Comic Title: Flash Comics #8
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: June 13, 1940 Copyright Date June 14, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines

Title: (The Search for the San Creso Mine)
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Whip (of Earth-2)

Writer: John B. Wentworth
Artist: Homer Fleming

Feature Character(s)

• Whip (last appearance in Flash Comics #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #9)

Guest Star(s)

• El Castigo (in flashback; last appearance in Flash Comics #7; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marisa Dillon (last appearance in Flash Comics #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #9)
• Wing Tai (last appearance in Flash Comics #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #9)
• Carlos (last appearance in Flash Comics #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #9)
• King (last appearance in Flash Comics #6; next appearance in Flash Comics #9)

Villain(s)

• Ike Coffey (dies in this story; in flashback; last appearance in Flash Comics #7; no further appearances)
• Casper Fleece (a banker; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jim and Sairy Shiner (both die in this story; in flashback; last appearance in Flash Comics #7; no further appearances)
• Elby Shiner, Carol, and Pat (Jim and Sairy's descendant, his wife, and his son; no further appearances)
• Jimmy Shiner (Jim and Sairy's son; in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place in the 19th century and features the original El Castigo, Don Fernando Suarez.

This story is continued from the eighth story of Flash Comics #7.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
In the 19th century, Jim and Sairy Shiner search for the treasure left behind by a bandit that they nursed back to health. The couple is killed by highwayman Ike Coffey who also dies without discovering the gold. Almost a century later, the Shiner's descendant Elby discovers a clue which leads him to the treasure.

Elby and his son Pat take the gold to the bank in the nearby town of Hondo. Pat is later kidnapped, and Elby receives a ransom note. Rod Gaynor and Marisa Dillon are visiting Hondo at the time. Rod gets involved as the Whip and rescues Pat from Casper Fleece, the kidnapper.