Post #51

Issue #39
Rating: 3

This issue is a case where the cover is all you really want to hold in your hands.

This issue starts to show the strain of cranking out too many scripts. Gardner Fox’s Flash and the King scripts are not his best. The Flash is forced to perform all the rolls in a play. He doesn’t look so good as a blonde with those bushy eye-brows. Joe Gallagher makes his artistic debut to the series on the King, without much gusto.
Johnny Thunder, Ghost Patrol, and the Whip use the Nazi exploitation themes with mixed results
Minute Movie – best story of the anthology.
The Hawkman – typical crime stuff.

Der Fuehrer's Face

Released between #38 and #39 on January 1, 1943, Der Fuehrer's Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutzi Land) would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Academy Awards.(/br)(br)

Post #50

Issue #38
Rating: 4

The Flash art is credited to Lou Ferstadt and is excellent.
With the Flash and the Hawkman (along with Batman and Robin) keeping Gotham City free of crime, you would think the crooks would leave for Keystone City.

The Hawkman and Hawkgirl knew how to dish out the hard knocks.
The Ghost Patrol are captured by Hitler and taken to a gas chamber. This has to be the earliest reference to gas chambers I know of.

Entry #49

Issue #37
Rating: 4


This is my first 4 rating of an issue.

Stories worth reading in order of interest:

1. Flash
2. Hawkman
3. Ghost Patrol
4. Johnny Thunder
5. Minute Movie

The King and the Whip have become redundant. After a three year run they have lost their charm. Gratefully, this is the last King issue. Look for the Witch character in her next re-incarnation as the Black Canary in #86.

The Flash demonstrates how he can not be put in a straight jacket, nor be held in a cell.


The Thunderbolt reminds me of the old Bewitch episodes from the ‘60s when the magic causes mischief.



That mace shot to the face is going to leave a nasty stain on the floor.

Battle for Stalingrad (August 23, 1942--February 2, 1943)

It was during this era that the Battle for Stalingrad was raging. By February 1943 Nazi Germany was in retreat in the east.

Here is an excellent Russian documentary with English narration of the battle.

Entry #48

Issue #36
Rating: 5

Harry Lampert ends his run of Flash Comics work with the King story. He will continue to contribute later in the series with inks to the Flash story in #43 and his Ton o’Fun 1 page cartoons.

The Flash is opposed by a unemployed circus contortionist, the Rag Doll, that uses his unusual abilities to masquerade as a doll and gain access to department store vaults before setting his cites on a well to do scavenger hunt held by Joan’s friend that could result into a big payday of U. S. Saving Bonds. This issue features a rare incident where the Flash is caught off guard and knocked unconscious.

The Flash art is credited to Lou Ferstadt and is excellent.

The Ghost Patrol and Johnny Thunder stories feature North Africa Nazis and U-Boat adventures.
The King uses the aid of a slightly reformed Witchie to nab a serial killer.


Another Nazi spy ring smashed!

Post #47

Issue #35
Novemeber 1942
Rating: 5

Part 3

Post #46

Issue #35
Novemeber 1942
Rating: 5

Part 2