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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published April 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

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)
Genre western
Pencils George Storm
Inks George Storm
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

13 page The Flash story "The Gambling Ship"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Marcia van Doorn (first appearance); Jimmy Norton (first appearance); Mr. Norton (first appearance); 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.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Corrected 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich (9-2-07).
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page Cliff Cornwall story "The Stolen Message"

Characters Cliff Cornwall
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich [9/04].

9 page Hawkman story "The Thought Terror"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; V: The Thought Terror (I).
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.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Notes 1st Moldoff Hawkman; synopsis added by Craig Delich (9-2-07).
Reprinted in Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

6 page Johnny Thunderbolt story "Johnny Fights for the Law"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Herman Darling; V: Gyp the Jeep.
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.
Genre superhero
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes The Thunderbolt appears as a yellow streak of lightning. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-22-08.
Reprinted in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

2 page Rod Rian of the Sky Police story "The Deadly Pool"

Characters Rod Rian
Genre science fiction
Script Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Pencils Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Inks Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Notes Corrected 9/04.

6 page King Standish story "The Stolen Washton Jewels"

Characters The King [King Standish]
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Writer and letterer credit by Craig Delich [corrected (9-2-07)].

8 page Flash Picture Novelette story "Where There's a Will"

Genre adventure
Script Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks Ed Wheelan (signed)
Letters Ed Wheelan

8 page The Whip story "The Plundered Peons"

Characters The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
Genre superhero; western
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming