Flash Comics #90

(December 1947)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Nine Empty Uniforms! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AF 34 A

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Synopsis

The Flash tries to help a poor baseball team to a pennant in order to save the life of its hospitalized and depressed manager. But when the entire team is kidnapped, the Scarlet Speedster decides to take the places of the missing team members!

Reprints

• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 (October 1964)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich. "AF" as part of the job number indicates this story was originally intended for All-Flash Comics.

Bert La Brucherie (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Ghosts Don't Exist! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

John Wentworth

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

FL 99

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

The Case of the Web-Footed Burglar (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Boys and Girls! Here's an Important Message for You! (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Triple Exposure! (Table of Contents: 8)

Johnny Thunder and the Black Canary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

FL96

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Thunder; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Thunderbolt; Banko Jim (villain); Joe (villain)

Synopsis

A group of criminals committing a robbery notice that a photographer has taken a picture of them in the act. However, because Johnny and the Black Canary are also at the scene of the crime, the crooks successfully blank out their own images in the picture and thus blame our two heroes of the dastardly act.

Reprints

• in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([March] 2001)
• in The Black Canary: Bird of Prey (DC, 2021 series) ([May] 2021)

Indexer Notes

Black Canary now shares the strip's title.

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Columbia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Ton o' Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How do you like me in an upsweep?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Lucky to Be a Yankee / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Murder on a Star! (Table of Contents: 13)

The Atom / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Greene

Pencils

Jon Chester Kozlak

Inks

Jon Chester Kozlak

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

OH23

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Al Pratt]

Reprints

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-18 (July 1973)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Lucky Gunman (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Grant

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Gang Busters / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Crimes That Couldn't Have Happened! (Table of Contents: 16)

Hawkman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Joe Kubert [as J. Kubert] (signed)

Inks

Joe Kubert [as J. Kubert] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Ghost [Jim Craddock] (villain)

Synopsis

Hawkman and Hawkgirl decide to disguise themselves as archaeologists to Africa in order to confront their mortal enemy: the Ghost!

Reprints

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #7 (March-April 1973)
• in DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Lifebuoy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Ton o' Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I read all his letters!

Genre

humor

Junior Jim (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)