Flash Comics #86

(August 1947)

Stone Age Menace (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Lee Elias

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Synopsis:

The sudden appearance of a prehistoric dinosaur in Keystone City lands Jay Garrick in prison when the Police fail to believe his story. So, the Flash must save him!

Reprinted:

• in Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1991 series) #nn

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.

Ton o' Fun (Table of Contents)

Ton o' Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-12-07

The Black Canary (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Johnny Thunder; Black Canary [Dinah Drake](introduction); Thunderbolt; "Socks" Slade (villain); Rocco (villain)

Synopsis:

Johnny meets the Black Canary, a girl crime-fighter who is determined to take the famed Kooblin Sapphire and return it to its owner.

Reprinted:

• in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-10
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #416 (March 1972)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of the Black Canary. Peachy Pet doesn't appear.

The Case of the Extra Ghost (Table of Contents)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; occult

Characters:

Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ton O'Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

gags

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ton O'Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Coward (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome [as John Osgood]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ton O'Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Lampert (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

gags

The Valley of the Purple Pilgrim (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher ?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Purple Pilgrim (villain, first appearance); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]

Synopsis:

Hawkman faces the tough problem of saving the descendant of a man who practiced sorcery and witchcraft. The Purple Pilgrim seems intent on killing everyone named Sanders.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.