Flash Comics #24

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CGC records 40 graded copies for Flash Comics #24 (1941). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Flash: "The Spider-Men of Mars"

Jennings, an insane scientist, invents an interplanetary rocketship, and sets out to colonize Mars. He partners up with Enzil, a gang boss, to kidnap some families for this purpose. Jay Garrick gets wind of this, and as the Flash he boards the rocket, just barely too late too stop the launch. Arriving on Mars, the space travelers encounter the hostile, indigenous, spider-like Martians, called Kriglo, who kill Enzil and capture the ship. The Flash frees the ship and persuades Jennings to return to Earth. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Flash (Jay Garrick)) **Supporting Characters:** * Joan Williams) **Antagonists:** * Jennings * Enzil ** Enzil's gang * The Kriglo, of Mars **Other Characters:** * abducted "colonists" **Locations:** * Mars) **Vehicles:** * Jennings' interplanetary Rocketship

| Writer2_1 = John B. Wentworth | Penciler2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | Inker2_1 = Stan Aschmeier | StoryTitle2 = Johnny Thunder: "The Party for Poor Children" | Synopsis2 = | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) **Supporting Characters:** * Thunderbolt) * Peachy Pet) **Other Characters:** * Mrs. Ethelmere Van Der Vander * Murgatroyd, her servant * Sheriff * Poor Children

| Writer3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | Penciler3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | Inker3_1 = Don Cameron (artist) | StoryTitle3 = Les Sparks, Radio Amateur: "The Adventure of the Dyka Head Hunters" | Synopsis3 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Les Sparks) **Supporting Characters:** * Joe Magee * Sing Lee **Antagonists:** * Dyka tribe **Other Characters:** * Dr. Blair * José Alvarado, Brazilian coffee planter ** Juanita, his daughter * Prof. Lukens **Locations:** * British Guiana **Vehicles:** * Seaplane

| Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler4_1 = Harry Lampert | Inker4_1 = Harry Lampert | StoryTitle4 = The King: "Hijackers" | Synopsis4 = | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * King Standish) **Antagonists:** * The Witch) * Tenderloin Ted ** Ted's gang **Other Characters:** * Meat Inspector **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer5_1 = John B. Wentworth | Penciler5_1 = Homer Fleming | Inker5_1 = Homer Fleming | StoryTitle5 = The Whip: "The Construction Conspiracy" | Synopsis5 = | Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * The Whip) **Supporting Characters:** * Marissa Dillon) * King) **Antagonists:** * S.S. Libby, construction contractor **Other Characters:** * Magill, construction foreman **Locations:** * New York City

| Writer6_1 = Ed Wheelan | Penciler6_1 = Ed Wheelan | Inker6_1 = Ed Wheelan | StoryTitle6 = Minute Movies: "South Seas Surprise" | Synopsis6 = | Appearing6 =

| Writer7_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler7_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | Inker7_1 = Sheldon Moldoff | StoryTitle7 = Hawkman: "Meet Hawkwoman" | Synopsis7 = For a costume party, Shiera puts on a Hawk costume. Hawkman's hawk flock is still in the vicinity, they mistake her for Hawkman, and call her away to deal with a crime, in which a young couple are being shaken down by some racketeers. These weasels also mistake Shiera for Hawkman, but they manage to capture her. Hawkman is meanwhile alerted to this trouble, by his avian allies, and he swoops in to rescue Shiera. He puts the racketeers out of business, then lectures Shiera about getting into danger in the Hawk costume. | Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Hawkman) * Shiera) **Supporting Characters:** * Big Red) ** many hawks **Antagonists:** * Bark Bennett * Clinky Cassell **Other Characters:** * two young lovers **Locations:** * New York City

| Notes = * Published by J.R. Publishing Company. * **Flash:** *The Spider-Men Of Mars* is reprinted in Golden Age Flash Archives 2). * **Hawkman:** *Meet Hawkwoman* is reprinted in Superman Vol 1 252. ** This is Shiera's second appearance in a Hawk costume; the first was in All-Star Comics Vol 1 5, June/July 1941. ** Shiera, in her Hawkwoman costume, is mistaken for Hawkman, by a flock of hawks, two young lovers, a hotel desk clerk, and a small gang of thugs. ** The term "Hawkgirl" doesn't appear in this story but the term "Hawkwoman" does. * **Les Sparks**: At this point in time, Guyana is known as British Guiana; the country is renamed Guyana in 1966. The story itself is full of stereotypes about South America and anthropological errors, as it was usual under the context of that age. The Dyka, Guyanese headhunters are a fictional people, depicted in appearance like African aborigenes. Headhunting|Headhunting was practised in historic times in parts of Oceania, South Asia and Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa, Mesoamerica, Europe, and East Asia, but not in Guyana. José Alvarado's surname, as well as his daughter's name, Juanita, are Spanish in origin, not Brazilian. * Also appearing in this issue of *Flash Comics* was: * Also appearing in this issue of *Flash Comics* were: ** "The Strange Ant Malady (A Jack Raymond Story), Part I" starring Jack Raymond) by Evelyn Gaines (text story) | Trivia = * The Spider-Men of Mars make a cameo appearance in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Vol 1 1. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

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

Interior art: Everett E. Hibbard, Stan Aschmeier, Don Cameron (artist), Harry Lampert, Homer Fleming, Ed Wheelan, Sheldon Moldoff

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