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Issue: Flash Comics #53
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #53 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: 03/07/1944
Volume: 5
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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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Simple Simon Met the Hawkman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Simple Simon; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Justice Society of America Sends You This Message! The American Red Cross Needs Your Help!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice Society of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Sandman; Johnny Thunder; Spectre; Dr. Fate; Hawkman; Wonder Woman; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom; Starman]
Synopsis: Illustrated appeal to readers to help support the Red Cross Relief Fund.
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Pages: 0.67
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The Peddler's Pipedream!

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]; the Alchemist [Wally Hacker] (villain)
Synopsis: Baffled by the sudden rags-to-riches luck of peddler Wally Hacker, the Flash decides to investigate and discovers more than he bargained for.
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Pages: 13
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Time Out for Fun and Adventure

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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
First Line: Johnny Thunder and his pestiferous ward, Peachy Pet, are in Berlin, Germany, on business...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Johnny is discharged from the Navy.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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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]
First Line: Like three actors who pop in and out through the curtain looking for applause...
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Pages: 8
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The JSA for the March of Dimes

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Gallagher ?
Inker(s): Joe Gallagher ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Feature(s): Justice Society of America
Character(s): The Justice Society of America
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Terrors of the "Big Top"

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: 6
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: A guide tol' me she lost 'em in a Athens boarding house...
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The Green Planet, Part Two

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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Pages: 1.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Stories from the Bible
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Inker(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
First Line: Rod Gaynor, the pet of the uppercrust set, poses as dainty, tizzy, and fainty, a play-boy and a drip...
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Pages: 6
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Flash; The Junior Justice Society of America
First Line: For further adventures of the Flash read...
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Simple Simon Met the Hawkman!

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]; Simple Simon (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Feathered Fury is challenged by a criminal who believes that a successful crook commits simple crimes.
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Pages: 9
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Beaven (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Beaven (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Tell the Mess Sergeant to look up the recipe for turtle soup.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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