Flash Comics #20

(August 1941)

The Adventure of the Auctioned Utility Company (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 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; Jim Coleman (first appearance); Cheekers (first appearance); Uncle Thistlewit (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

While visiting an auction house with Jay, Joan Williams accidently purchases a bankrupt utility company. Only the keen wits of the Flash keeps the company from being destroyed by its former owner's father.

Reprinted:

• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2006)

Indexer Notes

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

The Fake Accidents (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 8 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.

Indexer Notes

Johnny figures out that "Say You" is the phrase that summons his magic Thunderbolt. Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

Adventure of the Harbor Day Invasion (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

The Witch's Double (Table of Contents)

The King / comic story / 7 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]; V: The Witch.

Indexer Notes

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

In New York (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]

The Terror Trio (Table of Contents)

Minute Movies / 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:

adventure; humor

[The Mad Bomber] (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; Villains: Big Frenchy, "Bomb Baby" Sathan

Synopsis:

A crazed czar of crime invents bombs guided by remote control in order to wreak havoc on the city he intends to take over.....unless Hawkman can stop him first.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

The last panel features one of Hawkman's "Weapons of the Past": signals by shield; writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.