Flash Comics #2

(February 1940)

Rush 3¢ for 604 page Catalog of Amazing Novelties (Table of Contents: 1)

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Inside front cover.

[The Opera House Shootings] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

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Harry Lampert

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Harry Lampert

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Into a world of humdrum reality...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; the un-named doctor from origin story (cameo); Theo Parker (introduction); Greta Garson (introduction); Stella Rollins (introduction); Della Roberts (introduction); Mr. Rogers (introduction); Lord Donelin (villain, introduction); Goll (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Flash investigates the mysterious shootings of female singers in a local opera house, the trail leading directly to one man each of the women knew.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The Flash uses a metal lightning bolt as his calling card in this story. The lightning bolt on Flash's shirt is missing in panels 2 and 3 on page 7. The lightning bolts on Flash's pants come and go throughout the story.

[The Panama Canal Scheme] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

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Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Lolita Devere; Lys

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Globe Conquerors] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hawkman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Dennis Neville

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Dennis Neville

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Foe to crime is The Hawk-Man...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Alexander the Great (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

A great physicist named Alexander the Great invents a machine that increases an object's weight 1000 times, and Hawkman must stop him before he succeeds in destroying all the seaboard cities of the United States.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The title given here is used in the table of contents in the Archive.

[Johnny Becomes a Boxer] (Table of Contents: 5)

Johnny Thunderbolt / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

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When Johnny Thunder was an infant...

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling (introduction); Mike Trainer; Suicide Kid (boxer); unnamed thug (villain)

Synopsis

Through the use of his powers (that he knows nothing about), Johnny signs a fight contract to battle the Suicide Kid, and that same unknown power helps Johnny win the contest.

Reprints

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)

Indexer Notes

There is a brief origin recap. The story title given here is used in the table of contents in the Archive.

[The Captured Moon Transport] (Table of Contents: 6)

Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepsen)

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Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepsen)

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Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepsen)

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2500AD. A telespaceship transport returns form the Moon...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rod Rian; Pilotar Andres of the Moon Patrol; His Satanic Majesty Mephis; Karin

Reprints

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

Warfare in Space (Part 2) (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (spot illustrations)

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Sheldon Mayer (spot illustrations)

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Billy Morton, eighteen-year old boy...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Billy Morton; Port Commander Worth; Ralph "The Ruthless" Farnham (villain)

Synopsis

In the orbit of Jupiter, Billy's spaceship, armed with a new weapon, confronts the spaceships of the murderer of his father.

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.

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

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

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Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes a discussion about local postage stamps, as well as classified ads from six stamp dealers. The logo is similar to the logo for the Flash feature, including speed lines.

The Demon Dummy, Part Two (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Ed Wheelan (signed)

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Ed Wheelan (signed)

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Ed Wheelan (signed)

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Ed Wheelan (signed)

Genre

crime

Characters

Harry Dunstan; Red the Dummy (villain); Billy Devlin; Hope Fulton

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue.

[Vigilantes of Seguro] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Whip / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)

Pencils

George Storm (credited)

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George Storm (credited)

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Seguro is in an uproar...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Whip [El Castigo; Rod Gaynor]; Marissa Dillon; Wing Tai; Sheriff Todds; Broaker; Mr. Dillon; Carlos; Cokey; Spike (villain)

Rush Coupon for Mammoth Catalog (Table of Contents: 11)

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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House ad for All-American Comics #11 featuring Gary Concord, on sale "about Dec. 20th." Appears on the back cover of this issue.