(February 1949)

DC, National Periodical Publications; some issues published under the AA (All-American) imprint imprint, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10
Pages:
52
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Julius Schwartz (actual)
Format: 
Standard Golden Age U.S.; full color; glossy cover; newsprint interior; saddle-stitched

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Flaming Darkness!
    Hawkman
  2. 2. The Rival Flash!
    Flash
  3. 3. The Case of the Painted Horse!
    Ghost Patrol
  4. 4. The Vanishing Lighthouse!
    Atom
  5. 5. Crime on Her Hands!
    Black Canary
  6. 6. none
    Ma Nature's Curiousity Shop
This issue was most recently indexed by:
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Bob Hughes
  • Allen Ross
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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 / 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 / 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 Next Flash appearances unpublished until Flash 205 (5/71) and Flash 214 (4/72).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 / story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino?
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
supernatural adventure
Characters:
Ghost Patrol

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich 10/04.

The Vanishing Lighthouse! (Table of Contents)

Atom / story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arthur Adler
Pencils:
Paul Reinman
Inks:
Raul Reinman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

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)

Black Canary / story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance.
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.

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