| Issue | #5 |
| Published | May 1940 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
| Characters | The King [King Standish]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Whip [Rod Gaynor] |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Jon L. Blummer |
| Inks | Jon L. Blummer |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Boleau (first appearance); The Vandal (first appearance; villain) |
| Synopsis | The Flash must terminate the evil desires of The Vandal, an art collector extra-ordinary who would do anything to make his collection more valuable, even if he has to kill the artists of the works he owns! |
| 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 | The King [King Standish] |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert |
| Inks | Harry Lampert |
| Letters | Harry Lampert |
| Notes | All credits by Craig Delich, 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07. |
| Characters | The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Ione Craig; Villains: Abdul Ben Hathor [D], Hassan Ibn Sadah [D]. |
| Synopsis | Hawk follows a female secret agent to the hidden city of Alamut, home to an ancient league of assassins who are attempting to kill the leaders of the world. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly) |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly) |
| Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich (9-2-07). |
| Reprinted | in Great Comic Book Heroes, The (Dial Press, 1965 series) #nn; in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Herman Darling; Simon P. Thunder; Villains: Cut Perce and his gang. |
| Synopsis | Johnny's life as a G-Man begins by looking into a case where crooks have stolen an entire safety deposit vault....and his father along with it! |
| 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 3-23-08. |
| Reprinted | in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Paul Jepson |
| Pencils | Paul Jepson |
| Inks | Paul Jepson |
| Notes | corrected 9/04 |
| Characters | Cliff Cornwall; V: the Snow King [I] |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Notes | Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04 and verified 9-2-07. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Ed Wheelan |
| Pencils | Ed Wheelan |
| Inks | Ed Wheelan |
| Letters | Ed Wheelan |
| Characters | The Whip [Rod Gaynor] |
| Genre | superhero; western |
| Script | John Wentworth |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming |
| Inks | Homer Fleming |