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Issue: Flash Comics #28
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #28 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 02/10/1942
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor); Ted Udall (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 Flash Goes to Hollywood!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Marlene Dietrich (background); Gary Cooper (background); Judy Garland (background); Mickey Rooney (background); Charles Boyer (background); Clark Gable (background); Orson Welles (background); Betty Grable (background); Ginger Rogers (background); Tyrone Power (background); Hawkman (inset)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): How You Can Defend Your Home!
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Pages: 1
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The Flash Goes to Hollywood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (credited)
Inker(s): Hal Sharp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
Synopsis: A cheap publicity man in New York signs up the Flash and Joan to a movie contract to make a film titled "Guns of Gangland." Unaware that he has also signed up several gangsters to kill the Flash, the Scarlet Speedster has his hands full trying to complete the film AND remain alive!
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First Line: Here it is again!
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: 500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!
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Peachy Pet's Plane Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet; Daisy Darling
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Pages: 8
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The Costume Brawl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Penciller(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Inker(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Les Sparks
Character(s): Les Sparks
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Pages: 6
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The Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The King
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain)
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Pages: 7
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Uncle Sharp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth ?
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Inker(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
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Mystery of the Purple Moon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Jack Raymond Story
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sensation Comics; Wonder Woman
First Line: She's back again!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Augustus and the Mountains

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Writer(s): Josette Frank
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
First Line: Ascension Island issues its own stamps...
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Masquerade Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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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Pages: 7
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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): The Inkling Kid; Minute Movies
First Line: 'Lo, boss! Any good letters about me this month?
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Now on Sale

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The Mechanical Master

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]; Shiera Sanders
Synopsis: A giant white bird suddenly appears in Hawk Valley and begins kidnapping people, but Hawkman draws the line on such activity when one of the victims is Shiera.
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Prizes for All!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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