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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published June 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

Cover Details

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Hal Sharp
Inks Hal Sharp
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2006)

11 page The Flash story "The Restaurant Protective Association"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Brenda Forest; Morgan [Fred Devere] (first appearance; villain); Morgan's gang (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis A young girl discovers that her restaurant manager is involved in a criminal scheme to bleed protection money from her establishment, and the Flash decides to dish out their just desserts!
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 early Flash has more than a touch of the slapstick in it; credits by Craig Delich 09/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (January 2006)

7 page Johnny Thunder story "Manny Bucks"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Manny Bucks.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Johnny has command of his Thunderbolt for an hour after he says the magic words, Cei-U. Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

6 page Les Sparks, Radio Amateur story "Adventure of the Attempted Invasion"

Characters Les Sparks
Genre adventure
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Notes Note the foreign troops were written in as Germans, but "German" was edited out in favor of "foreign". Note this was written in early '41.

7 page The Whip story "Gold in Gunners Gulch"

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

6 page The King story "The Amnesia Victim"

Characters The King [King Standish]
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes The King appears in top hat, tails, and domino mask for the first time; writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich, updated 9-2-07.

8 page Minute Movies story "Eyes of the Skull"

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

9 page Hawkman story "The Gold Rush of '41"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Hank Sanders [Shiera's cousin]; Jim Baker; Villains: Mr. Harrel, Nogtcha.
Synopsis Shiera heads for Alaska to locate her cousin who is involved in a large gold strike that has drawn its share of publicity --- and greed!
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

1 page Jest for Fun filler

Genre humor
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Letters Ray McGill?
Notes Sequence MAY be out of order. Added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.