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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

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

12 page The Flash story "Case of the Murderous Art Collector"

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

6 page King Standish story "Get the King"

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.

10 page Hawkman story "The Kidnapping of Ione Craig"

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

6 page Johnny Thunderbolt story "Johnny Becomes a G-Man"

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

3 page Rod Rian of the Sky Police story "The Mephisians Attack"

Genre science fiction
Script Paul Jepson
Pencils Paul Jepson
Inks Paul Jepson
Notes corrected 9/04

6 page Cliff Cornwall story "The Snow King"

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.

8 page Flash Picture Novelette story "You Can't Get Away with It"

Genre adventure
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

7 page Whip story "Judge Frawd's Court"

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