Flash Comics #16

(April 1941)

[Target for Death: The Flash!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Hal Sharp [as ghost for E. E. Hibbard]

Inks:

Hal Sharp [as ghost for E. E. Hibbard]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Dane (first appearance); Jose Salvez (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

A gang of thugs attempt to kill the Flash in order to get at a very valuable Mexican silver mine.

Reprinted:

• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

Indexer Notes

The Flash is announced as being awarded the next quarterly single-hero comic; Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; The Flash lives in New York City; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07.

[Secretary] (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; Thunderbolt.

Synopsis:

Oscar Ovaseer thinks Johnny is competition for his job, and wants him dead.

Indexer Notes

The Thunderbolt takes on human form in this story; Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

Adventure of the Marshland Counterfeiters (Table of Contents)

Les Sparks, 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 Sparks; Joe Magee.

Synopsis:

Les and Joe track down a bunch of counterfeiters.

Indexer Notes

Les Sparks leads a bunch of young "radio amateurs"; The strip is influenced by Terry and the Pirates in art, and to a certain extent in story; The stories are picturesque adventures in different settings; strip re-named from Les Watts.

The Armored Car on the Prairie (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 [Rodney Gaynor]; Wing Tai; Carlos; Marisa Dillon.

[Murder by the King] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

The King [King Standish]

Synopsis:

The King is accused of murder.

Indexer Notes

Strip title is changed in this issue from King Standish; writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.

[Duty in the Canal Zone] (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 Hidden Museum Part 1 (Table of Contents)

Jack Raymond / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jack Raymond

Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

A Fine Day for Murder (Table of Contents)

Minute Movies / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

[The Graydon Expedition] (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; Targo, King of Dravidia; V: Daki [I, D].

Synopsis:

Hearing that an expedition to Northern Mongolia has been wiped out -- an expedition Shiera Sanders was on -- the Hawkman decides to investigate the tragedy.

Reprinted:

• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Hawkman remarks in this story that he has been re-incarnated many times, a fact never reflected in the origin story in Flash #1; the last panel shows Carter reading a copy of Flash Comics #9; the fisrt panel on page 3 was used, in part, as the cover to Flash Comics #19; writer credit by Craig Delich updated 9/04; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07.