Flash Comics #1 - 1st Flash, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder

Flash Comics #1

Flash Comics v1 #1, 1940 - The golden age Flash, golden age Hawkman and Johnny Thunder make their first appearances in this debut issue. An accident befalls an unremarkable college student named Jay Garrick, dousing him in chemicals that would make him the fastest man alive. In a separate tale, antiquities collector Carter Hall finds out he's a reincarnated Egyptian prince. With the gravity-defying Ninth metal, he takes to the skies as Hawkman. Finally, Johnny Thunderbolt (later renamed Johnny Thunder) has the oddest origin of all. Kidnapped as a child for his latent power and held overseas, he returns to the US with an uncanny ability to make his desires happen. "The Flash" was written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Harry Lampert, "Hawkman" by Fox and Dennis Neville, and "Johnny Thunderbolt" by John Wentworth and Stan Asch. These golden age tales were later reprinted in Famous First Edition #F-8. Flash's origin later appears in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes. /// key 1st appearance, 1st cover, 1st origin Jay Garrick as the Flash, Carter Hall as Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, 1st issue

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"The Flash" 15 pages

"The Hawkman" 12 pages

"Johnny Thunderbolt" 10 pages

1st Flash appearance

1st Hawkman appearance

1st Johnny Thunder appearance

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