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FLASH COMICS #39

Cover Date: March 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff

Story: "Play of the Year " (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Lou Ferstadt
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash (next in All-Flash #9)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (next in All-Flash #9)

Villain(s):

Larry Mountwynn (first appearance; an unscrupulous movie producer)

Other Character(s):

Bobby Coop

Comment(s):

Lou Ferstadt credited as E.E. Hibbard.

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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ted Udall
Art	Frank Harry
Lettering	Frank Harry
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:

Fred

Pedro

Slim

Villain(s):

Nazis

Location(s):

Holland

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Third Story: [No title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John B. Wentworth
Art	Stan Aschmeier
Lettering	Stan Aschmeier
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (last in All-Star Comics #13/All-Star Squadron #60; next in Young All-Stars #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (last in All-Star Comics #13/All-Star Squadron #60; next in Young All-Stars Annual #1)

Daisy Darling

Villain(s):

Sauer Kraus

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story takes place a week after last issue.

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Fourth Story: "Crime Plays Ball!!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joe Gallagher
Lettering	Joe Gallagher
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

King (last in World's Finest Comics #8/6)

Villain(s):

Cardon Brothers

Comment(s):

This story takes place during baseball season.

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Homer Fleming
Lettering	Homer Fleming
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Whip

Supporting Character(s):

Marisa Dillon

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

William Cantrell

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Mexico

Comment(s):

Whip rides a horse in this story, but it is not King.

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Sixth Story: "The Timetable of Crime" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Sheldon Moldoff
Lettering	Sheldon Moldoff
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Dorothy Roubicek
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (last in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl (last in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69)

Kitty Hawk

Villain(s):

Roundhouse Charley Adams (first appearance; commits crimes to a strict timetable)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Hawk Valley

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