Comic Title: Flash Comics #16
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: February 13, 1941 Copyright Date February 14, 1941
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: (Joan is Kidnapped)
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Harold Wilson Sharp

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Flash Archives Vol. 1 HC (1999)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #15; next appearance in Flash Comics #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Joan Williams (last appearance in Flash Comics #15; next appearance in Flash Comics #17)

Villain(s)

• Jose Salvez and a gang of bandits (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jim Dane and an unnamed sheriff (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Joan is kidnapped by a gang of Mexican bandits and taken to Mexico. Flash follows them to his friend Jim Dane’s silver mine. The bandits try to force Jim to hand the mine over to them, but Flash intervenes and causes the bandits to surrender. A month later, the bandit leader Jose has given up his criminal past and become sheriff.