The Flame #1

(Summer 1940)

[The Origin of the Flame, Retold] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame (origin retold); Ivan and his gang (villains; I, D for all); Mr. King [I]; Ida King [I].

[Invasion of the Kikoos] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Basil Berold] (signed)

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; un-named girl agent; The Kikoos [villains, some D]; Monk [villain].

Synopsis:

The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #79 ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09.

[The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; J. B. Crass (villain; I; D); Bonnie Lane (I).

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 (October 1939)

The Flame (Table of Contents)

The Flame / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nathaniel Nitkin [signed as N. N. Nathaniel]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame

[The Construction Racketeers] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; Radler (villain, D); Stone (villain, D).

Synopsis:

Stymied by corrupt politicians and lax building materials, the authorities seem helpless to stop the collapse of people's homes and wanton death, but the Flame goes directly after the crooked contractors themselves.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939)

[The Atomic Generator] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; Von Kraupt [villain]; Jarud Kane [villain] (I for both).

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #8 (December 1939)

[Raiders of the Deep] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [signed as Basil Berold]

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; Gen. Doyoff (first appearance; villain); the Nazis (villains).

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #9 (January 1940)