Comic Title: Flash Comics #7
Publisher: DC (All-American Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: May 16, 1940 Copyright Date May 15, 1940
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: (The San Creso Mine)
Pages: 7

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

Writer: John B. Wentworth
Artist: Homer Fleming

Feature Character(s)

• Whip (no appearance)

Guest Star(s)

• El Castigo (the original Whip; last appearance in Flash Comics #1; next appearance in Flash Comics #8)

Villain(s)

• A gang of bandits (no further appearances)
• A group of highwaymen (no further appearances)
• Ike Coffey (last name not given in this story; next appearance in Flash Comics #8)

Other Character(s)

• Jim and Sairy Shiner (ranchers; next appearance in Flash Comics #8)
• Don Basilo Seldon Carlomango Mercenas (in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place in 1845 and features the original El Castigo, Don Fernando Suarez. The modern day Whip does not appear.

This story continues in the third story of Flash Comics #8.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
In 1845, Don Basilo Seldon Carlomango Mercenas flees from Texas with a load of gold. The gold is stolen by bandits, but they are unable to carry all the gold. The bandits bury the gold and draw a map to its location. However, all but one of the crooks is killed in an indian raid a short time later.

The surviving bandit is nursed back to health by a pair of kindly ranchers. In gratitude he leaves a clue to the location of the treasure. After he has left the ranch months later he is attacked and killed by highwaymen after the gold. The highwaymen trace the gold to the ranch of Jim and Sairy Shiner who helped the bandit.

El Castigo, the Whip, spots the highwaymen and protects the Shiners. The couple locate the clue left behind by their visitor and plan to locate the gold. However, despite the involvement of El Castigo, the highwaymen have not given up their own pursuit of the treasure.