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Issue: Flash Comics #6
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #6 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 455007.
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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): Everett E. Hibbard
Inker(s): Everett E. Hibbard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder (inset); The Whip [Rod Gaynor] (inset); The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #6 [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): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Case of the Drugged Olympic Athletes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Everett E. Hibbard
Inker(s): Everett E. Hibbard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Wally Stevens (introduction); J. Edwin Dorn (villain, introduction); Maloney (villain, introduction); Jonsey (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: In order to uncover the head man behind a gambling operation at the Olympic Trials, Jay Garrick enters himself in the running events, and promptly sets world records in each!
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Case of the Drugged Olympic Athletes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert
Inker(s): Harry Lampert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): King Standish
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sheba, Queen of the Desert

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]; Ione Craig; Major Brent; Shiek Abdullah (villain, death); Sheba (villain)
Synopsis: While resting from their return trip from Alamut, Hawkman and Ione Craig are attacked by desert raiders, who take Ione captive to sell at the local slave market.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Robin Hood and His Merry Men

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rod Rian of the Sky Police
Character(s): Rod Rian
First Line: The strangers would change one who is like us to a form like their own!!
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Pages: 3
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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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
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Pages: 2
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Tally Ho!

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: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt
Character(s): Johnny Thunder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The War Material Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Cornwall
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Planet of the Metal Men, Part 2

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Tommy; Wee-Pee-I; Queen Ha; Zoopians
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue.
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Superman Is on the Radio!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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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): All-American Comics
First Line: For thrills, action and adventure...
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Pages: 0.75
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rosati Accordions
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Pages: 0.25
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Don Fuel and the Mystery Planet

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: science fiction
Feature(s): Flash "Picture Novelette"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Kidnapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming
Inker(s): Homer Fleming
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Rod Gaynor]
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Pages: 7
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Children's Crusade for Children

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
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): Remington Rand
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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