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Issue: Flash Comics #2
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #2 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/20/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 440417. Promoted as on-sale "about Dec. 15th" in house ad in More Fun Comics #51.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dennis Neville
Inker(s): Dennis Neville
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hawkman
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Whip [Rod Gaynor] (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Rush 3¢ for 604 page Catalog of Amazing Novelties

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Opera House Shootings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert
Inker(s): Harry Lampert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; the un-named doctor from origin story (cameo); Theo Parker (introduction); Greta Garson (introduction); Stella Rollins (introduction); Della Roberts (introduction); Mr. Rogers (introduction); Lord Donelin (villain, introduction); Goll (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Flash investigates the mysterious shootings of female singers in a local opera house, the trail leading directly to one man each of the women knew.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Opera House Shootings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The Flash uses a metal lightning bolt as his calling card in this story. The lightning bolt on Flash's shirt is missing in panels 2 and 3 on page 7. The lightning bolts on Flash's pants come and go throughout the story.
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The Panama Canal Scheme

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
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Globe Conquerors

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): The Hawk-Man
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Alexander the Great (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A great physicist named Alexander the Great invents a machine that increases an object's weight 1000 times, and Hawkman must stop him before he succeeds in destroying all the seaboard cities of the United States.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The title given here is used in the table of contents in the Archive.
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Johnny Becomes a Boxer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. 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; Daisy Darling (introduction); Mike Trainer; Suicide Kid (boxer); unnamed thug (villain)
Synopsis: Through the use of his powers (that he knows nothing about), Johnny signs a fight contract to battle the Suicide Kid, and that same unknown power helps Johnny win the contest.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: There is a brief origin recap. The story title given here is used in the table of contents in the Archive.
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The Captured Moon Transport

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Jepson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Jepson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Jepson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rod Rian of the Sky Police
Character(s): Rod Rian
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Reprint Notes: from Rod Rian of the Sky Police (The George Matthew Adams Service) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Warfare in Space (Part 2)

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (credited)
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Billy Morton; Port Commander Worth; Ralph "The Ruthless" Farnham (villain)
Synopsis: In the orbit of Jupiter, Billy's spaceship, armed with a new weapon, confronts the spaceships of the murderer of his father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a discussion about local postage stamps, as well as classified ads from six stamp dealers. The logo is similar to the logo for the Flash feature, including speed lines.
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The Demon Dummy, Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): "Flash" Picture Novel
Character(s): Harry Dunstan; Red the Dummy (villain); Billy Devlin; Hope Fulton
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continued from previous issue.
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Vigilantes of Seguro

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 [El Castigo; Rod Gaynor]; Marissa Dillon; Wing Tai; Sheriff Todds; Broaker; Mr. Dillon; Carlos; Cokey; Spike (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Rush Coupon for Mammoth Catalog

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for All-American Comics #11 featuring Gary Concord, on sale "about Dec. 20th." Appears on the back cover of this issue.

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