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Issue: Flash Comics #16
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 02/14/1941
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Hal Sharp
Hal Sharp
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Reprinting
FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Inside front cover.
Target for Death: The Flash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox (signed)
Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)
Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Dane (introduction); Jose Salvez (villain, introduction)
A gang of thugs attempt to kill the Flash in order to get at a very valuable Mexican silver mine.
Reprinting
FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Target for Death: The Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Flash is announced as being awarded the next quarterly single-hero comic.

The Flash lives in New York City.
The Flash Wins

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
All-Star Comics
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Secretary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John B. Wentworth
Stan Asch
Stan Asch
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Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Johnny Thunder
Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt
Oscar Ovaseer thinks Johnny is competition for his job, and wants him dead.
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Miscellaneous
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The Thunderbolt takes on human form in this story.
The Adventure of the Marshland Counterfeiters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Cameron (signed)
Don Cameron (signed)
Don Cameron (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Les Sparks, Radio Amateur
Les Sparks; Joe Magee
Les and Joe track down a bunch of counterfeiters.
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Miscellaneous
6
Les Sparks leads a bunch of young "radio amateurs". The strip is influenced by Terry and the Pirates in art, and to a certain extent in story; The stories are picturesque adventures in different settings. The strip is now re-named from Les Watts.
The Armored Car on the Prairie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John B. Wentworth (signed)
Homer Fleming (signed)
Homer Fleming (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero, western
The Whip
The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Wing Tai; Carlos; Marisa Dillon
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Murder by the King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Harry Lampert (signed)
Harry Lampert (signed)
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Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
mystery
The King
The King [King Standish]
The King is accused of murder.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Strip title is changed in this issue from King Standish.
Duty in the Canal Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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John E. Ayman
John E. Ayman
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Subject Matter
adventure
Cliff Cornwall
Cliff Cornwall
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Miscellaneous
6
The Hidden Museum (Part 1)

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond
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Miscellaneous
1.5
World's Best Value!

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Subject Matter
World's Best Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Flash Comics Monthly Book Review
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Miscellaneous
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Philippine Commonwealth Commemoration

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Flash Stamps
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Miscellaneous
1
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
A Fine Day for Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Ed Wheelan (signed)
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Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Minute Movies
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Miscellaneous
7
The Graydon Expedition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Hawkman
The Hawkman [Carter hall]; Shiera Sanders; Targo, King of Dravidia; Daki (villain, introduction, death)
Hearing that an expedition to Northern Mongolia has been wiped out -- an expedition Shiera Sanders was on -- the Hawkman decides to investigate the tragedy.
Reprinting
FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
 
Miscellaneous
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Hawkman remarks in this story that he has been re-incarnated many times, a fact never reflected in the origin story in Flash #1.

The last actual story panel shows Carter reading a copy of Flash Comics #9.

The fisrt panel on page 3 was used, in part, as the cover to Flash Comics #19.

The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Helmet....Greece.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
All-American Comics
Announcing two new exciting features...
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Miscellaneous
1
Prizes for All!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
American Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
There's Power for You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Baby Ruth
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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