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78December 1946
$0.10

Flash Comics #78

DC · December 1946 · on sale 1946-10-07

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Identification plate

Series
Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
December 1946
Key date
1946-12-00
On-sale date
1946-10-07
Indicia publisher
J. R. Publishing Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. HibbardThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
2Haunted Halloweencomic story12script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. HibbardThe Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; the Brain (villain)
5-comic story8script: John Wentworth; pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank HarryThe Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]
7-comic story3pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed WheelanRockhead McWizzard
9Reward for Johnny Thundercomic story7script: John B. Wentworth; pencils: Stan Josephs; inks: Stan JosephsJohnny Thunder
11A Prevue of Magazines Now Selling at Your Dealers!promo (ad from the publisher)1
12The Limping Badmantext story1.5script: Jim Robinson
14A Volcano Vendettacomic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanThe Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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