The Flame #5 [1]
(December 1954-January 1955)

Farrell, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Excellent Pub., Inc.
Brand
Ajax; A Farrell Publication
Editing
Ruth Roche (editor); S. M. Iger (art editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia reads: "THE FLAME (formerly LONE EAGLE)."

The Tattoo Target! (Table of Contents)

The Flame / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flame [Kip Adams]
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The Tattoo Target! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flame [Kip Adams]; Charlie (Policeman); Susan Page (Kip's girlfriend); Miss Sable (villain, business woman); Jake (villain); Spats Mahooney (villain)
Synopsis
The Flame and Susan are captured and held by a Miss Sable, who is in business to smuggle illegals into the country, and she wants the Flame to join her in this endeavor as well as putting her competition, under the leadership of Spats Mahooney, out of business!
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Indexer Notes

The Flame's last appearance was in Wonderworld Comics #33 (Fox).

A Star Is Hatched (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Synopsis
Ms. Gloria Blemish goes from waitress to Hollywood movie star.

Tempest in a Teapot Dome (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Carl Magee; The Flame [Kip Adams]
Synopsis
Carl Magee, a newpaperman, breaks the story of the Teapot Dome scandal.
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Indexer Notes

The Flame appears in first panel and one panel late in the story only, introducing story.

The Trickster (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A man goes undercover at a bowling alley as a dimwit named "The Goof" to catch the man who actually did the crime for which his father was convicted.

Battlefront: Main Street (Table of Contents: 5)

The Flame / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flame [Kip Adams]
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Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Tattoo Target!
    The Flame
  2. 1. The Tattoo Target!
    The Flame
  3. 2. A Star Is Hatched
  4. 3. Tempest in a Teapot Dome
  5. 4. The Trickster
  6. 5. Battlefront: Main Street
    The Flame
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