Flash Comics (1940) #55

DC 1940–1949 series Cover date Jul 1944

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

Value history

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About this issue

Flash Comics #55 (1940) is issue #55 of DC's Flash Comics (1940–1949), with a cover date of July 1944. Written by Gardner Fox, John Wentworth and Ed Wheelan and drawn by Stan Asch, Homer Fleming, Frank Harry and others.

Creators

Writers: Gardner Fox, John Wentworth, Ed Wheelan
Pencillers: Stan Asch, Homer Fleming, Frank Harry, Chester Kozlak, Sheldon Moldoff, Ed Wheelan
Inkers: Stan Asch, Homer Fleming, Frank Harry, Chester Kozlak, Sheldon Moldoff, Ed Wheelan
Letterer: Ed Wheelan
Cover artist: Sheldon Moldoff

The stories

“The Man with the Television Eyes”

A master criminal succeeds in planting a television-type statue in homes he intends to victimize, including that of Joan Williams. But the Fastest Man Alive discovers the trick and uses it to trap the felons.

“Prisoners by Preference!”

“Detours of Destiny”

“Be a Big Movie Star”

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.