(October 1940)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
All-American Comics, Inc.
Brand:
A DC Publication
Editing:
Sheldon Mayer
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; full color; glossy cover; newsprint interior; saddle-stitched

none (Table of Contents)

Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Reprinted:
  • in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

[The Education of Killer Kelly] (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Everett E. Hibbard
Inks:
Everett E. Hibbard
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; John Higgins (first appearance); Killer Kelly (first appearance; villain); Butch (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
A political organization backed by Killer Kelly takes over the local Board of Education, and tries to divert school funds into phony corporations......that is, until the Flash decides to "teach" the criminals the error of their ways.
Reprinted:
  • in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.


The Green Cap (Table of Contents)

King Standish / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Harry Lampert
Inks:
Harry Lampert
Colors:
?
Letters:
Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
The King [King Standish]

Indexer Notes

Writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.


The Orphanage Benefit Part 2 (Table of Contents)

The Whip / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John B. Wentworth
Pencils:
Homer Fleming
Inks:
Homer Fleming
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; western
Characters:
The Whip [Rod Gaynor]

White Renegade (Table of Contents)

Cliff Cornwall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John E. Ayman
Inks:
John E. Ayman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Cliff Cornwall

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.


The Warehouse Flames (Table of Contents)

Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective

Indexer Notes

Strip usually runs in Adventure Comics.


[The Picnic] (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunderbolt / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John B. Wentworth
Pencils:
Stan Aschmeier
Inks:
Stan Aschmeier
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Johnny Thunder

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.


War (Table of Contents)

Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Inks:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Rod Rian

Indexer Notes

Corrected 9/04.


Two A.M. (Table of Contents)

Flash Picture Novelette / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils:
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks:
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

[The Secret of the Spanish Blunderbuss] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Goldie; John Denver (Villain; Death)
Synopsis:
A treasure map secreted in the barrel of an old gun leads the Feathered Fury to a fortune in gold and some very determined killers!
Reprinted:
  • in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The Education of Killer Kelly]
    Flash
  2. 2. The Green Cap
    King Standish
  3. 3. The Orphanage Benefit Part 2
    The Whip
  4. 4. White Renegade
    Cliff Cornwall
  5. 5. The Warehouse Flames
    Radio Squad
  6. 6. [The Picnic]
    Johnny Thunderbolt
  7. 7. War
    Rod Rian of the Sky Police
  8. 8. Two A.M.
    Flash Picture Novelette
  9. 9. [The Secret of the Spanish Blunderbuss]
    Hawkman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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