Another
super-being guided by Lucey’s skill was Ace publishing hero, Lash
Lightning. He debuted in the summer of 1940 in a title called
SURE-FIRE COMICS. Flash (later shortened to Lash) was granted the
“power of the thunderbolt” by the ‘old man of the pyramids’,
who went on to train Flash in the use of this gift. Periodically the
elder would appear and give him a mission for justice. The feature
was a popular one and by issue # 4 the book was retitled LIGHTNING
COMICS in honor of it’s headliner. It ran 15 issues under that
heading, but when that came to a halt, the strip continued on in FOUR
FAVORITES until 1947.
Artistically
this story is different from his Magno work from the same year. There
appears (to my eyes at least) a conscious effort to ape Alex Raymond
on some of the faces and particularly the cover. Being a Lucey strip
there is also the obligatory ‘hot chick’ to spice things up.
Pat
Pat
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