(February 1949)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; full color; glossy cover; newsprint interior; saddle-stitched
The Flaming Darkness! (Table of Contents)
Hawkman / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Joe Kubert
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hawkman
The Flaming Darkness! (Table of Contents)
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome?
- Pencils:
- Joe Kubert
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Synopsis:
- Hawkman discovers that a band of crooks is attempting to obtain top secret scientific information from the custodian of the science club to which Carter Hall belongs.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-19-07.
The Rival Flash! (Table of Contents)
Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Flash [Jay Garrick] (origin recap); V: The Rival (I); Joan Williams.
- Synopsis:
- The Flash is captured and forced to breathe in the by-product of hard water gasses so that he loses his speed. His place is then to be taken by a mysterious masked Flash with criminal tendencies.
- Reprinted:
- in Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #211 (December 1971)
- in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #1
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich, updated 10/04, writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Next Flash appearances unpublished until Flash 205 (5/71) and Flash 214 (4/72). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-19-07.
The Case of the Painted Horse! (Table of Contents)
Ghost Patrol / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino?
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; occult
- Characters:
- Ghost Patrol
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.
The Vanishing Lighthouse! (Table of Contents)
Atom / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Arthur Adler
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Raul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- OH 36
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Atom [Al Pratt].
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich 12/07. Script credit from Roy Thomas on 16 November 2004.
Crime on Her Hands! (Table of Contents)
The Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- FL108
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance; Professor Ernest Nythe (nephew of Lane Nythe, death); Professor Lane Nythe (villain)
- Synopsis:
- A criminologist and professor at State College are working together on an unsolved murder mystery, and the nephew uncovers some new angles on the case, but is murdered. Black Canary and Larry then uncover a twist in that old case that nearly costs them their lives.
- Reprinted:
- in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001)
Indexer Notes
Credits in Archive are wrong. Next appearances of Black Canary unpublished until DC Special #3(4-6/69) and Adventure Comics 399 (11/70).
none (Table of Contents)
Ma Nature's Curiousity Shop / filler / ? pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Martin Naydel
- Pencils:
- \Martin Naydel
- Inks:
- Martin Naydel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Martin Naydel
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-19-07 and is probably out of proper sequence.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Flaming Darkness!
Hawkman -
2.
The Rival Flash!
Flash -
3.
The Case of the Painted Horse!
Ghost Patrol -
4.
The Vanishing Lighthouse!
Atom -
5.
Crime on Her Hands!
The Black Canary -
6.
none
Ma Nature's Curiousity Shop
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Craig Delich
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Bob Hughes
- Allen Ross
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