Issue | #F-8 |
Published | August-September 1975 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 1.00 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell (collected edition); M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assisstant editor) |
Characters | Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Whip; Cliff Cornwall |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Notes | Credits from Golden Age Flash Archives vol. 1 and Golden Age Hawkman Archives vol. 1. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 |
Characters | Scribbly; Santa Claus; Gary Concord [Ultra-Man] |
Pencils | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Inks | Sheldon Mayer (signed) |
Editing | M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assisstant editor) |
Notes | Original inside front cover for Flash Comics #1 showing All-American Comics #10, including its indicia, along with current indicia. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Flash [Jay Garrick] (introduction, origin); Joan Williams (introduction); Major Williams; the Faultless Four [Sieur Satan; Serge Orloff; Duriel; Smythe]; Professor Hughes |
Synopsis | The origin of The Flash and his battle against The Faultless Four, spies who have kidnapped Joan Williams' father and who all die. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Harry Lampert |
Inks | Harry Lampert |
Notes | Story was originally untitled. First line is 'But before he became known and feared as "the fastest thing on Earth", Jay Garrick was an unknown student at Midwestern University...' |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Cliff Cornwall; Lys Valliere; US Army personnel |
Synopsis | An unnamed enemy is attacking US planes in Alaska and Cliff is sent to find them. Once there, he teams up with Lys and rescues the trapped airmen. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Notes | Story was originally untitled. First line is "A fleet of U.S. bombers wing their way toward Alaska..." Writer credit by Craig Delich. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall; Prince Khufu] (introduction, origin); Shiera Sanders [later Hawkgirl] (introduction); Doctor Hastor [Hath-Set] (introduction); Kolar |
Synopsis | Recounts the final battle between Hath-Set and Prince Khufu and their first battle as the reincarnated Doctor Hastor and Carter Hall [Hawkman]. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Dennis Neville |
Inks | Dennis Neville |
Notes | Story was originally untitled. The title here was given in Golden Age Hawkman Archives vol. 1 where this story was also reprinted. First line is "In the weapon-lined library of Carter Hall, wealthy collector of weapons and research scientist -". |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Johnny Thunder (introduction, origin); Thunderbolt (introduction); Simon B. Thunder; Mildred Thunder; Badhnisian agents; Priest of Aissor; Mr. Congreve |
Synopsis | Johnny's life story is told up to the point where he begins to command his Thunderbolt, without knowledge of what he is doing. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Wentworth |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Notes | Story was originally untitled. First line is "One night in August, 1918, Simon came home from the bank and found a crowd around his house...". Coloring error on page 5 has Johnny's hair color changing instantaneously. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Billy Morton; Keith Morton; Port Commander Worth; Ralph "The Ruthless" Farnham |
Synopsis | Billy completes an experiment he and his father had been working on and takes the resulting weapon into space during a raid on Jupiter, intent on unleashing it upon Ralph "The Ruthless " Farnhan. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Mayer |
Inks | Sheldon Mayer |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Includes spot illustrations. Story continued in Flash Comics (1940 series) #2. There are three small ads for fireworks at the end of page 2 for Baltimore Fireworks Co., Spencer Fireworks Co., and The Brazel Novelty Manufacturing Co. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Genre | Fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A history of Polish postage stamps, with illustrations of three of them. Also includes classified ads for five stamp dealers and one for class pins. No connection to Flash; so the title makes no sense. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | Red [a wooden dummy]; Harry Dunstan; Madge Devere; Jim Devlin; Sam; Slim; Tim; unamed street bum (dies); prison warden; prisoners |
Synopsis | Jim Devlin frames ventriloquist Harry Dunstan for a murder, to get him out of the way for the affections of Madge. Harry goes to prison, with Red, but eventually Devlin is found out and imprisoned, which frees Harry. |
Genre | crime |
Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Letters | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Notes | Story continued in Flash Comics (1940 series) #2. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Characters | The Whip [Don Fernando Suarez]; The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Mr. Dillon (Marisa's father); Carlos; King [The Whip's horse]; Nita; Wing; Sheriff Todd; the Padre |
Synopsis | The new Whip, affecting a Spanish accent, is aided by girl friend Marisa Dillon, not to mention his horse King, in freeing Carlos from jail. |
Genre | western |
Script | John Wentworth |
Pencils | George Storm |
Inks | George Storm |
Notes | Story was originally untitled. First line is "He was known as Don Fernando Suarez, a patrician descended from the Grandees of Spain...". |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for new 1940 Catalog of novelties from Johnson Smith & Co., with full page of novelties available. Company's address has been blanked out in this reprint. Appears on inside back cover and is noted as the original inside back cover of Flash Comics #1. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Home Recording Co.'s Make Your Own Records at Home kit. Company's address has been blanked out in this reprint. Appears on back cover and is noted as the back cover of Flash Comics #1. |
Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |