Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.
2 dated observations. Last recorded 2026-11-01. Source record #2336005
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $450.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1944-01-01 |
| 6.0 | $699.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1944-01-01 |
| 9.4 | $2,880.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1944-01-01 |
| RAW | $307.52 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1944-01-01 |
| 8.5 | $775.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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The table includes 4 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 27 graded copies for Flash Comics #49 (1944). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Flash: "The Flashlight That Never Failed"
A young man's father discovers "carbon light", which can pick up and move any object, no matter how heavy. When criminals accidentally learn of this invention from the Flash himself, the Scarlet Speedster, Joan and the young man fall victim to its strange powers.
| StoryTitle2 = Johnny Thunder: "In the South Sea" | Synopsis2 =
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Flash) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Thunder) * Thunderbolt) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Ghost Patrol) ** Fred) ** Pedro) ** Slim) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
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| Notes = * Also appearing in this issue of *Flash Comics* were: ** "It Happened on Tor (A Jack Raymond Story), Part Two" starring Jack Raymond) by Evelyn Gaines (text story) | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Gardner Fox
Interior art: Lou Ferstadt, Sheldon Moldoff
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:436172
GCD: 3365
PANEL PROFITS: 2336005