(March 1940)

DC, 1940 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-01-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
All-American Comics Inc.
Editing
M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444660.

House ad in More Fun Comics #52 says this issue "On sale everywhere about Jan. 15th."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cliff Cornwall / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Cliff Cornwall; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); The Whip [Rod Gaynor] (inset); Rod Rian (inset); the King [King Standish] (inset); The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Reprints

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

Brownscope Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Trial of Major Williams] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
E. E. Hibbard
Inks
E. E. Hibbard
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
By a strange freak of chance...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Major Williams (Joan's father); James (Berstoff's butler); Mr. Eddens (villain, reporter, introduction); Mr. Berstoff (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
When Joan's father is arrested for being a spy, the Flash speeds up his investigation of the foreign government behind the apparent frame-up.
Reprints
Keywords
Town Cackle

Indexer Notes

We previously credited the art to Harry Lampert in error.

Story takes place in New York.

[The Romance of Cliff Cornwall] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a secluded corner of the ball-room...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Dian; Boris

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Secret of Dick Blendon] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hawkman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Dennis Neville
Inks
Dennis Neville
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another eisode of the phantom of the night...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Hawkman [as The Hawk-Man; Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Dick Blendon; Count Torgoff (villain); Una Cathay (villain); Rolf (villain)
Synopsis
The Hawkman investigates the threat of a scientist who has discovered the secret of keeping a human body alive long after it is clinically dead.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Carter Hall's home address is given as 20 Hudson Terrace. Hall's identity as the Hawkman is discovered by Dick and several of his friends.

[Fight versus Gunpowder Glantz] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
John Wentworth
Pencils
Stan Asch
Inks
Stan Asch
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Butterfly, butterfly, turn around...
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Gunpowder Glanz (boxer)
Synopsis
After his initial win in the ring, Johnny begins training for his next fight against Gunpowder Glanz. To top things off, Daisy agrees to marry Johnny if he loses the fight, but Johnny's mysterious power strikes again and he becomes the heavyweight champion!
Reprints

The Mephisian Menace (Table of Contents: 6)

Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepson)
Pencils
Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepson)
Inks
Paul Jepsen (signed as Paul H. Jepson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'd better get the aero-belts and jump, Taro!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rod Rian; Taro; Karin; His Satanic Majesty Mephiso
Reprints
  • from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information about stamps with several small ads from stamps dealers. Sequence added per Len Wolinski.

[The Terror of the Underworld] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Bill Smith (signed as W Smith)
Inks
Bill Smith (signed as W Smith)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like a man whose name is never known...
Genre
adventure
Characters
The King [King Standish] (introduction); Boss Barton (villain); Myrna Mallon

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

The King is a master of disguise. Unnamed in the early stories, he wears a simple domino mask, perhaps with a top hat, when he is not impersonating someone else.

Smith signs in the final panel of page one.

Adventure in a Time Warp (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The space patrol boat dropped through...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Doctor Edward Drokker; Rolf Andrews; Jak Donven

Indexer Notes

Story concludes in issue #4. Sequence added per Len Wolinski.

A Bike for You (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

The Scarlet Scarab (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You shall have it.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Wellington Strong; Inspector Pierce; Myra; Sgt. Mike Hanley; Alfred Jackson; Henry Hale; Fifi LaRue; Emma Brown; Archibald Brown

[Get the Whip!!] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
John Wentworth (credited as J B Wentworth)
Pencils
George Storm
Inks
George Storm
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One hundred years ago...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Padre Demo; Green (villain); Sheriff Todd

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

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

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

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cliff Cornwall
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Brownscope Co.
  3. 2. [The Trial of Major Williams]
    The Flash
  4. 3. [The Romance of Cliff Cornwall]
    Cliff Cornwall
  5. 4. [The Secret of Dick Blendon]
    Hawkman
  6. 5. [Fight versus Gunpowder Glantz]
    Johnny Thunderbolt
  7. 6. The Mephisian Menace
    Rod Rian of the Sky Police
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Flash Stamps
  9. 8. [The Terror of the Underworld]
    King Standish
  10. 9. Adventure in a Time Warp
  11. 10. A Bike for You
    The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    All American Comics
  13. 12. The Scarlet Scarab
    "Flash" Picture Novelette
  14. 13. [Get the Whip!!]
    The Whip
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co.
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Remington Rand
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore