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Flash Comics 4

FLASH COMICS #4

Cover Date: April 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: George Storm (Signed)


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtEverett E. Hibbard
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (next in issue #6)

Villain(s):

Gamblers (first appearance; kidnap son of legislator to stop his father from closing gambling ships)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Flash Archives #1 (1999)


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Second Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Cliff Cornwall

Villain(s):

Dorothea Bradshaw (first appearance; a spy)
Manuel Delora (first appearance; a oil and steel magnate who tries to insite war between America and Sofia)

Location(s):

Panama Canal Zone


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Third Story: [No title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman

Supporting Character(s):

Shiera Sanders (next in issue #7/3)

Villain(s):

Thought Terror (first appearance; a master hypnotist)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder

Supporting Character(s):

Daisy Darling
Herman Darling
Thunderbolt (as an invisible lighting bolt)

Villain(s):

Gyp the Jeep (first appearance; a crook)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on a Saturday and concludes on the following Wednesday.


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Fifth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

The King (disguises himself as "English Pete", a famous crook)

Supporting Character(s):

Myrna Mallon

Villain(s):

Louie the Fence (first appearance)
English Pete (first appearance; a famous crook)

Other Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Washton (first appearance; had family jewels stolen)


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Sixth Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtHomer Fleming
LetteringHomer Fleming
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Whip

Supporting Character(s):

Marisa Dillon (last in Flash Comics #2/7)
King (Whip's horse)

Villain(s):

sadistic land owners

Location(s):

Seguro


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