Flash Comics #11

(November 1940)

Be a Cowboy! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[Trouble in Suburbia] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One Autumn day Carter Hall meets a friend...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Tom; Edward Northrup (villain)

Synopsis

Hawkman investigates the questionable activities of the "Real Bay" Corporation, a real estate company whose directors forge sales agreements to force the buyers to pay more for property.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 (2005 [February 2006])

Keywords

Real Bay Corporation

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Moldoff signs - as 'Shelly' - on both first and last pages.

The last panel of the story features the "Weapons of the Past": the Chariot.

[The Crooked Ski Resort] (Table of Contents: 3)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stand out of my way, folks!

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Mr. Darling; Hubert Angel; Bub Harns

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[Saved from Drowning] (Table of Contents: 4)

King Standish / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Harry Lampert

Inks

Harry Lampert

Colors

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Letters

Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No one knows me for The King...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The King [King Standish]; Senator Jones; Gas Guffy (crook)

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

[Land Thieves] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Whip / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (credited)

Inks

Homer Fleming (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rod Gaynor you're impossible!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Duncan Sage; Chief Running Elk

Indexer Notes

The Whip is unmasked in this story.

[In Search of Goldie] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cliff Cornwall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John E. Ayman (signed as John Ayman)

Inks

John E. Ayman (signed as John Ayman)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Cornwall; Goldie (villain, death); Goldie's gang (villains); Carmody; Joan Carmody

Synopsis

When Cliff Cornwall saves Goldie's life and captures her, she changes sides and helps him stop her comrades in exchange for a pardon. However, she is shot and dies at the end of the story.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

Ayman signs in the final panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

New York World's Fair Comics; Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Sea Serpent] (Table of Contents: 9)

Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H. Jepson) (signed as Paul H. Jepson)

Pencils

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H. Jepson) (signed as Paul H. Jepson)

Inks

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H. Jepson) (signed as Paul H. Jepson)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stiffled hum...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Rod Rian; Karin

Reprints

• from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Ranger Danger (Table of Contents: 10)

Flash Picture Novelette / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Ed Wheelan (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's Chico Canyon, boys.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Val Watson; Jason Gregg; Ruth Gregg; Hip Sing (Oriental cook); Lopez

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

Elixir of Goodwill [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jack drove his street tractor...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Warkov; Buller

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

All-American Comics; The Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (Table of Contents: 14)

Flash Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

[The Kidnapping of Natalie Nixon] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Flash / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox; Gardner Fox

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard; E. E. Hibbard

Inks

E. E. Hibbard; E. E. Hibbard

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

While walking thru the city...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Natalie Nixon (introduction); James (the chauffeur); The Chief (villain, introduction); Dopey (villain, introduction); Sniffty (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A criminal inventor, known only as "The Chief," creates a pair of revolving colored glasses that slow down the movements of the Flash in order that he might kill him.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Here It Is -- Better Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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

Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)