drive!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard
Inker(s): E. E. Hibbard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
Synopsis: The Flash and Joan Williams talk about the importance of salvaging scrap paper for the war effort.
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The Feathers Fly!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Hummingbird [Hestor Morgan] (villain)
Synopsis: The world's foremost ornithologist, Hester Morgan, is rapidly tiring of her job at the local museum, and decides to get the money and luxuries she desires NOW! To do so, she becomes Hawkman's newest foe: the Hummingbird!
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Pages: 9
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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