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Issue: Flash Comics #4
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #4 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/16/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): The Whip [Rod Gaynor]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The King [King Standish] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as Cover - Flash Comics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to George Storm, who drew the feature, but this style is too cartoony to be him, and it looks more like Ed Wheelan. But even that identification is uncertain.
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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.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Gambling Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Marcia van Doorn (introduction); Jimmy Norton (introduction); Mr. Norton (introduction); un-named group of gamblers (villains)
First Line: One night as The Flash patrols the city docks...
Synopsis: The Flash must rescue the son of a steel magnate who is kidnapped and held for ransom because his father supports a bill that makes gambling ships illegal.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Flash Archives #1 published November 1999
as The Gambling Ship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Stolen Message

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cliff Cornwall, Special Agent; Dorothea Bradshaw (crook); Manuel Delora (crook); Charley Meer (crook); The Ambassador
First Line: Cliff Cornwall has made such a name for himself in diplomatic circles...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Thought Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Shiera Sanders; The Thought Terror (villain, introduction)
First Line: At the Futurist Club in New York...
Synopsis: Hawkman faces a ruthless individual who pretends to foretell the future to people, then hypnotizes them to carry out the future he predicted for them.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Hawkman Archives #1 published February 2005
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 1990
as The Thought Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First Moldoff Hawkman. In addition to a credit, Moldoff signs in the penultimate panel.
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Johnny Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt; Daisy Darling; Herman Darling; Gyp the Jeep (villain)
First Line: Fame has decended [sic] on Johnny Thunder like a ton of bricks...
Synopsis: Daisy's father wins a bundle off the fight that Johnny won, but a thug is determined to take that bundle of loot, no matter what. When Johnny rounds up the criminal, he is offered a position as a G-Man.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Thunderbolt appears as a yellow streak of lightning.
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The Deadly Pool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Rod Rian of the Sky Police
Character(s): Rod Rian; Karen; Taro
First Line: In the grasp of the huge beast...
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Reprint Notes: from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 1936-02-xx - 1936-03-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Stolen Washton Jewels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): King Standish
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; Louie the Fence; Carla; Myrna Mallon; Mr. Washton; Mrs. Washton
First Line: The famous diamonds of the Washton Family...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Adventure in a Time Warp

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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): Rolf Andrews; Doctor Edward Drokker
First Line: Returning from a survey of outer space...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Peck Brothers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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No. 1 - Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics Monthly Book Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Where There's a Will

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Flash "Picture Novelette"
Character(s): Will Lawson; Sam'l Higby; June Allen; Ann Milton
First Line: Ann. You must help me...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Plundered Peons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Character(s): The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
First Line: Over a hundred years ago...
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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