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Flash Comics, #17

Published: May 1941

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Story Featuring Hawkman

Credits
The Flash Hits a Home Run

Story Featuring The Flash

"In between adventures, The Flash often plays baseball - all by himself!"

Storyline

Determined to uncover the gamblers responsible for using and running a local professional baseball team, Jay decides to join the team, and becomes a winner...in more ways than one.

Credits
Story Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

Johnny Plays Baseball

Story Featuring Johnny Thunder

"Johnny Thunder has a girl Daisy..."

Credits
Story Notes

Johnny still doesn't know how to purposefully summon his Thunderbolt. Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Adventure of the Emerald Dagger

"The phone rings at the D-Xers Club..."

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Story Notes

Don Cameron the scriptwriter appears to be a different creator to Don Cameron the artist.

Poor House Problems

Story Featuring The Whip

"In the little southwestern city of Seguro..."

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Slot Machine Gangster

Story Featuring The King

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Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Assignment in the Caribbean

Story Featuring Cliff Cornwall

"Cliff, you've been selected to go down to those islands..."

Credits
Story Notes

Last appearance. Credits by Craig Delich.

Voice from the Dead

"Mrs. Richfield, I can see your daughter's spirit..."

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Murder at the Opera

Story Featuring Hawkman

"...Attending the opera..."

Storyline

An opera house murder leads the Feathered Fury to discover a evil sect of golden mummies, whose reign of terror threatens the life of Shiera as well as his own.

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Story Notes

The early Hawkman is a brutal and physical character, dealing death in exotic locals, and is one of the best strips of the day, presented as a dread figure of vengeance. The writer credit by Craig Delich. The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Scale Mail. Moldoff signs - as 'Shelly' - on both splash and penultimate panels.

Loads of Energy
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Back cover.

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

At the Top of the Field!
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

"Announcing two new exciting features..."

The Hidden Museum (Part II)

"Tommy stood uncertainly for a moment..."

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Boulder Dam
Story Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

"If you haven't read All-Star Comics no. 4..."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.