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Issue: Flash Comics #20
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #20 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: 06/18/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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): E. E. Hibbard
Inker(s): E. E. Hibbard
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 #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #2 published March 2006
as Cover Gallery [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): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Adventure of the Auctioned Utility Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Inker(s): E. E. Hibbard (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Coleman (introduction); Cheekers (introduction); Uncle Thistlewit (villain, introduction)
First Line: Like the flash of chain lightning in storm clouded skies!
Synopsis: While visiting an auction house with Jay, Joan Williams accidentally purchases a bankrupt utility company. Only the keen wits of the Flash keeps the company from being destroyed by its former owner's father.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #2 published March 2006
as The Adventure of the Auctioned Utility Company [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Here It Is - Boys and Girls All-Flash Quarterly No. 1!

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-Flash Quarterly
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fake Accidents

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; Thunderbolt
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Johnny figures out that "Say You" is the phrase that summons his magic Thunderbolt.
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Adventure of the Harbour Day 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
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The Witch's Double

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]; The Witch (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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In New York

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 [Rod Gaynor]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Diamonds from Space

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond
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Pages: 1.75
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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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Pages: 0.25
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elaine Brown
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monthly Book Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The Hazards of Hazel

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
Character(s): Hazel Deare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Louisiana Purchase Issues

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
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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): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Here we are again, boys and girls...
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Bomber

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; Big Frenchy (villain); "Bomb Baby" Sathan (villain)
First Line: High over New York City a strange object flies low.
Synopsis: A crazed czar of crime invents bombs guided by remote control in order to wreak havoc on the city he intends to take over...unless Hawkman can stop him first.
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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 features one of Hawkman's "Weapons of the Past": signals by shield.
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The Justice Society of America Presents All Star Comics No. 6

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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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): Brownscope Co.
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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): Metro Publications
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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