Issue | #4 |
Published | April 1940 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
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 |
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 |
Characters | Cliff Cornwall |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Notes | Writer credit by Craig Delich [9/04]. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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)]. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Letters | Ed Wheelan |
Characters | The Whip [Rodney Gaynor] |
Genre | superhero; western |
Script | John B. Wentworth |
Pencils | Homer Fleming |
Inks | Homer Fleming |