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FLASH COMICS #24
Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Everett E. Hibbard
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Everett E. Hibbard |
| Inks | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (next in All-Star Comics #8/2)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Enzil (first appearance; finances Jennings' ship; wants to become a King on Mars; dies)
- "Spider Men of Mars" (first appearance; large green men with eight long legs; call Mars "Kigor")
Other Character(s):
- Jennings (first appearance; a scientist at Jay's work who invents an interplanetary engine and builds a rocket ship)
- Finalists in the "Healthy Family Contest" (first appearance for all; kidnapped to colonize Mars; Jim and Mabel Seltzer named)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- Hal Sharp inks uncredited in credits.
- Jennings' engine, which utilizes "cosmic waves that fly through the cosmos" may be similar to the energies that power Starman's Cosmic Rod.
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Flash Archives #2 (2006)
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Stan Aschmeier |
| Lettering | Stan Aschmeier |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Thunder (next in All-Star Comics #8)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thunderbolt (next in All-Star Comics #8)
- Peachy Pet Thunder
Other Character(s):
- Mrs. Ethelmere Van Der Vander (first appearance; a mean old rich lady who tries to help orphans and regrets it)
- Murgatroyd (first appearance; her butler)
Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Art | Don Cameron |
| Lettering | Don Cameron |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Joe Magee
- Sing Lee
Villain(s):
- head hunters (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- British Guiana
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Harry Lampert |
| Lettering | Harry Lampert |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- meat hijackers (first appearance; Tenderloin Ted named)
- Witch (next in World's Finest Comics #4/8; works with meat hijackers)
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Homer Fleming |
| Lettering | Homer Fleming |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- S.S. Libby (first appearance; uses subgrade construction materials)
Other Character(s):
- Magill (first appearance; blows the whistle on shoddy construction practices)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Lettering | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
Feature Character(s):
- Hawkman (next in All-Star Comics #7)
Supporting Character(s):
- Hawkgirl (begins using a pair of wings and a costume to fight crime; next in All-Star Comics #7)
- Big Red (first appearance; an extra large, very intelligent Red Tailed Hawk)
Villain(s):
- Bark Bennett (first appearance; runs a hit-and-run scam/blackmail scheme)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Hawk Valley
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Vol. 1 #252/4 (June 1972)