Flash Comics #24

(December 1941)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books and Movies / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Spider-Men of Mars] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (signed)

Inks

Hal Sharp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Seltzer (introduction); Spider-Men (villains, introduction for all); Dr. Jennings (villain, introduction); Enzil (villain, death)

Synopsis

When Jay's fellow lab assistant invents a model of an interplanetary spaceship, he laughs, thinking the poor man has been working too hard. However, when the Flash finds himself on Mars, the laugh is on him.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Party for Poor Children] (Table of Contents: 6)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Adventure of the Dyka Head Hunters! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Don Cameron (signed)

Pencils

Don Cameron (signed)

Inks

Don Cameron (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Les Sparks

[Hijackers] (Table of Contents: 8)

The King / comic story / 7 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]

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

[Construction Conspiracy] (Table of Contents: 9)

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]

Energy to Do Big Things (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many ads from stamps dealers and other advertisers.

The Strange Ant Malady, Part I (Table of Contents: 12)

A Jack Raymond Story / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Mayer

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

South Seas Surprise (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Wheelan

Genre

adventure; humor; drama

Superman Is in the Movies! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Lionel / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Hawkwoman] (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]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]

Synopsis

Carter Hall decides to take Shiera to a masquerade ball, and, just for fun, he lets her borrow one of his Hawk costumes. The fun ends when Hawkman's bird allies summon Shiera to the scene of a crime that nearly costs her her life!

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972)

Indexer Notes

This is the 2nd appearance of Hawkgirl after All-Star Comics #5.

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Audel's New Auto Guide / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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