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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published September 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shierra Sanders; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Reprinted in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2006)

13 page The Flash story "The Lottery"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Tuffy Hecke (first appearance; villain); Lefty (first appearance; villain); Mugs (first appearance; villain); Moe (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Joan wins a contest for $1000, but is not present for the drawing, so the Flash decides to wisk her to the drawing at ultra speed. But when Joan is paid, the payoff is made with a phony $1000 bill.
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 Joan Williams address is given as 222 LaFayette Park Road in this story; credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2006)

8 page Johnny Thunder story "Johnny Joins the Rodeo"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet [I].
Synopsis Johnny meets and adopts Peachy Pet.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

6 page Les Sparks, Radio Amateur story "Adventure of the Phantom Churchyard"

Characters Les Sparks
Genre adventure
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron

7 page The King story "The Apartment Robbers"

Characters The King [King Standish]
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.

6 page The Whip story "Blackmail"

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

8 page Minute Movies story "Super Crime"

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

9 page Hawkman story "Menace from Space"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; V: Noel Ratchford, Neptunian boy [D].
Synopsis The Hawkman spies an alien space ship crashing to Earth, and, upon investigation, discovers that its huge passengers are dead....but a weird egg has survived!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1