Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-10-06
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
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The Flying Bubbles!
(Table of Contents)

Hawkman / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Can You Solve This Puzzle?
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

The Flying Bubbles!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:FL110
Characters:
Synopsis:
The appearance of strange flying bubbles elicits a great deal of laughter until the Flying Furies discover that they are being used to rob!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, confirmed by Martin O'Hearn.

Bobby Dodd
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Old Nick Solves the Yacht Club Mystery in the Nick of Time
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Old Nick Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page

Barrels of Crime!
(Table of Contents: 5)

The Flash / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:FL111
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Synopsis:
Once again the Fastest Man Alive must face a challenge from "the slowest man on Earth", the Turtle!

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich; writer confirmed by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed]
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Yea, Bucko!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

B. F. Goodrich / advertisement / 0.5 page

Crime for Sale!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; war
  • Job Number:FL 108
Characters:
The Ghost Patrol

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page

The Sneezing Statues!
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Atom / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:OH35
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Roy Thomas. Inker credit by Craig Delich. By comparison with the story in 100, where GCD credits Oksner with the inks, this looks like the same inker.

[no title indexed]
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Erector / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed)
  • Genre:non-fiction; nature
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The white-headed bellbird has three wattles...

[no title indexed]
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Flagg Shirts / advertisement / 0.5 page

Bull's Eye
(Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Lee Goldsmith (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added from error report from Stephen Bond.

[no title indexed]
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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Chip / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy! What an act!
Characters:
Chip

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Riddle of the Roses!
(Table of Contents: 19)

Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:FL111
Characters:
Charles Lang; Nelson Lang (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The nephew of a rich uncle steals the man's emerald and agrees to turn it over to some crooks, but gets cold feet and hides it in some roses to be delivered by Dinah Drake to his uncle.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Flash Facts / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed as mn)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed as mn)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed as mn)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed as mn)
  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The average sleeper is estimated to change positions 35 times a night!

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

Wm. Kratt Harmonica / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 22)

Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Flying Bubbles!
    Hawkman
  2. Can You Solve This Puzzle?
    AMF Roadmaster Bicycles
  3. The Flying Bubbles!
    Hawkman
  4. Bobby Dodd
    Wheaties
  5. Old Nick Solves the Yacht Club Mystery in the Nick of Time
    Old Nick Candy Bar
  6. Barrels of Crime!
    The Flash
  7. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  8. Editorial Advisory Board
  9. Yea, Bucko!
    B. F. Goodrich
  10. Crime for Sale!
    Ghost Patrol
  11. [no title indexed]
    Lionel Trains
  12. The Sneezing Statues!
    The Atom
  13. [no title indexed]
    Erector
  14. ["The white-headed bellbird has three wattles..."]
    Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop
  15. [no title indexed]
    Flagg Shirts
  16. Bull's Eye
  17. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  18. ["Boy! What an act!"]
    Chip
  19. [no title indexed]
    Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  20. The Riddle of the Roses!
    Black Canary
  21. ["The average sleeper is estimated to change positions 35 times a night!"]
    Flash Facts
  22. [no title indexed]
    Wm. Kratt Harmonica
  23. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
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  • David Banuelos
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Allen Lurey
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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