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FLASH COMICS #40

Cover Date: April 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Lou Ferstadt

Story: "The Man Who Could Read Faces" (13 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Flash (last in All-Flash #9/2; next in Comic Cavalcade #2/8)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (last in All-Flash #9/2; next in Comic Cavalcade #2/8)

Villain(s):

Johnny Bonham (first appearance; can read men's thoughts due to an ancient Egyptian potion that changed his eyes; also in flashbacks; loses the ability)

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):

Adolf Hitler

Rat Schultz (first appearance; a gangster that is loyal to Germany)

Nazis

Location(s):

Germany

Russia

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Third Story: "Keep Away Unless You're A Diver..." (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 #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69; next in All-Star Comics #16)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (last in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69; next in All-Star Comics #16)

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

Daisy Darling

Simon and Mildred Thunder

Villain(s):

Saboteurs

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story takes soon after last issue.

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Fourth Story: "Double Trouble!" (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

Location(s):

Western US

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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):

Nazis (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

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

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Sixth Story: "Gives Them The Bird" (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 (next in All-Star Comics #16)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl

Big Red

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