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Issue: Flash Comics #9
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #9 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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
Credits
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 #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; The Green Lantern
First Line: Thanks again, boys and girls, for the wonderful reception...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Creatures from the Canyon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; George; Poseidon; King Jupo (villain, introduction, death); Ivor (villain)
First Line: A little known fact about New York Harbor...
Synopsis: Hawkman is drawn into a mystery thousands of feet beneath the waters of New York Harbor, where a strange race called the Kogats is planning an invasion of the United States.
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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 is the first in the series titled "Weapons of the Past": the Whip Mace.
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The Witch's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): King Standish
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain); Chang Wu
First Line: Ho-hum! I feel bored since I left The Witch ---
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Pages: 6
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The Orphanage Benefit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Horace "Tubby" Toomer
First Line: You know Rod you're a nice boy...
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Pages: 7
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Antarctic Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall; Itchy (Cliff's airplane mechanic); Eston (villain); Commander Garda (villain)
First Line: In the vast icy wastes...
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Pages: 6
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Magic's in the Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Ma Thunder
First Line: Look, Ma!
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Pages: 6
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Preparation for War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rod Rian of the Sky Police
Character(s): Rod Rian; Andres; Karin; Radin, King of the Skeleton Men
First Line: Wake up, Andres...
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Reprint Notes: from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Free Stamps!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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Chocolate

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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A Case of Hives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Flash "Picture Novelette"
Character(s): Detective Nick Duncy; Inspector Muddleton of Scotland Yard; "McBuzz the Bee Man"; Stan Stinger (villain)
First Line: Oh boy! This assignment looks like it's going to be a honey!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Strange Formula B-9 [Part 2]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Jack Raymond; Sally Raymond; Jan Cedric
First Line: Who could have done it?
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Pages: 1.5
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The Adventures of Don Quixote

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 0.5
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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
First Line: For thrills and adventure...
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Boys and girls! If you like Mutt & Jeff...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Giant Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Jim Evans; Dr. Tyler; Yap (villain); other un-named criminals (villains)
First Line: Far to the north...
Synopsis: A ruthless gang kidnaps an old scientist who has invented a serum that vastly enlarges smaller animals, which the gang then uses to terrorize the Flash and the inhabitants of desert towns while they make "unauthorized" bank withdrawals.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Giant Animals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: According to info provided in this story, the Flash can travel at speeds up to 1,000 MPH.
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Soon on Sale!

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Important Announcement!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Reminder of the survey in the previous issue.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & 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): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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