All-Flash
#17
(Winter 1944)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-12-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Jolaine Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An All-American Publication
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Adventure of the 4 in 1 Criminal
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Now on Sale Everywhere!
Sensation Comics; All-American Comics; Flash Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Tale of the Three Wishes
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel
- Inks
- Martin Naydel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Charles Lucas (villain)
- Synopsis
- An ugly little ivory idol falls into the hands of "Trigger" Charles Lucas, a gangster, whose wishes come true, but run him afoul of the Fastest Man Alive.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right -- I get it!
The Energetic Elephant!
The Flash / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel
- Inks
- Martin Naydel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan
- Synopsis
- Noddy wins an elephant in a post office raffle, unaware that it isn't a real one. However, he is mystified to learn that a notorious gangster is interested in buying it from him, unaware it is to be used in a crime that will cause the Flash some very real problems!
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
Sport Shot
Thom McAn / advertisement / 2 pages
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
A Thom McAn shoe advertisement.
[Part One:] The Matching Men from Mars!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel
- Inks
- Martin Naydel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Martians (villains)
- Synopsis
- Keystone City is terrified by the sudden appearance of an alien spaceship and its identical inhabitants, who have come to Earth to take its wealth. The Flash is equally concerned when these creatures and the underworld make a deal to accomplish just that!
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Victory Puzzles / advertisement / 0.67 page
- Script
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Pencils
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Inks
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- A. W. Nugent (signed)
Private School Mystery
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
Who's Who of American Comics 1928-1999 gives "J. Marr" as a penname of Jack Miller.
Part Two: Camera, Crime and Cuckoos!
The Flash / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel
- Inks
- Martin Naydel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan
- Synopsis
- The Three Dimwits accidentally come across the three-dimensional camera left behind by the so-called men from Mars, and actually believe that they have let loose some of the worst criminals in the world's history!
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Fat and Slat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
The Big All-American Comic Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Dr. Narsty
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Adventure of the 4 in 1 Criminal
The Flash -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Now on Sale Everywhere!
Sensation Comics; All-American Comics; Flash Comics -
3.
The Tale of the Three Wishes
The Flash -
4.
["All right -- I get it!"]
Wheaties -
5.
The Energetic Elephant!
The Flash -
6.
Sport Shot
Thom McAn -
7.
[Part One:] The Matching Men from Mars!
The Flash -
8.
[no title indexed]
Victory Puzzles -
9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
Flying Models of Famous Fighter Planes
Wheaties -
11.
Private School Mystery
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Lionel -
13.
Part Two: Camera, Crime and Cuckoos!
The Flash -
14.
[no title indexed]
Let's Go to College -
15.
[no title indexed]
Fat and Slat -
16.
[no title indexed]
The Big All-American Comic Book -
17.
Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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