June 1941
Rating: 5
The Flash story uses the Three Stoogies gags to full effect. 
What appears as an editorial decision to change ‘German’ to ‘Some Foreign’ troops is evident in the Les Watts Story. Also interesting is how the boy’s trip to the Caribbean for a treasure hunt on an island inadvertently discovers the treasure island is inhabited by foreign troops. This fantastic story most likely was dreamed up by the real life fortification under construction at Treasure Island in the SF bay in defense of a foreign invasion. April 1, 1941: Navy took over Treasure Island for use as a military base.
What is lost to the present generation reader of the Johnny Thunder stories, until now, is how one of the running themes within the series is how Johnny can’t hold a job. This must have resonated with a youth culture coming of age in the tail end of the Great Depression.
Another entertaining 'Minute Movie' strip.
Once again,themes are well represented. Crusader of good during the day (Flash), silly playfulness with family (Johnny Thunder), crafty and master of disguise by way of internet avators (King Standish), navigator of dark mysteries (Hawkman).
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