The Flame #1 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Flame	cover	1	letters: typeset	The Flame [Gary Preston]
1	The Origin of the Flame, Retold	comic story	14	script: Will Eisner	The Flame [Gary Preston] (origin retold); Mr. King (introduction); Ida King (introduction); Ivan (villain, introduction, death); Ivan's gang (villains, introduction for all, all die)
2	Invasion of the Kikoos	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame [Gary Preston]; un-named girl agent; The Kikoos (villains, some die); Monk (villain)
3	The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame [Gary Preston]; Bonnie Lane (introduction); J. B. Crass (villain, introduction, death)
4	The Flame	text story	2	script: N. N. Nathaniel	The Flame [Gary Preston]
5	The Construction Racketeers	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame [Gary Preston]; Radler (villain, death); Stone (villain, death)
6	The Atomic Generator	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee Harris	The Flame [Gary Preston]; Dr. Harvey (scientist, inventor); Jan Harvey (the doctor's daughter); Lizzie (Harvey's maid); Von Kraupt (villain, introduction); Jarud Kane (villain, Harvey's assistant, introduction)
7	Raiders of the Deep	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame [Gary Preston]; General Doyoff (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Collection	Year
Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] ISBN 9781606994948	2011	On eBay ›

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