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« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2009, 11:04:00 PM »
In Flash #7, Jay helps a scientist and his daughter who are menaced by the unscrupulous criminal boss Black Mike. The scientist has invented a ray that disintegrates all metals. Being a small-time crook, Black Mike merely wants to use it to fix auto races. One of the races involves an old college pal of Jay's, Jimmie Dolan (of course, Jay appears in full Flash regalia and says, "It's me, Jay Garrick!" nice secret identity-keeping, Jay.) Flash helps out on Jimmie's pit team and makes sure that Black Mike's plan coms to naught, and the scientist and his daughter are safe. Jay's hair-watch: Cobalt blue again.

It's worth noting at this point how many people Jay and/or Joan seem to know who get caught up in their adventures. It seems like in every story, an old college or high school pal of one or the other is a major part of the plot. They must have been pretty popular. Oh, and Joan doesn't actually appear in this issue, for those keeping score.
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« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2009, 11:22:48 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2009, 12:35:21 PM »
Nice job on these, Johnny! Smiley I'm gonna keep up with the stuff here, as my pc time is too limited to get in on the tree. Wish I could see SD's covers on this fuckin b berry. Angry
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So far we have a 'it's art and you just don't understand it' nonpology from Hags and a post from Pieface Ron comparing Mike and CM to a dog that shit on the rug.

Think our official stance should be 'hell with those guys'.
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« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2009, 12:44:49 PM »
Cool, I'm glad you're enjoying it, Josey. I'm hoping this'll run and run, and maybe (whisper it) become a feature on the site when it's all done.
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« Reply #20 on: December 24, 2009, 02:43:35 PM »
Flash #8 is another Joan-free episode. Flash still has the cobalt coloured hair too. With those notes out of the way, we're settling down to a tale of the Flash defeating a bogus construction company who are putting up unsafe buildings for the cash. Flash has his powers sort of defined a little in this issue: He's "fifty times faster than a normal man" and can punch "at eight hundred miles an hour". Less forgivable is the fact that an Indian servant of the main villain is named "Omsab" which stands out almost immediately as an anagram of "Sambo". Ouch. I know it's 1940, but...

Otherwise, more standard Flash-ery, with the hero fulfilling the other side of the costumed adventurer brief - rescuing and helping innocent people. There's plenty of Flash crimefighting too, leading to a showdown at the wrestling ring where the boss is taking in a bout. Jay poses as a wrestler and defeats both his opponent in the ring and secures a confession from the crook too.
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« Reply #22 on: December 24, 2009, 03:56:01 PM »
Nice work! And of course, the Flash figure from that cover was reused for the cover of All-Star #2.
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« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2009, 04:03:03 PM »
Quote from: John Moores on December 24, 2009, 03:56:01 PM
Nice work! And of course, the Flash figure from that cover was reused for the cover of All-Star #2.


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« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2009, 04:12:55 PM »
And the Green Lantern figure is taken from a rather famous cover too. Anyone?
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« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2009, 04:27:25 PM »
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And the Green Lantern figure is taken from a rather famous cover too. Anyone?




All-American Comics number 16, the origin and first appearance of the Golden Age Green Lantern by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger.
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« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2009, 04:30:24 PM »
Correct!

(The Spectre figure is taken from an interior page, iirc, so it's not as recognisable.)
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« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2009, 03:15:39 PM »
Flash Comics #9 features a fantasy-based foe - giant gila monsters. They're the unwilling creation of the stereotypical elderly professor, whose formula for creating giant versions of animals is hijacked by gangsters. The giant lizards create a diversion while the crooks rob the banks.

Luckily, nearby lives (yet another) old college chum of Jay Garrick. Summoning the Scarlet Speedster, Jim Evans sets the Flash on the trail, after which Flash runs one monster off a cliff, interrupts the bank robbers on a bank job, frees the captive professor, defeats the gang, and then finally leads a plane carrying explosives to destroy the monsters once and for all.

And for our regular scorecard: No Joan; Jay's hair is that weird blueless black/white again. Oh, and a caption cliams that sometimes Jay can reach speeds of up to "a thousand miles an hour!". And of course, Jim Evans greets our hero with "Jay Garrick, the Flash!", cementing Jay's utter lack of a secret identity. Get with it, Jay!
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« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2009, 09:00:12 PM »
Classic cover. One thing I forgot to mention; Hawkman's story led off this issue, and Flash was the final story in the book. 
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