Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1947-10-27
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited)

Introducing "The Fiddler"

The Flash / cover / 1 page


    Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; the Fiddler [Isaac Bowin]

Indexer Notes

Cover taken from splash of the third Flash story. Inker credit by Craig Delich.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

The Amazing Star Sapphire!

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AF34B
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Maria Flura; Star Sapphire (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
The Flash and Dr. Flura are seeming found dead in the streets, but later are discovered to be in a state of suspended animation. Suddenly, Star Sapphire appears to challenge the Flash (in a dream state) to a battle royale, with the preservation of the Earth as the stakes. Unfortunately for the Fastest Man Alive, he has only two minutes to beat her before he dies!
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

The deaths of the Flash and Dr. Flura are announced in The Daily Bugle.

Bert La Brucherie

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Case of "The Web-Footed Burglar"

The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Crime, Incorporated!

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AF31C
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (villain)
Synopsis:
Flash's arch-foe, the Thinker, escapes from prison and forms a new crime syndicate, whose success depends on the pooling of the right talent in perfect harmony with each other. When the Scarlet Speedster attempts to infiltrate the organization, he unwittingly reveals his identity, a near fatal mistake!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Editorial Advisory Board

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

An Apple a Day --

text story / 2 pages


    Genre:adventure

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Lucky to Be a Yankee / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Ton o' Fun / cartoon / 1 page


    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Does that mean it's ready, Mom?

[no title indexed]

Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Duet of Danger!

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AF33B
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
A new villain named the Fiddler discovers a novel way of stopping the Fastest Man Alive: with the sounds emanating from his fiendish violin!
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lifebuoy Soap / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man!

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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