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Issue: Flash Comics #18
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #18 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 04/16/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Hal Sharp
Inker(s): Hal Sharp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #2 published March 2006
as Cover - Flash Comics #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Restaurant Protective Association

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Brenda Forest; Morgan [Fred Devere] (villain, introduction); Morgan's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A young girl discovers that her restaurant manager is involved in a criminal scheme to bleed protection money from her establishment, and the Flash decides to dish out their just desserts!
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #2 published March 2006
as The Restaurant Protective Association [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The early Flash has more than a touch of the slapstick in it.
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The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 5!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Manny Bucks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Manny Bucks
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Johnny has command of his Thunderbolt for an hour after he says the magic words, Cei-U.
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The Adventure of the Attempted Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Penciller(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Inker(s): Don Cameron (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Les Sparks, Radio Amateur
Character(s): Les Sparks
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Note the foreign troops were written in as Germans, but "German" was edited out in favor of "foreign". This story was written in early 1941.
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Gold in Gunners Gulch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth (signed)
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Inker(s): Homer Fleming (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Amnesia Victim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The King
Character(s): The King [King Standish]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The King appears in top hat, tails, and domino mask for the first time.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Zansu the Brain-Builder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Model Airplane News
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Tempest by William Shackespeare

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rudolph Vincent
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics Monthly Book Review
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Energy in the Pinches

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray McGill ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest for Fun
First Line: Wish ya wouldn't bother me...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sequence MAY be out of order.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Hans Christian Anderson

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Eyes of the Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Minute Movies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sargon the Sorcerer; All-American Comics
First Line: Here is the first page...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Gold Rush of '41

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Hank Sanders (Shiera's cousin); Jim Baker; Mr. Harrel (villain); Nogtcha (villain)
Synopsis: Shiera heads for Alaska to locate her cousin who is involved in a large gold strike that has drawn its share of publicity --- and greed!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Cross-Bow.
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Berkeley Models Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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