Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	May 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	M. C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters	The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (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 Flash Hits a Home Run"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Sam Brady (first appearance); Black Ben Bogue (first appearance; villain); Joe Clarke (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	Determined to uncover the gamblers responsible for using and running a local professional baseball team, Jay decides to join the team, and becomes a winner...in more ways than one.
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	Art credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-07.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Flash Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

6 page Johnny Thunder story "Johnny Plays Baseball"

Characters	Johnny Thunder
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Notes	Johnny still doesn't know how to purposefully summon his Thunderbolt; writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04.

6 page Les Sparks, Radio Amateur story "Adventure of the Emerald Dagger"

Characters	Les Sparks
Genre	adventure
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

6 page The Whip story "Poor House Problems"

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

6 page The King story "Slot Machine Gangster"

Characters	The King [King Standish]
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Harry Lampert
Inks	Harry Lampert
Letters	Harry Lampert
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich (9-2-07).

6 page Cliff Cornwall story "Assignment in the Caribbean"

Characters	Cliff Cornwall
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Ben Flinton
Inks	Leonard Sansone
Notes	Last appearance. Credits by Craig Delich 9/04 and updated 9-2-07.

8 page Flash Picture Novelette story "Voice from the Dead"

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

9 page Hawkman story "Murder at the Opera"

Characters	The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Camilla Cordova (death); The Golden Mummy [Dr. Selkirk] (first appearance, villain, death)
Synopsis	An opera house murder leads the Feathered Fury to discover a evil sect of golden mummies, whose reign of terror threatens the life of Shiera as well as his own.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Notes	The early Hawkman is a brutal and physical character, dealing death in exotic locals, and is one of the best strips of the day, presented as a dread figure of vengeance; 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