Flash Comics #22

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CGC records 32 graded copies for Flash Comics #22 (1941). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Flash: "The Hatchet Cult"

A girl's attacked by a group of hatchet-wielding killers in Chinatown, but fortunately the Flash speeds to her rescue. He realizes it's Joan, who relates her story: she'd been plagued by headaches and went to see a specialist named Vordyce, but as she was leaving she saw the doctor being led out of the building by a party of the hatchet-wielding Orientals. Unfortunately, she tried to stop them, got in over her head and (to the Flash's disgust) doesn't remember exactly where the doctor was taken.

Later, Kong, leader of the sinister cult, tells his followers it's time for them to expand their ranks. He orders them to kidnap Vordyce to "make new members from our waiting list". Joan brings Flash to meet with a Kai Fu, who turns out to be Kong's adopted father, and tells the hero where to find him, stopping the evil mattering more than familial bonds.

Vordyce is brought to the sanctum of the sinister cult, and performs an operation that turns a white guy into a Chinese. Immediately afterward the Flash appears and hurls the cultists with such speed he embeds them headfirst in the side of their multi-armed idol. Later Joan goes to Chinatown to look into leads on the secret society, but is captured by them. Before she can be executed for her meddling, the Flash speeds to the rescue. After overwhelming the assassins, he unmasks Kong as Vordyce, who faked his kidnapping to throw suspicion off himself. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Flash (Jay Garrick)) **Supporting Characters:** * Joan Williams) **Antagonists:** * Jan Vordyce aka Kong * Hatchet Cult **Other Characters:** * Kai Fu

| Writer2_1 = John B. Wentworth | Penciler2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle2 = Johnny Thunder: "Johnny's New Adopted Daughter" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) **Supporting Characters:** * Thunderbolt) * Peachy Pet) * Mrs. Thunder) **Other Characters:** * elementary school students: Joey, MacDuff, others * Miss Claridge, teacher * Dr. Page, principal * other teachers

| Writer3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | Penciler3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | Inker3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | StoryTitle3 = Les Sparks, Radio Amateur: "Rescued by Radio" | Synopsis3 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Les Sparks)

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Harry Lampert | Inker4_1 = Harry Lampert | StoryTitle4 = The King: "The Adventure of the Siamese Twins" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * The King) **Antagonists:** * The Witch) * Seabury Young, diamond thief **Other Characters:** * Carson Young (Seabury's twin) * Charles Sedgewick ** his heirs * Johnson, chauffeur **Locations:** * New York City **Items:** * "Glow of Golconda" gem

| Writer5_1 = John B. Wentworth | Penciler5_1 = Homer Fleming | Inker5_1 = Homer Fleming | StoryTitle5 = The Whip: "Mistaken Identity" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * The Whip) **Supporting Characters:** * Marissa Dillon) * Carlos * Wing Tai **Antagonists:** * Dino **Other Characters:** * Enrico Grastoffa, tenor * a medic **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer6_1 = Ed Wheelan | Penciler6_1 = Ed Wheelan | Inker6_1 = Ed Wheelan | StoryTitle6 = Minute Movies: "The Maharajah's Necklace" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 =

| Writer7_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler7_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker7_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | StoryTitle7 = Hawkman: "The Adventure of the 'Killer-Gang'" | Synopsis7 = | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman) **Supporting Characters:** * Shiera Sanders) **Antagonists:** * Joe Givvens * Killer-Gang **Other Characters:** * Police Commissioner Givvens

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company. * **Flash:** *The Hatchet Cult* is reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives 2). * **Hawkman:** *The Adventure Of The "Killer Gang"* is reprinted in Golden Age Hawkman Archives 1). * Also appearing in this issue of *Flash Comics* was: ** "The Crocodile's Secret (A Jack Raymond Story), Part I" starring Jack Raymond) by Evelyn Gaines (text story)

| Trivia = * In Johnny Thunder's story, the Thunderbolt attends a wish that was just thought about by Peachy Pet; generally orders must be voiced for the djinn to heed them. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox, John B. Wentworth, Don Cameron (artist), Gardner Fox, John B. Wentworth, Ed Wheelan, Gardner Fox

Interior art: Harold Wilson Sharp, Stan Aschmeier, Don Cameron (artist), Harry Lampert, Homer Fleming, Ed Wheelan, Sheldon Moldoff

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