Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Winter 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing M C Gaines, (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Notes First Superman-DC bullet on cover. This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club.

Cover Details

Characters The Flash; Joan Williams; a Centaur.
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes First Superman-DC bullet on cover. This issue contains an ad for Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club.

1 page The Flash foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Adventure of the Duplicate Faces"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Willimas; Adam Addams.
Synopsis [See synopsis of Chapter 1]
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-09.

12 page The Flash story "The Adventure of the Duplicate Faces: Chapter 1: The Adventure of the Misplaced Faces"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Adam Addams [villain).
Synopsis The Flash investigates the activities of a research scientist named Addams, who has a theory that the human face is shaped by glandular activities of the body. Addams plots to treat people with his special formula in order to make them look like prominent men who he plans to kidnap and replace with a phony.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-09.

13 page The Flash story "The Adventure of the Misplaced Faces: Chapter 2: The Adventure of the Savage Centaurs"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Willimas; Dr, Manning; Adam Addams (villain); Hercule (centaur, villain); Oats (centaur, villain).
Synopsis Jay Garrick visits Western University for Homecoming and meets with Dr. Manning, the Professor Jay did experiments for when he suffered his accident with the "hard Water" gasses. He is shocked to learn that Dr. Addams has threatened Manning with death unless he divulges the "hard water" formula.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-09.

1 page The Flash filler "How to Develop Your Speed"

Characters The Flash
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard

2 page Butch McLobster, The Super Mobster filler

Characters Butch McLobster
Genre detective
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

Half page The Inkling Kid/Phoni-Tone News filler

Characters Inkling Kid
Genre children; humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Bound for Britain"

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page The Flash story "The Adventure of the Misplaced Faces: Chapter 3: House-Guests of Death"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Dr. Manning; Adam Addams (villain); Dr. French; Louisa French; Jeb Young; Rutherford Rockford; Gloria Rockford; Dr. Hart.
Synopsis Addams successfully kidnaps Dr. Manning and forces him to work night and day on the "hard water" formula. Deciding to take the matter one step further, Addams invites Jay Garrick, Joan Williams, Dr. French and others to his lab in Arizona, then proceeds to kill them off....one by one.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-09.

13 page The Flash story "The Adventure of the Misplaced Faces: Chapter 4: The Flash vs. the Flash"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Dr. Manning; Adam Addams (villain); false Flash (villain); Jeb Young; Dr. French; Louisa French; Rutherford Rockford; Gloria Rockford; Dr. Hart.
Synopsis The evil Addams creates a false Flash to kill the guests in his home, realizing that the real Flash will be blamed for the horrible deeds. However, the Scarlet Speedster disposes of his counterpart and takes his place in order to be in a position to capture Addams.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-09.

1 page The Flash filler "The Flash Presents His Hall of Speed Records"

Characters The Flash
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard