Flash Comics #19

(July 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Fall Guy] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

Hal Sharp (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Inks

Hal Sharp (signed as E. E. Hibbard)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Bill; A. Hubbard (villain, introduction); Gypper Zilich (villain, introduction); Bridges (villain, introduction); Jones (villain, introduction); Henry (villain, introduction); Sally (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Jay Garrick accidentally hits a man with his car, but later discovers from his insurance company that this man makes his living from phony accidents. So the Flash decides the best cure for the crook is a little psychology.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([March] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich. Sharp managed to get his name in the story in panel 5 on page 4 on an office listing board. He signed it as H. Sharp.

Here It Is - Boys and Girls All-Flash Quarterly No. 1! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Energy to Burn (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Vacuum Cleaner Salesman] (Table of Contents: 5)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Adventure of the Radio Spies (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Don Cameron (signed)

Pencils

Don Cameron (signed)

Inks

Don Cameron (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Les Sparks

The Adventure of the Scarlet Mermaid! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

The King [King Standish]; the Scarlet Mermaid (villain); an un-named cat(fish) burglar (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[Sam Chavers] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

John Wentworth (signed)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Sam Chavers

Circus Chimp (Table of Contents: 9)

Minute Movies / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Ed Wheelan

Genre

adventure; humor; drama

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

All-American Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

George Rogers Clark Commemorative (Table of Contents: 13)

Flash Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.

Zansu the Brain-Builder, Part II (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines

Letters

typeset

Be Sure to Get This New Issue! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Free! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Moo! / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson (Table of Contents: 17)

Flash Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Book review of "Master of Ballantrae."

[Cold Light] (Table of Contents: 18)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; The Hood [Pratt Palmer] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

An evil physicist, The Hood, invents a cold light ray which he intends to use to financially aid his criminal institutions.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 (2005 [February 2006])

Indexer Notes

The writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Hood is the first super-villain ever in Flash Comics. The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": the Cestus.

The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 5! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Audels Machinists / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)