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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published April 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Hal Sharp
Inks Hal Sharp
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

11 page The Flash story "Target for Death: The Flash!"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Dane (first appearance); Jose Salvez (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis A gang of thugs attempt to kill the Flash in order to get at a very valuable Mexican silver mine.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox (signed)
Pencils Hal Sharp [as ghost for E. E. Hibbard]
Inks Hal Sharp [as ghost for E. E. Hibbard]
Notes The Flash is announced as being awarded the next quarterly single-hero comic; Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; The Flash lives in New York City; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page Johnny Thunder story "Secretary"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt.
Synopsis Oscar Ovaseer thinks Johnny is competition for his job, and wants him dead.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes The Thunderbolt takes on human form in this story; Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

6 page Les Sparks, Radio Amateur story "Adventure of the Marshland Counterfeiters"

Characters Les Sparks; Joe Magee.
Synopsis Les and Joe track down a bunch of counterfeiters.
Genre adventure
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Notes Les Sparks leads a bunch of young "radio amateurs"; The strip is influenced by Terry and the Pirates in art, and to a certain extent in story; The stories are picturesque adventures in different settings; strip re-named from Les Watts.

7 page The Whip story "The Armored Car on the Prairie"

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

6 page The King story "Murder by the King"

Characters The King [King Standish]
Synopsis The King is accused of murder.
Genre Detective
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Strip title is changed in this issue from King Standish; writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.

6 page Cliff Cornwall story "Duty in the Canal Zone"

Characters Cliff Cornwall
Genre adventure
Pencils John E. Ayman
Inks John E. Ayman
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

2 page Jack Raymond text story "The Hidden Museum Part 1"

Characters Jack Raymond
Genre science fiction
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Monthly Book Review text article "Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes"

Letters typeset

7 page Minute Movies story "A Fine Day for Murder"

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

9 page Hawkman story "The Graydon Expedition"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter hall]; Shiera Sanders; Targo, King of Dravidia; V: Daki [I, D].
Synopsis Hearing that an expedition to Northern Mongolia has been wiped out -- an expedition Shiera Sanders was on -- the Hawkman decides to investigate the tragedy.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Notes Hawkman remarks in this story that he has been re-incarnated many times, a fact never reflected in the origin story in Flash #1; the last panel shows Carter reading a copy of Flash Comics #9; the fisrt panel on page 3 was used, in part, as the cover to Flash Comics #19; writer credit by Craig Delich updated 9/04; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1