Comic Title: Golden Age Flash Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: January 25, 2006 Direct Market Date January 25, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #11 (#203)

Direct Market Date January 25, 2006
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Direct Market Date January 25, 2006
Source: Comic Shop News, #965

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Hatchet Club"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Harold Wilson Sharp

Reprinted From:
Flash Comics #22 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #21; next appearance in All-Star Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Joan Williams (last appearance in Flash Comics #21; next appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Jan Vordyce (aka Kong; no further appearances)
• Members of a hatchet cult (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kai Fu (an old chinese man; 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 Flash Archives Vol. 2 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Joan is assaulted by members of a chinese hatchet cult when she follows a kidnapped doctor. Flash rescues her and begins investigating the cult. He learns that the doctor is being kidnapped in order to perform operations on white men which make them appear to be chinese.

Joan follows her own leads to a chinese man named Kai Fu. The man explains that his son Kong is leader of the cult. Kai Fu is then murdered.

Joan is soon kidnapped and nearly executed. Flash comes to the rescue again. He then unmasks Kong, who is really the kidnapped doctor in disguise.