Flash Comics #9

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Hawkman: "The Creatures from the Canyon"

Carter Hall's friend George invents or discovers Effluma, "the great fire that holds all power within it!" and from it develops a matter-destroying ray aka a "hard light gun."

From a canyon beneath New York Harbor emerge the Kogats, an evil apelike aquatic race of telepaths. They kidnap George, they read his mind, learn of Carter Hall's existence, then use telepathy and this hostage to bring Hawkman under the sea, wearing a transparent bubble helmet that allows him to breathe underwater. Hawkman meets their King Jupo, a horned Kogat more than 10 feet tall, who plans to conquer the world. Jupo vaporizes George with a hard light gun. Enraged, the Hawk quickly snatches Jupo's gun and holds Jupo at bay. While Jupo talks, other Kogats ambush the hero, and then throw him down a deep chasm from which no one can escape. But they (stupidly) let him keep the breathing helmet and (even more stupidly) throw a bar of Effluma down with him. At the bottom of the chasm, Hawkman winds up running into the god Poseidon, who puts him some knowledge about how to destroy the would-be conquerors and permanently grants the Winged Wonder the ability to breathe underwater.

The Kogat headquarters is a dwelling rock perched on top of a needle of rock, so by planting an Effluma explosive, and triggering an underwater avalanche, Hawkman does indeed destroy the needle, thus destroying the Kogat army, when the dwelling rock falls down far into the ocean. Kogats Ivor, Jgan, and King Jupo definitely die. The resulting tidal upheaval also results in an unknown number of ships being sunk. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman) **Supporting Characters:** * Poseidon) **Antagonists:** * Kogats ** King Jupo ** Ivor ** Ogan **Other Characters:** * George **Locations:** * New York City ** New York Harbor *** Kogat city **Items:** * Effluma-powered Hard Light Gun * Trident of Poseidon **Vehicles:** *

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) **Supporting Characters:** * Thunderbolt) * Mildred Thunder **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** *

| Writer6_1 = Paul H. Jepson | Penciler6_1 = Paul H. Jepson | Inker6_1 = Paul H. Jepson | StoryTitle6 = Rod Rian of the Sky Police: Preparation for War | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Rod Rian) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| StoryTitle7 = Flash Picture Novelette: "A Case of Hives" | Synopsis7 = | Appearing7 =

| Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** *Flash) **Supporting Characters:** * Jim Evans **Antagonists:** * Yad ** his friend **Other Characters:** * Doc Tyler * Chief of Police **Animals:** * Giant Gila Monsters **Locations:** * Canada ** Mistawassini section *** Bank *** Doc Tyler's laboratory ** RAF Field * United States of America **New York City **Items:** * Tyler's Growth Toxin * Tyler's Electric Sticks **Vehicles:** * Canadian bomber aircraft

| StoryTitle2 = The King: "The Witch's Revenge" | Synopsis2 = King Standish) is in New York reminiscing about his latest adventure. The Witch), still on Windy Isle, swears revenge on him. Pirate ships, led by the pirate Chang-Wu arrive at the Windy Isle and start attacking the village in search of the hidden jade treasure. Chang-Wu is found by the Witch, who offers the hidden jade treasure in exchange for Chang-Wu's cooperation in killing King Standish.

Two days later, the King sees an ad in a New York newspaper, beckoning the King to come to the Wind Isle for the jewels in the Witch's possession. King Standish dresses up as a foreign missionary and ventures toward the Windy Isle. Chang-Wu and the Witch notice the missionary, and the Witch confronts him before falsely concluding he isn't the King. Chang-Wu turns toward the Witch and demands the treasure, then realizes the Witch has no idea where it is. Chang-Wu proceeds to choke her before being hit with the handle of a gun by the King.

King Standish carries the unconscious Witch and escapes into the jungle while Chang Wu and a pirate try to find them. King Standish and the Witch both fall into an animal trap, where they find the hidden treasure. Chang-Wu and his pirate hear cannon fire and immediately rush to the beach. King Standish and the Witch get out of the animal trap and see United States cruisers firing at the pirate ships, and sinking them. Chang-Wu on the beach swears he will get more men and more ships, before being uppercut by the King and forced at gunpoint to walk to the authorities. The missionary then reveals himself as the King to the Witch and they put aside their differences as they ride back together, with the treasure, to the United States.

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * King Standish) **Antagonists:** * The Witch) * Chang Wu ** his crew of pirates **Locations:** * New York City * Wind Isle/Windy Isle ** Wind Isle's jungle **Items:** * Jade Treasure * King Standish's Disguise Kit **Vehicles:** * Pirate Ship * United States Cruiser

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker4_1 = Leonard Sansone | StoryTitle4 = Cliff Cornwall: "Antarctic Adventure" | Synopsis4 = A hidden base in Antarctica is preparing an attack on the Panama_Canal|Panama Canal, commanded by a woman named Garda Garson. She reviews the plan with a man named Eston. Their plan is to destroy the left side of the Panama Canal, so that the Navy will be bottled up on the Atlantic Ocean, while they raid the Limon Locks. In Washington DC, Cliff Cornwall) gets a standard assignment to make sure a merchant ship carrying a shipment of gold makes its way to Argentina. Cliff and his mechanic Itchy get on a two-seater plane and depart.

When they arrive, Itchy notices a periscope in the water. The submarine is commanded by Eston, who is about to torpedo the merchant ship. Using quick thinking, Cliff Cornwall starts shooting the periscope with tracer bullets, (since this plane has no depth-bombs), causing the submarine to flee. Cliff Cornwall later radios back to Navy headquarters, and is informed that that the submarine has been detected near the Panama Canals.

Cliff Cornwall later arrives at the Panama Canal. The submarine surfaces, preparing to attack the canal, but notices the airplane again. It disappears into the depths again, but not before being seen by Cliff. Later at the headquarters, Cliff traces the ship all the way back to Antarctica, by backtracking from the places he had seen the submarine, and leaves with Itchy, to the Antarctic continent.

Five days later, Cliff and Itchy arrive at their destination, and notice a secret base. Cliff knocks out one of the sentries, disguises himself as one, and enters the base. He later crosses Garda Garson in the hallway. Garda Garson handpicked all her men, and so knows that Cliff is a spy. Cornwall quickly disarms her and brings her to the airplane, where Itchy handcuffs her and radios an air raid from HQ. Garda Garson, recognizing defeat, tells Cliff Cornwall the plan. A country hostile to the United States commissioned her to torpedo the Panama Canal, to cripple the U.S. Navy. This hostile country would then start a war on the side where the Navy would never reach. The bombers then arrive and destroy both the secret fort and the enemy submarine. As Cliff and Itchy arrive back home to the United States, they are welcomed home as national heroes.

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Cliff Cornwall) **Supporting Characters:** * Itchy **Antagonists:** * Garda Garson * Eston ** submarine crew and sentries **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Washington, D.C. * Panama Canal * Secret Base in Antarctica **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * U.S. two-seater airplane * foreign submarine * S.S. "Glad Tidings", merchant ship

| Notes = * *Hawkman: "The Creatures From The Canyon"* is reprinted in Golden Age Hawkman Archives 1). ** This episode of Hawkman begins with the information that New York City stands on the edge of a gorge five thousand feet deep. * *The Flash: "The Giant Animals"* is reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives 1). ** In this episode of The Flash, a caption claims that sometimes Jay can reach speeds of up to "a thousand miles an hour!" ** Jim Evans, a friend of the Flash claims that his house is 2000 miles away from New York. Flash claims he made that distance in 3 hours. ** There appears to be a typo in the name of a story location. The "Mistawassani section of Canada" might be referring to the Lake_Mistassini|Lake Mistassini which includes a forestry industry much like Jim Evans' job at a lumber company. * Aside from the stories above, this issue contains: "The Strange Formula B-9" starring Jack Raymond), (text story) by Evelyn Gaines

| Trivia = * In Cliff Cornwall: "Antarctic Adventure", there is reference to the Monroe_Doctrine|Monroe Doctrine, a long-standing U.S. foreign policy which directs the United States government to view any attempts to attack North or South America as a sign of aggression, and requires the United States to retaliate. This is historically accurate, for 1940. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: John B. Wentworth, Gardner Fox, Gardner Fox, John B. Wentworth, Ed Wheelan, Gardner Fox, Paul H. Jepson, Gardner Fox

Interior art: Stan Aschmeier, Everett E. Hibbard, Harry Lampert, Homer Fleming, Ed Wheelan, Sheldon Moldoff, Paul H. Jepson, Sheldon Moldoff

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