XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Famous First Edition #F-8
Publication Date: August 1975
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #F-8 of 9 Issues (11 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/08/1975
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #118.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Tabloid
Paper Stock: Cardboard covers; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From12
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (12 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Whip; Cliff Cornwall
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Introducing The Flash... Fastest Man Alive! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits from Golden Age Flash Archives #1 and Golden Age Hawkman Archives #1.
Disclose
All-American Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Scribbly; Santa Claus; Gary Concord [Ultra-Man]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original inside front cover for Flash Comics #1 showing All-American Comics #10, including its indicia, along with current indicia.
Disclose
Origin of the Flash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick] (introduction, origin); Joan Williams (introduction); Major Williams; the Faultless Four [Sieur Satan; Serge Orloff; Duriel; Smythe]; Professor Hughes
First Line: Faster than the streak of the lightning in the sky...
Synopsis: The origin of The Flash and his battle against The Faultless Four, spies who have kidnapped Joan Williams' father and who all die.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Origin of the Flash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose
The Disappearing Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Cliff" Cornwall
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall; Lys Valliere; US Army personnel
First Line: In Washington D.C. are special agents...
Synopsis: An unnamed enemy is attacking US planes in Alaska and Cliff is sent to find them. Once there, he teams up with Lys and rescues the trapped airmen.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Disappearing Plane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story was originally untitled. First line is "A fleet of U.S. bombers wing their way toward Alaska..."
Disclose
The Origin of Hawkman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall; Prince Khufu] (introduction, origin); Shiera Sanders [later Hawkgirl] (introduction); Doctor Hastor [Hath-Set] (introduction); Kolar
First Line: Beginning the tale of a phantom of the night...
Synopsis: Recounts the final battle between Hath-Set and Prince Khufu and their first battle as the reincarnated Doctor Hastor and Carter Hall (Hawkman).
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Origin of Hawkman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Title from Golden Age Hawkman Archives #1.
Disclose
The Kidnapping of Johnny Thunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Thunder (introduction, origin); Thunderbolt (introduction); Simon B. Thunder; Mildred Thunder; Badhnisian agents; Priest of Aissor; Mr. Congreve
First Line: Simon B. Thunder was a bank clerk...
Synopsis: Johnny's life story is told up to the point where he begins to command his Thunderbolt, without knowledge of what he is doing.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Kidnapping of Johnny Thunder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Coloring error on page 5 has Johnny's hair color changing instantaneously. Feature logo is "Johnny Thunderbolt"
Disclose
Warfare in Space, Part One

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Billy Morton; Keith Morton; Port Commander Worth; Ralph "The Ruthless" Farnham
Synopsis: Billy completes an experiment he and his father had been working on and takes the resulting weapon into space during a raid on Jupiter, intent on unleashing it upon Ralph "The Ruthless " Farnhan.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Warfare in Space, Part One [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes spot illustrations. Story continues in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2. There are three small ads for fireworks at the end of page 2 for Baltimore Fireworks Co., Spencer Fireworks Co., and The Brazel Novelty Manufacturing Co.
Disclose
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A history of Polish postage stamps, with illustrations of three of them. Also includes classified ads for five stamp dealers and one for class pins.
Disclose
The Demon Dummy [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): "Flash" Picture Novel
Character(s): Red [a wooden dummy]; Harry Dunstan; Madge Devere; Jim Devlin; Sam; Slim; Tim; unnamed street bum (dies); prison warden; prisoners
Synopsis: Jim Devlin frames ventriloquist Harry Dunstan for a murder, to get him out of the way for the affections of Madge. Harry goes to prison, with Red, but eventually Devlin is found out and imprisoned, which frees Harry.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Demon Dummy, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2.
Disclose
Origin of the Whip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Wentworth [as John B. Wentworth]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Don Fernando Suarez]; The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Mr. Dillon (Marisa's father); Carlos; King [The Whip's horse]; Nita; Wing; Sheriff Todd; the Padre
First Line: From the time of Cortez the conqueror of Mexico...
Synopsis: The new Whip, affecting a Spanish accent, is aided by girl friend Marisa Dillon, not to mention his horse King, in freeing Carlos from jail.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Origin of the Whip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]minus company's address
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for new 1940 Catalog of novelties from Johnson Smith & Co., with full page of novelties available. Company's address has been blanked out in this reprint. Appears on inside back cover and is noted as the original inside back cover of Flash Comics #1.
Disclose
Make Your Own Records at Home

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]minus company's address
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Home Recording Co.'s Make Your Own Records at Home kit. Company's address has been blanked out in this reprint. Appears on back cover and is noted as the back cover of Flash Comics #1.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.