Comic Title: Millennium Edition:Flash Comics 1 (#39)
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: September 2000
On Sale Date: July 19, 2000 Direct Market Date July 19, 2000
Source: Previews, Vol. 10 #5 (#137)

Direct Market Date July 19, 2000
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 19, 2000

Direct Market Date July 19, 2000
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: July 19

Copyright Date June 30, 2000
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 2000

Cover Price: $3.95
Page Count: 64
Editor: Adam Philips

Title: (Origin of the Whip)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: John B. Wentworth
Artist: George Storm

Reprinted From:
Flash Comics #1 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Whip (Rodney Gaynor; origin revealed; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)

Guest Star(s)

• El Castigo (Don Fernando Suarez; the original Whip; appears in flashback; next appearance in Flash Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marisa Dillon (name spelled Marissa in this story; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)
• Wing Tai (Rod Gaynor’s assistant; not to be confused with the assistant of the Crimson Avenger with the same name; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)
• Padre Demo (next appearance in Flash Comics #2)
• Sam Dillon (Marisa's father; first name not revealed in this story; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)
• Carlos (an immigrant worker; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)
• King (the Whip's horse; not named in this story; next appearance in Flash Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• A group of 19th century landowners (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Sheriff Todd (next appearance in Flash Comics #2)

Comments:
A flashback reveals the story of the original 19th century Whip, Don Fernando Suarez.

This story continues in the seventh story of Flash Comics #2.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Bored and wealthy playboy Rod Gaynor decides to travel across America with his assistant Wing. His travels bring him to Seguro in the American Southwest, where he meets Marisa Dillon, the daughter of a newspaper publisher. Marisa is concerned for the poor laborers who are being mistreated by the law.

Intrigued by Marisa and wanting to help the poor, Gaynor is inspired by the legend of Don Fernando Suarez, a rich man who took the secret identity of El Castigo, the Whip to fight against wealthy landowners in the 19th century. Gaynor puts the legend to work for him and becomes a new incarnation of the Whip. For his first act, he rescues Carlos, a wrongly imprisoned worker, and defeats the disreputably town sheriff.