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28April 1942
$0.10

Flash Comics #28

DC · April 1942 · on sale 1942-02-10

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Series
Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
April 1942
Key date
1942-04-00
On-sale date
1942-02-10
Indicia publisher
J. R. Publishing Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Flash Goes to Hollywood!cover1pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. HibbardThe 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);
2The Flash Goes to Hollywood!comic story13script: Gardner Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: Hal SharpThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
4All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Peachy Pet's Plane Ridecomic story8script: John B. Wentworth; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschJohnny Thunder; Peachy Pet; Daisy Darling
6The Costume Brawlcomic story6script: Don Cameron; pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don CameronLes Sparks
7The Witchcomic story7script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry LampertThe King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain)
8Uncle Sharpcomic story6script: John Wentworth; pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer FlemingThe Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
9Mystery of the Purple Moontext story1.5script: Evelyn Gaines
10Sensation Comics; Wonder Womanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
12Augustus and the Mountainsin-house column0.67script: Josette Frank; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer
13Flash Stampscartoon1
14Masquerade Mysterycomic story7script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan
15-comic story1script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan
16Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1
17The Mechanical Mastercomic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffThe Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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