Flash Comics #16 Values

Publisher: DC, 1941

About Flash Comics #16

Contains a full-page ad announcing Dr. Mid-Nite and Sargon the Sorcerer to All-American Comics. Flash cover by E. E. Hibbard. Art by Hibbard and Sheldon Moldoff.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)

Pencils: Hal Sharp

Inks: Hal Sharp

STORY DETAILS

(11 Stories)

Title: Target for Death: The Flash!

Characters: The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Jim Dane (introduction); Jose Salvez (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: A gang of thugs attempt to kill the Flash in order to get at a very valuable Mexican silver mine.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils: Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)

Inks: Hal Sharp [as E. E. Hibbard] (signed)

Notes: Credits by Craig Delich. The Flash lives in New York City. The Flash is announced as being awarded the next quarterly single-hero comic.

Title: Secretary

Characters: Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt

Synopsis: Oscar Ovaseer thinks Johnny is competition for his job, and wants him dead.

Pages: 6.000

Script: John B. Wentworth

Pencils: Stan Asch

Inks: Stan Asch

Notes: Writer credit by Craig Delich. The Thunderbolt takes on human form in this story.

Title: The Adventure of the Marshland Counterfeiters

Characters: Les Sparks; Joe Magee

Synopsis: Les and Joe track down a bunch of counterfeiters.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Don Cameron (signed)

Pencils: Don Cameron (signed)

Inks: Don Cameron (signed)

Notes: Les Sparks leads a bunch of young "radio amateurs". The strip is influenced by Terry and the Pirates in art, and to a certain extent in story; The stories are picturesque adventures in different settings. The strip is now re-named from Les Watts.

Title: Murder by the King

Characters: The King [King Standish]

Synopsis: The King is accused of murder.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks: Harry Lampert (signed)

Letters: Harry Lampert

Notes: Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich. Strip title is changed in this issue from King Standish.

Title: The Graydon Expedition

Characters: The Hawkman [Carter hall]; Shiera Sanders; Targo, King of Dravidia; Daki (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Hearing that an expedition to Northern Mongolia has been wiped out -- an expedition Shiera Sanders was on -- the Hawkman decides to investigate the tragedy.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Notes: Writer credit by Craig Delich. Hawkman remarks in this story that he has been re-incarnated many times, a fact never reflected in the origin story in Flash #1. The last actual story panel shows Carter reading a copy of Flash Comics #9. The first panel on page 3 was used, in part, as the cover to Flash Comics #19. The last panel of the story features another in the series "Weapons of the Past": Helmet....Greece.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	4	1	2	3	2	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	1	3	5	3	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	35

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