Flash Comics #17

(May 1941)

[The Flash Hits a Home Run] (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; Sam Brady (first appearance); Black Ben Bogue (first appearance; villain); Joe Clarke (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

Determined to uncover the gamblers responsible for using and running a local professional baseball team, Jay decides to join the team, and becomes a winner...in more ways than one.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.

[Johnny Plays Baseball] (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

Indexer Notes

Johnny still doesn't know how to purposefully summon his Thunderbolt; writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

Adventure of the Emerald Dagger (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

Poor House Problems (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]

Slot Machine Gangster (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]

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich (9-2-07).

Assignment in the Caribbean (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Cornwall

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. Credits by Craig Delich 9/04 and updated 9-2-07.

Voice from the Dead (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

[Murder at the Opera] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 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]; Shiera Sanders; Camilla Cordova (death); The Golden Mummy [Dr. Selkirk] (first appearance, villain, death)

Synopsis:

An opera house murder leads the Feathered Fury to discover a evil sect of golden mummies, whose reign of terror threatens the life of Shiera as well as his own.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

The early Hawkman is a brutal and physical character, dealing death in exotic locals, and is one of the best strips of the day, presented as a dread figure of vengeance; writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.