Flash Comics

	Flash Comics
	; Coperta revistei Flash Comics #1 (ianuarie 1940)
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Editură	DC Comics
Format	Antologie
Perioada publicării	ianuarie 1940 – februarie 1949
No. de apariții	104
Echipa de creație
Autorii poveștilor	Gardner Fox, Robert Kanigher
Artist/artiști	Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Harry Lampert, Dennis Neville

Flash Comics este o antologie de benzi desenate^⁠(d) publicată de All-American Publications^⁠(d) și ulterior de National Periodical Publications^⁠(d) (DC Comics). Aceasta cuprinde 104 numere publicate din ianuarie 1940 până în februarie 1949. În ciuda titlului său, antologia nu a prezentat doar aventurile personajului Flash (Jay Garrick^⁠(d)). Personajele introduse în benzile desenate sunt Flash, Hawkman^⁠(d), Hawkgirl și Black Canary.

Istoric[modificare | modificare sursă]

Publicația a debutat în ianuarie 1940,^[1] iar în primul său număr au fost prezentate primele versiuni ale personajelor Flash,^[2] Hawkman^[3] și Johnny Thunder^⁠(d).^[4] Mai târziu, Flash a apărut în propria sa carte de benzi desenate All-Flash^⁠(d), având 32 de numere publicate între vara anului 1941 și ianuarie 1948.^[5]

Personajul Hawkman, creat de artistul Joe Kubert^⁠(d), debutează în povestea „The Painter and the $100.000” din Flash Comics #62 (feb. 1945).^[6] Inamicul său Monocle^⁠(d) a fost introdus în numărul 64.^[7]

Prima lucrare publicată de Carmine Infantino^⁠(d) pentru DC Comics a fost „The Black Canary”, o poveste de șase pagini cu Johnny Thunder în Flash Comics #86 (august 1947); aici apare pentru prima dată supereroina Black Canary.^[8] Scriitorul Robert Kanigher^⁠(d) și Joe Kubert l-au creat pe Thorn^⁠(d), inamicul lui Flash, în numărul 89 (noiembrie 1947).^[9]

Flash Comics a fost anulată în 1949 cu numărul 104.^[10] Aventurile lui Flash vor continua în primul volum al cărții de benzi desenate The Flash^⁠(d) lansat în 1959. Acesta îl prezintă pentru prima dată pe noul Flash (Barry Allen)^⁠(d).^[11]

Hawkman - #1 (January 1940) – #104 (February 1949)
Johnny Thunder - #1 (January 1940) – #91 (January 1948)
The Whip^⁠(d) - #1 (January 1940) – #55 (July 1944)^[12]
Cliff Cornwall - #1 (January 1940) – #19 (July 1941)
Ghost Patrol - #29 (May 1942) – #104 (February 1949)^[13]
Black Canary - #92 (February 1948) – #104 (February 1949)^[14]

Ediții complete[modificare | modificare sursă]

Golden Age Flash Archives^⁠(d):
- Vol. 1 include toate aventurile lui „Flash” din Flash Comics #1–17, 224 de pagini, septembrie 1999, ISBN: 978-1563895067
- Vol. 2 include toate aventurile lui „Flash” din Flash Comics #18–24, 224 de pagini, februarie 2006, ISBN: 978-1401207847
The Flash Archives Vol. 1 include toate aventurile lui „Flash” din Flash Comics #104, 224 de pagini, mai 1998, ISBN: 978-1563891397
Golden Age Hawkman Archives Vol. 1 include toate aventurile lui „Hawkman” din Flash Comics #1–22, 224 de pagini, februarie 2006, ISBN: 978-1401204181
JSA All-Stars Archives Volume 1 include toate aventurile lui „Johnny Thunder” din Flash Comics #1–4, 256 de pagini, octombrie 2007, ISBN: 978-1401214722
Black Canary Archives include toate aventurile lui „Johnny Thunder” din Flash Comics #86–91 și toate aventurile lui Black Canary din Flash Comics #92–104, 224 de pagini, decembrie 2000, ISBN: 978-1563897344

Note[modificare | modificare sursă]

^ Flash Comics la Grand Comics Database
^ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). „1940s”. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC shattered the sound barrier with the debut of the Flash, a blindingly fast mystery man written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Harry Lampert.
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "In the same issue [#1] Gardner Fox wrote the first story featuring Hawkman...in a story drawn by Dennis Neville".
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "Flash Comics scored a third hit with Johnny Thunder, star of a humorous feature about a boy raised in the distant land of Badhnisia and blessed with the ability to raise an all-powerful, genie-like Thunderbolt".
^ All-Flash la Grand Comics Database
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 49: "Artist Joe Kubert began his most memorable work on the gravity-defying superhero Hawkman in this issue..."The Painter and the $100,000" written by Gardner Fox marked the start of a long and fruitful run between illustrator and character".
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 49: "This issue saw writer Gardner Fox and illustrator Joe Kubert present the Monocle...He became representative of the 'gimmick villain', a staple of the super hero genre".
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, pp. 55–56: "Debuting as a supporting character in a six-page Johnny Thunder feature written by Robert Kanigher and penciled by Carmine Infantino, Dinah Drake [the Black Canary] was originally presented as a villain...The Black Canary's introduction in August [1947]'s Flash Comics #86 represented [Infantino's] first published work for DC".
^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 57: "Writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert presented a female twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the Thorn".
^ Flash Comics la Grand Comics Database
^ Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93: "In March 1959, The Flash was back, care of writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. The series continued the numbering from Flash Comics and gave Barry Allen his own title. Issue #105 also debuted the Mirror Master".
^ Markstein, Don (2011). „The Whip”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 8 noiembrie 2015. [The Whip] took to the road in Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940), the same issue that introduced The Flash and Hawkman to the comics-reading public...His series ended in Flash Comics #55 (July, 1944).
^ Markstein, Don (2010). „The Ghost Patrol”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 8 noiembrie 2015. Fred, Pedro and Slim achieved their ghosthood in All-American Publications' Flash Comics #29 (May, 1942). The story was written by Ted Udall (an assistant editor to Sheldon Mayer) and Emmanuel Demby (who has few if any other credits in comics). It was drawn by Frank Harry ('Little Boy Blue'), who continued to draw the feature through most of its run.
^ Markstein, Don (2006). „The Black Canary”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 27 iulie 2014.

Legături externe[modificare | modificare sursă]

Flash Comics la Comic Book DB
Flash Comics Arhivat în 27 aprilie 2023, la Wayback Machine. la Mike's Amazing World of Comics

[1] Flash Comics la Grand Comics Database

[2] Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). „1940s”. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC shattered the sound barrier with the debut of the Flash, a blindingly fast mystery man written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Harry Lampert.

[3] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "In the same issue [#1] Gardner Fox wrote the first story featuring Hawkman...in a story drawn by Dennis Neville".

[4] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "Flash Comics scored a third hit with Johnny Thunder, star of a humorous feature about a boy raised in the distant land of Badhnisia and blessed with the ability to raise an all-powerful, genie-like Thunderbolt".

[5] All-Flash la Grand Comics Database

[6] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 49: "Artist Joe Kubert began his most memorable work on the gravity-defying superhero Hawkman in this issue..."The Painter and the $100,000" written by Gardner Fox marked the start of a long and fruitful run between illustrator and character".

[7] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 49: "This issue saw writer Gardner Fox and illustrator Joe Kubert present the Monocle...He became representative of the 'gimmick villain', a staple of the super hero genre".

[8] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, pp. 55–56: "Debuting as a supporting character in a six-page Johnny Thunder feature written by Robert Kanigher and penciled by Carmine Infantino, Dinah Drake [the Black Canary] was originally presented as a villain...The Black Canary's introduction in August [1947]'s Flash Comics #86 represented [Infantino's] first published work for DC".

[9] Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 57: "Writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert presented a female twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the Thorn".

[10] Flash Comics la Grand Comics Database

[11] Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93: "In March 1959, The Flash was back, care of writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. The series continued the numbering from Flash Comics and gave Barry Allen his own title. Issue #105 also debuted the Mirror Master".

[12] Markstein, Don (2011). „The Whip”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 8 noiembrie 2015. [The Whip] took to the road in Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940), the same issue that introduced The Flash and Hawkman to the comics-reading public...His series ended in Flash Comics #55 (July, 1944).

[13] Markstein, Don (2010). „The Ghost Patrol”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 8 noiembrie 2015. Fred, Pedro and Slim achieved their ghosthood in All-American Publications' Flash Comics #29 (May, 1942). The story was written by Ted Udall (an assistant editor to Sheldon Mayer) and Emmanuel Demby (who has few if any other credits in comics). It was drawn by Frank Harry ('Little Boy Blue'), who continued to draw the feature through most of its run.

[14] Markstein, Don (2006). „The Black Canary”. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Arhivat din original la 27 iulie 2014.

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