Comic Title: All Flash Quarterly #4
Publisher: DC (Jolaine Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Spring 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: February 27, 1942 Copyright Date February 24, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines

Title: "The Tale of the Time Capsule"
Pages: 52

Feature(s):
Flash (Jay Garrick of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Everett E. Hibbard

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #1; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #26)

Supporting Character(s)

• Joan Williams (last appearance in Flash Comics #28; next appearance in Flash Comics #29)

Villain(s)

• Reginald Hasto (a millionaire investor; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Hasto's guards (Henderson, Young, and Wahlen named; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Julius Caesar (in 50 B.C.; first Earth-2 appearance; next appearance in Leading Comics #8)
• Cleopatra (in 50 B.C.; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Archibald McQuatness (a professor; no further appearances)
• Betsy McQuatness (Archibald's daughter; no further appearances)
• Roman and Egyptian armies (no further appearances)
• Egyptian slaves and a slave driver (no further appearances)
• Brutus and Cassius (no further appearances)
• Christopher Columbus (no further appearances)
• D'Artagnan (no further appearances)
• Shakespeare (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2: "Tommy-Guns Versus Spears"
Part 3: "Breakneck Speed – 50 B.C."
Part 4: "Traipsing Through Time"

Synopsis:
Professor Archibald McQuatness invents Sleepian, a pill that can transport a person back in time. He takes the first pill and is sent back centuries in time. He encounters the Flash burying a time capsule. The Flash recognizes him, the disappears. McQuatness returns to 1942. He seeks out his investor Reginald Hasto and tells him about the time capsule. Hasto and his men try to dig up the capsule and knock out the professor. Jay Garrick, Joan Williams, and Betsy McQuatness, the professor's daughter, witness this. The Flash rescues the professor and takes the capsule back to the McQuatness house.

After stopping another attempt by Hasto to steal the capsule, the Flash joins the professor on another trip back in time. Joan and Betsy follow. So does Hasto and his men. Finding themselves in 50 B.C., the Flash and McQuatness travel to ancient Egypt where they meet Cleopatra. Meanwhile, Hasto captures Joan and Betsy. His men construct a diesel powered ship that takes them across the Atlantic. Hasto joins forces with Julius Caesar. Together, they attack Egypt. The Flash thwarts their efforts and takes Hasto back to Rome as a prisoner.

Caesar and the Romans believe that Flash is the god Mercury. Flash tries to convince Caesar to grant liberty to his people. Caesar turns against him and arranges a fixed chariot race to humiliate the Flash. Meanwhile, Brutus and Cassius collaborate with Hasto to topple Caesar. The Flash stops all the plots, but Hasto escapes with the professor.

The Flash returns across the Atlantic. He buries the time capsule which contains Caesar's treasure. After a brief encounter with the professor from his first time trip, the Flash returns to 1942 with the girls. The Flash then visits several time periods in search of the professor. He finally locates him during Shakespeare's time. When they return to the present, they discover that Hasto has again kidnapped the girls and stolen the capsule. The Flash tracks his foe one more time. This time Hasto is killed by his own devices. The Flash rescues the girls. When the capsule is eventually opened, everyone discovers that it's empty. The professor forgot to put the treasure inside while they were in Rome.