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Issue: Millennium Edition: Flash Comics No. 1 #[nn]
Publication Date: September 2000
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (2 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Comics Millennium EditionView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 07/19/2000
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76194122597500111
Price: $6.25 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor); Adam Philips (collected edition editor); Nick J. Napolitano (collected edition associate editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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The Fastest Man Alive Makes His Golden Age Debut

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Johnny Thunder; The Whip; Cliff Cornwall
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Introducing The Flash... Fastest Man Alive! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits in this issue say "Harry Lampert" for artist for this cover, but the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy #1 (DC, 2001 series), which was the last Millennium Edition, credits Sheldon Moldoff for this cover, as does both Golden Age Flash Archives #1 and Golden Age Hawkman Archives #1.
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Flash Comics #1 Introducing the Fastest Man Alive and the Winged Wonder

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Greenberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remembering the Millennium
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: An overview of the context of this issue and the characters, stories, and credits. Appears on inside of front and inside of back covers.
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Origin of the Flash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert
Inker(s): Harry Lampert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert (masthead)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick] (introduction, origin); Joan Williams (introduction); Professor Hughes (introduction); Major Williams (introduction, Joan's father); Bull Tryon (introduction); The Faultless Four [Sieur Satan (villain, introduction, death); Serge Orloff (villain, introduction, surgeon, death); Duriel (villain, introduction, death); Smythe (villain, introduction, death)]
First Line: Faster than the streak of the lightning in the sky...
Synopsis: The Scarlet Speedster must face the threat of the Faultless Four, a group of brilliant but deadly scientists who kidnap Joan William's father in order to get his invention: the atomic bombarder!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Origin of the Flash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Story was originally untitled. The Flash has lightning bolts on his belt buckle and trousers.
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The Disappearing Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Cliff" Cornwall
First Line: In Washington, D.C. are special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Disappearing Plane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story was originally untitled. First line is "A fleet of U.S. bombers wing their way toward Alaska..."

The credits in this reprint incorrectly credit Sheldon Moldoff as the writer.
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The Origin of Hawkman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Dennis Neville
Inker(s): Dennis Neville
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall] (intro, origin); Shiera Sanders (intro, later Hawkgirl); Hath-Set (intro); Kolar; Doctor Hastor
First Line: Beginning the tale of a phantom of the night...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Origin of Hawkman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This story was not originally titled. The title here was given in Golden Age Hawkman Archives #1 where this story was reprinted.
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The Kidnapping of Johnny Thunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Wentworth
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt
Character(s): Johnny Thunder (intro, origin); Thunderbolt (intro); Simon B. Thunder; Mildred Thunder
First Line: Simon B. Thunder was a back clerk in the Case National Bank...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Kidnapping of Johnny Thunder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story was originally untitled.
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Warfare in Space, Part One

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (spot illos)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (spot illos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Billy Morton; Keith Morton; Port Commander Worth; Ralph "The Ruthless" Farnham
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Warfare in Space, Part One [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story continued in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2. Reprint omits three small ads at the end that are replaced with a Flash helmet and lightning bolt.
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The Demon Dummy, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Wheelan
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): "Flash" Picture Novel
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Demon Dummy, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continued in Flash Comics (1940 Series) #2
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Origin of the Whip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth
Penciller(s): George Storm
Inker(s): George Storm
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Whip
Character(s): The Whip [Don Fernando Suarez]; The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; Marisa Dillon; Carlos; King (The Whip's horse)
First Line: From the time of Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico...
Synopsis: The Whip, affecting a Spanish accent, is aided by girl friend Marisa Dillon, and Carlos, not to mention his horse King.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Origin of the Whip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story was originally untitled.

The Whip is Eastern playboy Rod Gaynor. The strip is set in the southwest.
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House Advertisement

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for golden age DC Archive Editions. Appears on page 48 of this issue.
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Ad

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Total of 1 one-page ad for: got milk? with Superman (milk). Appears on back cover.

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