Comic Title: Flash Comics #17
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: March 13, 1941 Copyright Date March 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: (Murder at the Opera)
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Hawkman Archives Vol. 1 HC (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #16; next appearance in Flash Comics #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shiera Sanders (last appearance in Flash Comics #16; next appearance in Flash Comics #18)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Selkirk (alias the Golden Mummy; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Members of the Golden Mummy Sect (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Camilla Cordova (a singer; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Golden Age Hawkman Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
While attending the opera, Carter Hall witnesses the singer fall dead on stage. The doctor lists her cause of death as strangulation. When he returns home a message awaits him warning Hawkman to stay off the case. Ignoring the warning, Hawkman examines the body and learns that a poison dart caused the singer's death.

Meanwhile members of the Golden Mummy Sect have kidnapped Shiera. Hawkman rescues her, while the Golden Mummy races back to Hall's house. He walks into a trap set by one of his own henchmen and is fatally wounded. Hawkman arrives before the man dies and discovers the killer is Dr. Selkirk the medical examiner on the murder. He was the singer's jilted lover and wanted revenge.