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Flash Comics 49

FLASH COMICS #49

Cover Date: January 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Flashlight That Never Failed!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsLou Ferstadt
InksMartin Naydel
Assistant editingDorothy Roubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash (next in All-Flash #13)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (next in All-Flash #13)

Villain(s):

Goldy Graham (first appearance; a crime boss who
Bucktooth Sam Willis and Chesty Joe Barton (first appearance for both; working for Goldy Graham)

Other Character(s):

An unnamed son of an inventor (first appearance; late father discovers "carbon light', which can propel any object away from it)

Location(s):

Keystone City

Comment(s):

Lou Ferstadt and Martin Naydel credited as E.E. Hibbard.


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
Assistant editingDorothy Roubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt

Villain(s):

Nazis

Other Character(s):

Captain Shelly
Crew of the USS Bewildered

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean
Occupied Europe

Comment(s):

Continued from last issue and into next issue.


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTed Udall
ArtFrank Harry
LetteringFrank Harry
Assistant editingDorothy Roubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:
Fred
Pedro
Slim

Villain(s):

Box-Car (first appearance; a crook who tries to send elephants to the Elephant Graveyard to steal ivory)

Location(s):

African Congo


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Fourth Story: "Gold On The Hoof!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHomer Fleming
LetteringHomer Fleming
Assistant editingDorothy Roubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Whip

Supporting Character(s):

Marisa Dillon
King

Villain(s):

Cattle rustlers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
American West


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Fifth Story: "The Human Dynamo" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingDorothy Roubicek
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (next in All-Star Comics #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl (next in All-Star Comics #19)
Big Red

Villain(s):

Danford Marsh (first appearance; accidentally turned into a human dynamo, begins to rob banks to get money for a cure; cured by a lightning strike)

Location(s):

Keystone City
Hawk Valley


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