Comic Title: Flash Comics #35
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: September 9, 1942 Copyright Date September 5, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "Proof for a Pardon"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Jon L. Blummer

Feature Character(s)

• King (last appearance in Flash Comics #34; next appearance in Flash Comics #36)

Supporting Character(s)

• Witch (last appearance in Flash Comics #34; next appearance in Flash Comics #36)

Villain(s)

• Jim Smith (a murderer; no further appearances)
• An unnamed thief (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bill Dudley (a falsely convicted man; no further appearances)
• Ed Frame and Emily Frame (a murder victim and his wife; no further appearances)
• Governor Bradshaw (no further appearances)
• Walter Williams (a murder suspect; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The King confronts Governor Bradshaw in order to obtain a pardon for convicted killer Bill Dudley. The King claims that Dudley is innocent. When the governor refuses to sign the pardon, the King kidnaps him and signs it while disguised as the governor.

The King then brings the governor, the victim's wife, and two men who witnessed the murder to the site of the killing. While leaving the Witch to watch the others, the King disappears only to return dressed as Ed Frame, the murder victim. Seeing Frame causes Jim Smith to confess to having been the real killer.

The Witch then explains to the governor that a thief in her employ stole a ring from Smith's home. She realized it was the same ring wore by Frame's killer. The King set up the situation to force a confession from Smith.