Comic Title: Flash Comics #1
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1940
On Sale Date: November 10, 1939 Newsstand Date November 10, 1939
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #19, Page 44, More Fun Comics #50, Page 64,
Detective Comics #34, Page 64, Adventure Comics #45, Page 64

Copyright Date November 20, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967
Copyright data submitted 27 years after publication

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

Title: (Origin of the Whip)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: John B. Wentworth
Artist: George Storm

Reprinted In:
Famous First Edition F-8 (1975)
Millennium Edition:Flash Comics 1 (#39) (2000)

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.