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58October 1944
$0.10

Flash Comics #58

DC · October 1944 · on sale 1944-08-05

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Series
Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#58
Publication date
October 1944
Key date
1944-10-00
On-sale date
1944-08-05
Indicia publisher
J. R. Publishing Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Merman Meets the Flashcover1pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Merman [Jon Rogers]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Good Books Worth Readingtext article0.67script: Josette Frank
3Merman Meets the Flash!comic story12script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Jon Chester Kozlak; inks: Jon Chester KozlakThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Merman [Jon Rogers] (villain, introduction)
5What Cooks?comic story8pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank HarryThe Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]
7The Demon Dozencomic story6script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan
8Hop Harrigan's Bull Storytext story1.67letters: typesetHop Harrigan; Tank Tinker
9Picture Stories from the Biblepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
11Peachy Pet's Jobcomic story7script: John B. Wentworth; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschJohnny Thunder; Peachy Pet
12The Voice from the Lake!comic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffThe Hawkman [Carter Hall]
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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