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Issue: Flash Comics #17
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #17 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 03/14/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (9 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Flash Hits a Home Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Sam Brady (introduction); Black Ben Bogue (villain, introduction); Joe Clarke (villain, introduction)
First Line: In between adventures, The Flash often plays baseball - all by himself!
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.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Flash Hits a Home Run [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
First Line: If you haven't read All-Star Comics no. 4...
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Pages: 1
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Johnny Plays Baseball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Herman Darling; The Thunderbolt; J. Horace Twerpingham; Harry Betts
First Line: Johnny Thunder has a girl Daisy...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Johnny still doesn't know how to purposefully summon his Thunderbolt.
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The Adventure of the Emerald Dagger

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Les Sparks, Radio Amateur
Character(s): Les Sparks; Sing Lee; Judge Brooks; Ed Dunn; Joe Magee; Pedro; Roy Buckley
First Line: The phone rings at the D-Xers Club...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Don Cameron the scriptwriter appears to be a different creator to Don Cameron the artist.
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Poor House Problems

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Gordon, Commisioner For the Poor
First Line: In the little southwestern city of Seguro...
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Pages: 6
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Slot Machine Gangster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): The King [King Standish]
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Pages: 6
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Assignment in the Caribbean

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall, Secret Agent; Narda Vantorp
First Line: Cliff, you've been selected to go down to those islands...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Boulder Dam

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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The Hidden Museum (Part II)

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Tommy; Luval
First Line: Tommy stood uncertainly for a moment...
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Pages: 1.5
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Feature(s): All-American Comics
First Line: Announcing two new exciting features...
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Pages: 0.5
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All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 1
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Voice from the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Flash Picture Novelette
Character(s): Mme. Zara; Mrs. Richfield; Insprctor Pierce; Simmonds
First Line: Mrs. Richfield, I can see your daughter's spirit...
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Pages: 8
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Murder at the Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Camilla Cordova (death); The Golden Mummy [Dr. Selkirk] (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: ...Attending the opera...
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.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
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Pages: 9
Disclose 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.

The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Scale Mail.
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At the Top of the Field!

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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Loads of Energy

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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