Flash Comics
#4
(April 1940)
DC,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-02-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- All-American Comics Inc.
- Editing
- M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Whip / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The King [King Standish] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to George Storm, who drew the feature, but this style is too cartoony to be him, and it looks more like Ed Wheelan. But even that identification is uncertain.
[The Gambling Ship]
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One night as The Flash patrols the city docks...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Marcia van Doorn (introduction); Jimmy Norton (introduction); Mr. Norton (introduction); un-named group of gamblers (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Flash must rescue the son of a steel magnate who is kidnapped and held for ransom because his father supports a bill that makes gambling ships illegal.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([November] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
We previously credited the art to Harry Lampert.
[The Stolen Message]
Cliff Cornwall / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cliff Cornwall has made such a name for himself in diplomatic circles...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Dorothea Bradshaw (crook); Manuel Delora (crook); Charley Meer (crook); The Ambassador
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
Thought Terror
Hawkman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as
Shelly) - Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the Futurist Club in New York...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; The Thought Terror (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Hawkman faces a ruthless individual who pretends to foretell the future to people, then hypnotizes them to carry out the future he predicted for them.
- Reprints
- in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([March] 1990)
- in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 (2005 [February 2006])
-
Indexer Notes
First Moldoff Hawkman. In addition to a credit, Moldoff signs in the penultimate panel.
[Johnny Law]
Johnny Thunderbolt / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fame has decended [sic] on Johnny Thunder like a ton of bricks...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt; Daisy Darling; Herman Darling; Gyp the Jeep (villain)
- Synopsis
- Daisy's father wins a bundle off the fight that Johnny won, but a thug is determined to take that bundle of loot, no matter what. When Johnny rounds up the criminal, he is offered a position as a G-Man.
- Reprints
- in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
The Thunderbolt appears as a yellow streak of lightning.
[The Deadly Pool]
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- In the grasp of the huge beast...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Rod Rian; Karen; Taro
- Reprints
- from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 1936-02-xx - 1936-03-xx
[no title indexed]
Flash Stamps / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
[The Stolen Washton Jewels]
King Standish / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The famous diamonds of the Washton Family...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- The King [King Standish]; Louie the Fence; Carla; Myrna Mallon; Mr. Washton; Mrs. Washton
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
Adventure in a Time Warp
text story / 1.5 pages
- 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
- Returning from a survey of outer space...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rolf Andrews; Doctor Edward Drokker
Where There's a Will
Flash "Picture Novelette" / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ann. You must help me...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Will Lawson; Sam'l Higby; June Allen; Ann Milton
[The Plundered Peons]
The Whip / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- John Wentworth (credited as John B. Wentworth)
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (credited)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over a hundred years ago...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Whip -
1.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
2.
[The Gambling Ship]
The Flash -
3.
[The Stolen Message]
Cliff Cornwall -
4.
Thought Terror
Hawkman -
5.
[Johnny Law]
Johnny Thunderbolt -
6.
[The Deadly Pool]
Rod Rian of the Sky Police -
7.
Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Flash Stamps -
9.
[The Stolen Washton Jewels]
King Standish -
10.
Adventure in a Time Warp
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Peck Brothers -
12.
No. 1 - Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Flash Comics Monthly Book Review -
13.
Where There's a Will
Flash "Picture Novelette" -
14.
[The Plundered Peons]
The Whip -
15.
[no title indexed]
Home Recording Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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