All-Flash #2

(Fall 1941)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

A Message to Our Readers (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 0.67 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since the inception of this and other DC magazines, a rigid policy has guided the...

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Flash! Fastest Man Alive! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (signed as Gardner Fox)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Page consists of several reprint pieces of art from previous Flash covers and stories.

A Short History of the Flash (Table of Contents: 4)

The Flash / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard

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E. E. Hibbard

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Jay Garrick was once a simple normal person...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

A capsule introduction to the Flash and his powers is provided (no doubt for newer readers).

[Challenge of the Threat] Chapter One: The Adventure of Roy Revenge! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

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Long before the Threat became famous, he was plain young Joe Connor, a small time burglar!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; District Attorney/Mayor Jim Kelley (introduction); Mrs. Kelley (introduction); Roy Revenge (Jim Kelley's son, introduction); Annie Crowley [also as Annie Connor] (introduction); Ann Connor (Roy's sister, introduction); The Threat ["Tough" Joe Connor] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A hardened criminal, in order to exact revenge upon District Attorney Kelley, who originally sent him to prison, kidnap's the D.A.'s son, raising him and influencing him to believe that the D.A. is his enemy.

Reprints

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

The Flash Presents His Hall of Speed Records (Table of Contents: 6)

The Flash / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard

Inks

E. E. Hibbard

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Here are some more famous speed records!

Genre

non-fiction; superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Atley Donald; Jesse Owens; John R. Cobb

Synopsis

The Flash presents some more speed records, this time by John R. Cobb in his streamlined racer, runner Jesse Owens, N. Y. Yankees pitcher Atley Donald and the London to Glasgow express train.

Reprints

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

How to Develop Your Speed by The Flash! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Flash / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard

Inks

E. E. Hibbard

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Speed is not only a natural ability, it can be acquired!

Genre

non-fiction; sports; superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Synopsis

Through illustrations, the Flash demonstrates the proper positions a runner must take in order to be successful.

Reprints

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

[Challenge of the Threat] Chapter Two: The Adventure of the Blood-Red Ray (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

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The years slip swiftly past!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Mayor Jim Kelley; Mrs. Kelley; Roy Revenge (Jim Kelley's son); Ann Connor (Roy's sister); The Threat [Joe Connor] (villain); D'Arcy (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The sister of Roy Revenge, unable to influence her father or brother to stop their campaign of revenge, turns to the Flash, hoping he can find a way to halt their plans.

Reprints

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

The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 7! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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[Challenge of the Threat] Chapter Three: [The Threat Returns to the Big House] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

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Crime and terror runs riot in the city!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Mayor Jim Kelley; Roy Revenge (Jim Kelley's son); Ann Connor (Roy's sister); Farmer Dell (introduction); The Threat [Joe Connor; also as Dr. Cravath] (villain)

Synopsis

The Threat escapes prison, secreted in a barrel of lye which burns him horribly. Now disfigured, he adopts a new identity, locates his son, and plots once again to kill the D.A., unaware that his daughter is on the train he plans to blow up.

Reprints

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

Blackmail Money (Table of Contents: 11)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Pencils

Jon Blummer (spot illustrations)

Inks

Jon Blummer (spot illustrations)

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Hop, do you see what I see?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Hop Harrigan; Tank; Anna; Nick; Flash

Indexer Notes

Not found in the Archives edition.

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

Hop Harrigan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Butch McLobster, The Super Mobster / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed)

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Letters

Ed Wheelan

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Lissen, mob, here's a letter from a mug named Joe Kantzen of Brooklyn...

Genre

humor; crime

Characters

Butch McLobster; Killer Diller; Lefty Wright; Spider Webb; Red Flannel; Scar Marx

Synopsis

Butch gets a tip about a job where his gang can "clean-up" by raiding a certain establishment at night.

Keywords

Pill Hill

Indexer Notes

Not found in the archive edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Flash Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Challenge of the Threat] Chapter Four: [Roy Revenge Learns the Truth] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

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Over the entire nation a network of radio police stations operate constantly in...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Governor Jim Kelley; Mrs. Kelley; Roy Revenge (Jim Kelley's son); Ann Connor (Roy's sister); The Threat [Joe Connor] [aka Jake Boyles] (villain)

Synopsis

Learning that he is really the D.A.'s son, Roy helps the Flash trap his insidious father before his revenge becomes complete!

Reprints

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

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