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Flash Comics

    (DC, 1940-1949, 2025)
©1946 J.R. Publishing Co. (DC)

Flash Comics began in 1939 and soon became a mainstay of DC’s super-hero line. In issue #1, the world met Jay Garrick, a chemistry student who accidentally broke a container filled with gases he had been experimenting on. The room filled with the strange vapors and Garrick barely managed to escape before losing consciousness. When he awoke, however, he found his body chemistry altered by the gas he had inhaled, and became transformed into the Flash, the fastest man alive.

In addition to its title character, Flash Comics introduced the world to Hawkman, Black Canary, and Johnny Thunder (a boy who could summon a “pet thunderbolt” by calling out the magic words “Cei-U” [“Say you!”]). The series ran successfully until 1949 when it fell, a victim of the declining sales of super-hero titles. The Golden Age Flash appeared as a Justice Society member in All Star Comics for a few more years, then vanished for over a decade.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Ed Wheelan  ·  A: Harry Lampert, Sheldon Moldoff, Dennis Neville, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer, Ed Wheelan, George Storm
    1st Appearance of Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders); 1st appearance of Hawkman I; 1st Appearance of Hawkman I (Carter Hall/Khufu); 1st Appearance of Johnny Thunder; 1st Appearance of the Flash (Jay Garrick); 1st Appearance of The Whip; Origin of Hawkman (Carter Hall/Khufu); Origin of Hawkman I; Origin of Johnny Thunder; Origin of Johnny Thunder’s Thunderbolt; Origin of the Flash (Jay Garrick)
    No copies available
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    2024 Facsimile Edition with Cover A by Sheldon Moldoff
    Feb 2025
    Cover: $6.99
    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Ed Wheelan  ·  A: Harry Lampert, Sheldon Moldoff, Dennis Neville, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer, Ed Wheelan, George Storm
    1 copy for $8.00
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    2024 Facsimile Edition Foil Cover B by Joe Kubert
    Feb 2025
    Cover: $8.99
    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Ed Wheelan  ·  A: Harry Lampert, Sheldon Moldoff, Dennis Neville, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer, Ed Wheelan, George Storm
    No copies available
  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    2024 Facsimile Edition Blank Cover C by Joe Kubert
    Feb 2025
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Ed Wheelan  ·  A: Harry Lampert, Sheldon Moldoff, Dennis Neville, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer, Ed Wheelan, George Storm
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Feb 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dennis Neville, Harry Lampert
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  • 3
    #3
    Mar 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #4
    Apr 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, George Storm, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 5
    #5
    May 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Jon L. Blummer, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 6
    #6
    Flash cover
    Jun 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 7
    #7
    Jul 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #8
    Aug 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #9
    Sep 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 10
    #10
    Oct 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 11
    #11
    Nov 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 12
    #12
    Dec 1940
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 13
    #13
    Jan 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 14
    #14
    Feb 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #15
    Mar 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #16
    Apr 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Hal Sharp, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #17
    May 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Hal Sharp, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #18
    Jun 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Sheldon Moldoff
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    #19
    Jul 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 20
    #20
    Aug 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Don Cameron, Ed Wheelan  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Stan Aschmeier, Sheldon Moldoff, Don Cameron, Ed Wheelan
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  • 21
    #21
    Sep 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Hal Sharp, Sheldon Moldoff
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  • 22
    #22
    Oct 1941
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Sheldon Moldoff
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    #23
    Nov 1941
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  • 24
    #24
    Dec 1941
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    1st Appearance of Hawkgirl (in costume)
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    #25
    Jan 1942
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    #26
    Feb 1942
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    #27
    Mar 1942
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    #28
    Apr 1942
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    #29
    May 1942
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    #30
    Jun 1942
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    #31
    Jul 1942
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    #32
    Aug 1942
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    #33
    Sep 1942
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    #34
    Oct 1942
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    #35
    Nov 1942
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    #36
    Dec 1942
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    1st Appearance of Rag Doll
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    #37
    Jan 1943
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    #38
    Feb 1943
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    #39
    Mar 1943
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    #40
    Apr 1943
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    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth  ·  A: Louis Ferstadt, Stan Aschmeier, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #41
    May 1943
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    #42
    Jun 1943
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    #43
    Jul 1943
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    #44
    Aug 1943
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    #45
    Sep 1943
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    #46
    Oct 1943
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    #47
    Nov 1943
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    #48
    Dec 1943
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    #49
    Jan 1944
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    #50
    Feb 1944
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  • 51
    #51
    Mar 1944
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    W: Gardner Fox, Ed Wheelan, Evelyn Gaines  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Homer Fleming
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  • 52
    #52
    Apr 1944
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    #53
    May 1944
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    #54
    Jun 1944
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  • 55
    #55
    Jul 1944
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    W: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth  ·  A: Jon Chester Kozlak, Stan Aschmeier, Homer Fleming, Sheldon Moldoff
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    #56
    Aug 1944
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    #57
    Sep 1944
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    #58
    Oct 1944
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    #59
    Nov 1944
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    #60
    Dec 1944
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  • 61
    #61
    Jan 1945
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  • 62
    #62
    Feb 1945
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    A: Joe Kubert
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  • 63
    #63
    Mar 1945
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    #64
    Apr 1945
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    No copies available
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    #65
    Jun 1945
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    No copies available
  • 66
    #66
    Aug 1945
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    W: Robert Bloch, John Wentworth, Lynne Lovelace  ·  A: Everett E. Hibbard, Stan Aschmeier, Joe Kubert
    No copies available
  • 67
    #67
    Oct 1945
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    #68
    Dec 1945
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    #69
    Feb 1946
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    #70
    Apr 1946
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    #71
    May 1946
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    #72
    Jun 1946
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    #73
    Jul 1946
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    #74
    Aug 1946
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  • 75
    #75
    Sep 1946
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    W: James Robinson  ·  A: Joe Kubert
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    #76
    Oct 1946
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    #77
    Nov 1946
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    #78
    Dec 1946
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    #79
    Jan 1947
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    #80
    Feb 1947
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    #81
    Mar 1947
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    #82
    Apr 1947
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    #83
    May 1947
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    #84
    Jun 1947
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  • 85
    #85
    Jul 1947
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    W: Bill Perth  ·  A: Joe Kubert
    No copies available
  • 86
    #86
    Aug 1947
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    A: Joe Kubert
    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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  • 87
    #87
    Sep 1947
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    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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    #88
    Oct 1947
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    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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  • 89
    #89
    Nov 1947
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    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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  • 90
    #90
    Dec 1947
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    A: Jon Chester Kozlak
    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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  • 91
    #91
    Jan 1948
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    Johnny Thunder/Black Canary backup
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  • 92
    #92
    Feb 1948
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    Difficult to find in NM; Solo Black Canary story
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  • 93
    #93
    Mar 1948
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    Solo Black Canary story
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    #94
    Apr 1948
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    Solo Black Canary story
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    #95
    May 1948
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    Solo Black Canary story
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  • 96
    #96
    Jun 1948
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Carmine Infantino
    Solo Black Canary story
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  • 97
    #97
    Jul 1948
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    Solo Black Canary story
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