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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published March 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Notes First J. R. Comics issue. J. R. stands for Jessie Gaines and Rosa Liebowitz.

Cover Details

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Notes First J. R. Comics issue. J. R. stands for Jessie Gaines and Rosa Liebowitz.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36; in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

11 page The Flash story "Circus Caper"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Nellie Craft (first appearance); Muggsy (first appearance; villain); Spike (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis In order to keep a circus from going under financially, the Fastest Man Alive becomes the star attraction.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox (signed)
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks Everett E. Hibbard (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36; in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page Johnny Thunder story "Fireman's Folly"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Ma Thunder.
Synopsis Johnny gets a job as a fireman.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

6 page Les Watts, Radio Amateur story "Adventure of the Tin Plate Princess"

Characters Les Watts; Joe Magee; Roy Buckley.
Synopsis Les, Joe and Roy Buckley use their ham radio gear to rescue an heiress.
Genre adventure
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Notes Note at end of story says title of feature changes next month to Les Sparks.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

6 page The Whip story "The Crooked Tax Collector"

Characters The Whip [Rod Gaynor]
Synopsis The assistant tax collector kidnaps a little boy to keep his grandmother from testifying against him.
Genre superhero; western
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

6 page King Standish story "The Witch and the Hilton Jewels"

Characters The King [King Standish]; V: The Witch.
Synopsis The Witch and the King spar over the Hilton jewels.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes The King is a master of disguise. Unnamed in the early stories, he wears a simple domino mask, perhaps with a top hat, when he is not impersonating some one else. Writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich, up-dtaed 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

5 page Cliff Cornwall story "Industrial Sabotage"

Characters Cliff Cornwall; Lys Valliere.
Synopsis German agents use toys to smuggle military secrets out of the country.
Genre adventure
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

2 page text story "Voice From the Sky"

Genre science fiction
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Continued from last issue.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

1 page Monthly Book Review text article "Drums by James Boyd"

Letters typeset

8 page Flash Picture Novelette story "Hooded Horror"

Genre mystery
Script Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks Ed Wheelan (signed)
Letters Ed Wheelan
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36

9 page Hawkman story "The Hand"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Teddy Thayer; V: The Hand [Elwin Thayer][I & D].
Synopsis The Hawkman must somehow contend with the horrible invention of a bodiless killer hand that is being used to steal and kill in order that a man become sole heir to a valuable estate.
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 re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #36; in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.