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FLASH COMICS #9
Cover Date: September 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- King Jupo (first appearance; a large, horned undersea dwelling monarch; ruler of the Kogats; destroyed)
- Ogan and Ivor (first appearance; large Neanderthal-like undersea dwelling invaders; destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Poseidon (first DCU appearance?; freed by Hawkman and gives him the power to breathe underwater)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- The Kogats appear to be Neanderthal-like Atlanteans living in a large underwater gorge near New York City.
- The "Weapon Stamp" for this story is a Whip Mace.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Harry Lampert |
| Lettering | Harry Lampert |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- The King (disguises himself as a foreign missionary)
Villain(s):
- The Witch
- Cheng Wu and his crew (first appearance; a pirate)
Location(s):
- Windy Isles (in the South Pacific)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue.
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Homer Fleming |
| Lettering | Homer Fleming |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Wing Tai
- Marisa Dillon (last in #5/8)
- Carlos Fuentez
- King
Villain(s):
- A false Whip (first appearance; steals money for an orphanage)
Other Character(s):
- Horace "Tubby" Toomer (first appearance; a friend of Rod's from college)
Location(s):
- Santa Guerra
Comment(s):
- This story is continued in the next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- spies (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Itchy (first appearance; Cliff's mechanic)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
- Panama Canal Zone
- Antartica
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Stan Aschmeier |
| Lettering | Stan Aschmeier |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Thunder (last in New York World's Fair Comics #2/7; tries to become a stage magician)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thunderbolt (as a red/pink thunderbolt with a face and arms; last in New York World's Fair Comics #2/7)
- Mildred Thunder
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (last in flashbacks in Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends)
Villain(s):
- crooks (first appearance; use giant gila monsters to terrorize town)
Other Character(s):
- Jim Evans (first appearance; a college chum of Jay's; knows his secret identity)
- an unnamed elderly scientist (first appearance; creates a toxin that allows lizards to grow to gigantic size)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Canada
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Flash Archives #1 (1999)