| Issue | #16 |
| Published | April 1941 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor) |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Hal Sharp |
| Inks | Hal Sharp |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Dane (first appearance); Jose Salvez (first appearance; villain) |
| Synopsis | A gang of thugs attempt to kill the Flash in order to get at a very valuable Mexican silver mine. |
| 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 Flash is announced as being awarded the next quarterly single-hero comic; Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; The Flash lives in New York City; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07. |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 |
| Characters | Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt. |
| Synopsis | Oscar Ovaseer thinks Johnny is competition for his job, and wants him dead. |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Script | John B. Wentworth |
| Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
| Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
| Notes | The Thunderbolt takes on human form in this story; Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04. |
| Characters | Les Sparks; Joe Magee. |
| Synopsis | Les and Joe track down a bunch of counterfeiters. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Don Cameron |
| Inks | Don Cameron |
| Notes | Les Sparks leads a bunch of young "radio amateurs"; The strip is influenced by Terry and the Pirates in art, and to a certain extent in story; The stories are picturesque adventures in different settings; strip re-named from Les Watts. |
| Characters | The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Wing Tai; Carlos; Marisa Dillon. |
| Genre | superhero; western |
| Script | John B. Wentworth |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming |
| Inks | Homer Fleming |
| Characters | The King [King Standish] |
| Synopsis | The King is accused of murder. |
| Genre | Detective |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert |
| Inks | Harry Lampert |
| Letters | Harry Lampert |
| Notes | Strip title is changed in this issue from King Standish; writer & letterer credits by Craig Delich 9/04, up-dated 9-2-07. |
| Characters | Cliff Cornwall |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | John E. Ayman |
| Inks | John E. Ayman |
| Notes | Credits by Craig Delich 9/04. |
| Characters | Jack Raymond |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Evelyn Gaines (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | adventure; humor |
| Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Letters | Ed Wheelan |
| Characters | The Hawkman [Carter hall]; Shiera Sanders; Targo, King of Dravidia; V: Daki [I, D]. |
| Synopsis | Hearing that an expedition to Northern Mongolia has been wiped out -- an expedition Shiera Sanders was on -- the Hawkman decides to investigate the tragedy. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly) |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly) |
| Notes | Hawkman remarks in this story that he has been re-incarnated many times, a fact never reflected in the origin story in Flash #1; the last panel shows Carter reading a copy of Flash Comics #9; the fisrt panel on page 3 was used, in part, as the cover to Flash Comics #19; writer credit by Craig Delich updated 9/04; synopsis re-written by Craig Delich 9-2-07. |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Hawkman Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 |