Flash Comics #15

(March 1941)

[Circus Caper] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Nellie Craft (first appearance); Muggsy (first appearance; villain); Spike (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

In order to keep a circus from going under financially, the Fastest Man Alive becomes the star attraction.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36
• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

Indexer Notes

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

[Fireman's Folly] (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder; Ma Thunder.

Synopsis:

Johnny gets a job as a fireman.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Adventure of the Tin Plate Princess (Table of Contents)

Les Watts, Radio Amateur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Don Cameron

Inks:

Don Cameron

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Les Watts; Joe Magee; Roy Buckley.

Synopsis:

Les, Joe and Roy Buckley use their ham radio gear to rescue an heiress.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

Indexer Notes

Note at end of story says title of feature changes next month to Les Sparks.

[The Crooked Tax Collector] (Table of Contents)

The Whip / comic story / 6 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]

Synopsis:

The assistant tax collector kidnaps a little boy to keep his grandmother from testifying against him.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

[The Witch and the Hilton Jewels] (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]; V: The Witch.

Synopsis:

The Witch and the King spar over the Hilton jewels.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

Indexer Notes

The King is a master of disguise. Unnamed in the early stories, he wears a simple domino mask, perhaps with a top hat, when he is not impersonating some one else. Writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich, up-dtaed 9-2-07.

[Industrial Sabotage] (Table of Contents)

Cliff Cornwall / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Cornwall; Lys Valliere.

Synopsis:

German agents use toys to smuggle military secrets out of the country.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.

Voice From the Sky (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

Indexer Notes

Continued from last issue.

Drums by James Boyd (Table of Contents)

Monthly Book Review / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Hooded Horror (Table of Contents)

Flash Picture Novelette / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:

mystery

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

[The Hand] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Teddy Thayer; V: The Hand [Elwin Thayer][I & D].

Synopsis:

The Hawkman must somehow contend with the horrible invention of a bodiless killer hand that is being used to steal and kill in order that a man become sole heir to a valuable estate.

Reprinted:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36
• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

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