Flash Comics #6

(June 1940)

[The Case of the Drugged Olympic Athletes] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Everett E. Hibbard

Inks:

Everett E. Hibbard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Wally Stevens (introduction); J. Edwin Dorn (villain, introduction); Maloney (villain, introduction); Jonsey (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

In order to uncover the head man behind a gambling operation at the Olympic Trials, Jay Garrick enters himself in the running events, and promptly sets world records in each!

Reprints:

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

The Witch (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich September 2004.

[Sheba, Queen of the Desert] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Ione Craig; Major Brent; Shiek Abdullah (villain, death); Sheba (villain)

Synopsis:

While resting from their return trip from Alamut, Hawkman and Ione Craig are attacked by desert raiders, who take Ione captive to sell at the local slave market.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005)

["The strangers would change one who is like us to a form like their own!!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Paul H. Jepson (signed)

Pencils:

Paul H. Jepson (signed)

Inks:

Paul H. Jepson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Rod Rian

Tally Ho! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

Johnny Thunder

[The War Material Smugglers] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Cornwall

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich September 2004.

Planet of the Metal Men (Part 2) (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Tommy; Wee-Pee-I; Queen Ha; Zoopians

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the next issue.

Don Fuel and the Mystery Planet (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wheelan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Genre:

science fiction

[The Kidnapping] (Table of Contents)

The Whip / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

The Whip [Rod Gaynor]