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Issue: Flash Comics #3
Publication Date: March 1940
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Issues: #3 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/19/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
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 444660.

House ad in More Fun Comics #52 says this issue "On sale everywhere about Jan. 15th."
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); The Whip [Rod Gaynor] (inset); Rod Rian (inset); the King [King Standish] (inset); The Flash [Jay Garrick]
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brownscope Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Trial of Major Williams

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Major Williams (Joan's father); James (Berstoff's butler); Mr. Eddens (villain, reporter, introduction); Mr. Berstoff (villain, introduction)
First Line: By a strange freak of chance...
Synopsis: When Joan's father is arrested for being a spy, the Flash speeds up his investigation of the foreign government behind the apparent frame-up.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Trial of Major Williams [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Romance of Cliff Cornwall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Dian; Boris
First Line: In a secluded corner of the ball-room...
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Pages: 6
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The Secret of Dick Blendon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [as The Hawk-Man; Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; Dick Blendon; Count Torgoff (villain); Una Cathay (villain); Rolf (villain)
First Line: Another eisode of the phantom of the night...
Synopsis: The Hawkman investigates the threat of a scientist who has discovered the secret of keeping a human body alive long after it is clinically dead.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Carter Hall's home address is given as 20 Hudson Terrace. Hall's identity as the Hawkman is discovered by Dick and several of his friends.
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Fight versus Gunpowder Glantz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Gunpowder Glanz (boxer)
First Line: Butterfly, butterfly, turn around...
Synopsis: After his initial win in the ring, Johnny begins training for his next fight against Gunpowder Glanz. To top things off, Daisy agrees to marry Johnny if he loses the fight, but Johnny's mysterious power strikes again and he becomes the heavyweight champion!
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Mephisian Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rod Rian of the Sky Police
Character(s): Rod Rian; Taro; Karin; His Satanic Majesty Mephiso
First Line: We'd better get the aero-belts and jump, Taro!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information about stamps.
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The Terror of the Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): King Standish
Character(s): The King [King Standish] (introduction); Boss Barton (villain); Myrna Mallon
First Line: Like a man whose name is never known...
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Pages: 6
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Adventure in a Time Warp

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Doctor Edward Drokker; Rolf Andrews; Jak Donven
First Line: The space patrol boat dropped through...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Story concludes in issue #4.
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A Bike for You

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All American Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for All American Comics #12.
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The Scarlet Scarab

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Flash" Picture Novelette
Character(s): Wellington Strong; Inspector Pierce; Myra; Sgt. Mike Hanley; Alfred Jackson; Henry Hale; Fifi LaRue; Emma Brown; Archibald Brown
First Line: You shall have it.
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Pages: 8
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Get the Whip!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]; Padre Demo; Green (villain); Sheriff Todd
First Line: One hundred years ago...
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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