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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published July 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Whip [Rod Gaynor] (inset); The King [King Standish] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

11 page The Flash story "The Metal Disintegrator"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Jimmie Dolan (first appearance); Mr. Smith (first appearance); Belle Smith (first appearance); Black Mike (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis An inventor and his daughter are kidnapped by a ruthless criminal in order to obtain control of the inventor's metal dissolving machine.
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 "The Witch and the Lawyer"

Characters The King [King Standish]; V: The Witch.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Writer & letterer credit by Craig Delich, 9/04.

9 page The Hawkman story "The Statue That Came to Life"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Villians: Boris Nickaloff, Czar [both I, D].
Synopsis Hawkman must defeat a seemingly unbeatable foe when a sculptor finds a way to bring statues to life!
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

3 page Rod Rian of the Sky Police story "The Gorilla"

Characters Rod Rian
Genre science fiction
Script Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Pencils Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Inks Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Notes Corrected 9/04.

6 page Johnny Thunderbolt story "The Mystery Woman"

Characters Johnny Thunder
Genre superhero
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Johnny wears a uniform in this issue; writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 9/04.

6 page Cliff Cornwall story "The Clue Criminal"

Characters Cliff Cornwall
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Leonard Sansone?
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

8 page Flash Picture Novelette story "The Circus Curse"

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

7 page The Whip story "The San Creso Mine"

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