Flash Comics #13 [With Canadian Price]

(January 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Silver Mine Mystery] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard

Inks

E. E. Hibbard

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A few months before our story opens...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Jim Carter; Sheriff Bill (villain); Tex (villain)

Synopsis

When Jay Garrick's long-time friend Jim Carter is found shot in the back near his recently opened mine, Jay decides the Flash should find out why the local sheriff has not brought the criminals to justice.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Oddity: Panel 5 on Page 2 shows Flash's uniform in a closet, and the pants have the lightning bolt down the leg, but in the story, the bolt doesn't appear on the pants.

Editor Sheldon Mayer's last name appears on a building on Page 11, panel 6.

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Creeps] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Geeminy Johnny, isn't this an exciting mystery show?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Marrimore

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Adventure of the Monster of the Tombs (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Cameron

Inks

Don Cameron

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen to this, Les...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Les Watts; Joe Magee; The Great Arturo (villain); Judy

[The Distilatomic Dynamo] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Whip / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (credited)

Inks

Homer Fleming (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I might've known you'd hobnob...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Haskell Moore; Wing Tai; Sheriff Daggs; Carlos; Randall Wilson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Butterfinger / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Warning from the Witch] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Harry Lampert (credited)

Inks

Harry Lampert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's Bardon George, the copper magnate...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain); Bardon George; Ali Noga

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

[The Capture of Snowland] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John E. Ayman (signed as J. E. A.)

Inks

John E. Ayman (signed as J. E. A.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Land on Snowland!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Lys Valliere; Betty

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

Ayman signs - as 'J.E.A.' - in the penultmate panel

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Chemcraft / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Table of Contents: 10)

Flash Comics Monthly Book Review / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Walter Kest (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

A review of the Dickens novel, submitted by reader Walter Kest.

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

advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

The Moon King's Trophy [Part II] (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer ? (spot illustration); ?

Inks

Sheldon Mayer ? (spot illustration); ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Still wearing the metal helmit...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

The Moon King; Sally Raymond; Prince Dor; Jack

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

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Flash Stamps / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Shadows of the Past (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Pencils

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Inks

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Try to land on that golf course, Jimmy...

Genre

adventure

Characters

John Gray; Joan Gray; Ted Walton; Jarvis; Joanna Gray; Jimmy Sheldon

[Satana, the Tiger Girl] (Table of Contents: 17)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is to be some unusual entertainment tonight, Shiera.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Satana the Tiger Girl (villain)

Synopsis

Hawkman faces the threat of a girl who has discovered a way to transplant human brains into tigers -- a fate she has planned for Shiera.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": The Claw.

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Moldoff signs - as 'Shelly' - on both splash and penultimate panels.

Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3... (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

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

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