June 1944
Rating: 4
The storytelling in these strips are all formulas recycled
many times over now that the title is in its fifth year.
Rating the strips in this issue are as follows:
1. The Whip
2. Minute Movies
3, Ghost Patrol
4. Johnny Thunder
5. Hawkman – no Hawkgirl
6. Flash
The Whip story is the typical formula superhero concealing
his identity by playing the out of touch fool, but done with just enough
variance to stand out from the rest in this issue. Homer Fleming really had a
knack for rendering Dr. Jekyll\Mr. Hyde expressions from his villains. Ed Wheelan’s Minute Movies story plays
the romantic strings again for the countless time with the same (successful)
emotional effect. Ghost Patrol and Johnny Thunder (Peachy Pet story without
Johnny nor Thunderbolt) are standard fair. Shelly Moldoff’s trademark action
scenes are very effective in an otherwise recycled crime yarn. Of the many fine
artists to draw the Flash, Martin Naydel work is undistinguished amongst the
group. He commits the unforgivable crime of rendering Joan Williams from the
irrespirable blonde beauty with a great intuition into a homely grade school
teacher spinster that looks more like Jay’s second cousin then his girl friend.
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