Jack Flash

This article is about the comic strip. For the song, see Jumpin' Jack Flash. For the film, see Jumpin' Jack Flash (film).

Jack Flash
Adventure story character(s) from The Beano
Jack Flash from The Beano Book 1959, drawn by Dudley D. Watkins.[1]
Publication information
Stars in
  • Jack Flash the Flying Boy (1949-1950)
  • Jack Flash and the Terrible Twins (1951)
  • Jack Flash (1955-1956, 1958)
  • The Happy-Go-Luckies (1956)
  • Jack's the Boy (1957)
Author(s)Uncredited
Illustrator(s)
First appearanceIssue 355
(19 February 1949)
Last appearanceIssue 3093
(27 October 2001)
Current statusDiscontinued
Character timelineIssues 355 – 388, 410 – 429, 453 – 484, 701 – 719, 740 – 749, 789 – 801, 824 – 835, 3093
Also appeared in
Beano works
DC Thomson works
Main Character
PowersFlight
Family
  • Ma Flash (mother)
  • Pa Flash (father)
  • Jane Flash (sister)
  • Jet Flash (brother)
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Jack Flash is a British adventure story character published in the British comic magazine The Beano, first appearing in issue 355 with artwork by Dudley Watkins. He featured for almost a decade in five serials (told in eight arcs), following his time as a foreigner to Earth and living in a Cornish village.

  1. ^ "Jack Flash". The Beano Book 1959. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1958.
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  8. ^ "Jack Flash". The Beano Book 1951. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1950.
  9. ^ "Jack Flash". The Beano Book 1953. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1952.