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FLASH COMICS #5
Cover Date: May 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jon L. Blummer (Signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Vandal and his gang (first appearance; an art collector who destroys other works of art to make his more valuable)
Other Character(s):
- Boleau (first appearance; an elderly artist)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Flash Archives #1 (1999)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Harry Lampert |
| Lettering | Harry Lampert |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- The King (disguises himself as "Sport Dolan", a crook known by the Witch)
Villain(s):
- The Witch (first appearance; a criminal who also uses disguises)
- Sport Dolan (first appearance; a crook)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Hassan Ibn Sadah (first appearance; head of an assassin's guild)
Other Character(s):
- Ione Craig (first appearance; a Secret Service agent)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Alamut (first appearance; small city in Arabia)
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Stan Aschmeier |
| Lettering | Stan Aschmeier |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Thunder (begins a career as a "G-Man")
Supporting Character(s):
- Daisy Darling
- Mr. and Mrs. Thunder (now works as a bank teller)
- Thunderbolt (not seen)
Villain(s):
- Gyp the Jeep (first appearance; a crook)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Snow King (first appearance; a spy who only operates in the winter)
Location(s):
- Panama Canal Zone
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the winter.
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Homer Fleming |
| Lettering | Homer Fleming |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Marisa Dillon (next in Flash Comics #9/3)
- Wing Tai
- King (Whip's horse)
- Carlos Fuentes
Villain(s):
- Judge Louis Frawd (uses courts to bilk money from people passing through town, uses prisoners as slaves)
Location(s):
- Seguro
- Danvers (first appearance; a small midwestern town)