Flash Comics #15

(March 1941)

The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Promo for Action Comics (Superman); Adventure Comics (Sandman); Detective Comics (Batman); All-American Comics (Green Lantern); More Fun Comics (The Spectre); and Flash Comics (The Flash) with illustrations of the lead character of each comic.

[Circus Caper] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

Inks

E. E. Hibbard (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Know what, Joan?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Nellie Craft (introduction); Muggsy (villain, introduction); Spike (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

In order to keep a circus from going under financially, the Fastest Man Alive becomes the star attraction.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)
• in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Coach Jim Crowley (Table of Contents: 3)

Baby Ruth; Curtiss / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Crowley (quote); ?

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Jim Crowley (photo)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars featuring Fordham University football coach Jim Crowley.

[Fireman's Folly] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

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Darn you! You're always getting me in hot water!

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Ma Thunder

Synopsis

Johnny gets a job as a fireman.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Adventure of the Tin Plate Princess (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Don Cameron (credited) (signed as Don Cameron)

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Don Cameron (credited) (signed as Don Cameron)

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Kidnappers have to get up pretty early...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Les Watts; Joe Magee; Roy Buckley

Synopsis

Les, Joe and Roy Buckley use their ham radio gear to rescue an heiress.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #534 (15 de agosto de 1941)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Note at end of story says title of the feature changes next month to Les Sparks.

Don Cameron the scriptwriter appears to be a different creator to Don Cameron the artist.

[The Crooked Tax Collector] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (credited)

Inks

Homer Fleming (credited)

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In the tax collector's office...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Mamie O'Daniels; Chambers; Officer Jimmy O'Daniels; Padre Demo

Synopsis

The assistant tax collector kidnaps a little boy to keep his grandmother from testifying against him.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

[The Witch and the Hilton Jewels] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Harry Lampert (credited)

Inks

Harry Lampert (credited)

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Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Percival Hilton - collector of rare jewels...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain); Percival Hilton; Van Dorp

Synopsis

The Witch and the King spar over the Hilton jewels.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

Make Your Own Records at Home (Table of Contents: 8)

Home Recording Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for home recording machine that uses needles and blank records. Home Recording Co., New York, NY.

[Industrial Sabotage] (Table of Contents: 9)

Cliff Cornwall / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ben Flinton

Inks

Leonard Sansone

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Modern warfare is a highly scientific and mechanized art.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Lys Valliere; Samuel Burns; The Chief

Synopsis

German agents use toys to smuggle military secrets out of the country.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #534 (15 de agosto de 1941)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. We previously credited Sheldon Moldoff with pencils and inks.

Tin Can Mail (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Synopsis

Article on "tin can" mail delivery on the south Pacific island of Niuafoou.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

About half the page consists of classified ads offering stamps for sale.

Voice from the Sky (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (spot illustration)

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Every time the Voice came to the Earth people...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; The Voice; Karnak

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Continued from last issue.

Amazing Combination Offer (Table of Contents: 12)

Remington Rand / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for Remington portable typewriters. Remington Rand Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.

"Drums" by James Boyd (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Henry Rosen

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Review of the book "Drums" by reader Henry Rosen of Bridgeport, Conn.

The Hooded Horror (Table of Contents: 14)

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)

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Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Death to these two detectives....

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Pierce; John Coleman; Mike; Janet Coleman

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)

[The Hand] (Table of Contents: 15)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

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Carter Hall drives into the country

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Teddy Thayer; The Hand [Elwin Thayer] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

The Hawkman must somehow contend with the horrible invention of a bodiless killer hand that is being used to steal and kill in order that a man becomes sole heir to a valuable estate.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #36 (1976)
• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 (2005 [February 2006])

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Shield and Dagger.

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

Here's What You've Been Waiting For--All Star No. 4! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; The Atom [Al Pratt]

Indexer Notes

Promo for All-Star Comics #4, starring the Justice Society of America, "on sale everywhere Feb. 7!"

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

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

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Given

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for premiums for selling boxes of White Cloverine Brand Salve. Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa.

[1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

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Fred Harman; ?

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Fred Harman; ?

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Characters

Red Ryder; Little Beaver (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine air rifle for $2.95. Daisy Air Rifles; Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich.