Flash Comics #21

(September 1941)

[The Lottery] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 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; Tuffy Hecke (first appearance; villain); Lefty (first appearance; villain); Mugs (first appearance; villain); Moe (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

Joan wins a contest for $1000, but is not present for the drawing, so the Flash decides to wisk her to the drawing at ultra speed. But when Joan is paid, the payoff is made with a phony $1000 bill.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Joan Williams address is given as 222 LaFayette Park Road in this story; credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.

Johnny Joins the Rodeo (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; Peachy Pet [I].

Synopsis:

Johnny meets and adopts Peachy Pet.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

Adventure of the Phantom Churchyard (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 Apartment Robbers (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]

Indexer Notes

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

Blackmail (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 [Rodney Gaynor]

Diamonds from Space (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Dak Samson; Tommy

Synopsis:

Jack and Sally Raymond struggle with the aftermath of their indirect involvement in the murder of neighbor Dak Samson, who was killed over the contents of a meteor they unknowingly placed in his yard.

Indexer Notes

Part II

Super Crime (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

[Menace from Space] (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; V: Noel Ratchford, Neptunian boy [D].

Synopsis:

The Hawkman spies an alien space ship crashing to Earth, and, upon investigation, discovers that its huge passengers are dead....but a weird egg has survived!

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

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