Flash Comics
#91
(January 1948)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-11-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Phantom Menace
Hawkman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits from Roy Thomas via the GCD Error List; art previously credited to Bob Oksner in error.
Crimes by Horoscope!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can mortal man see into the future?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Big Pete (crook); Madame Corinne; Gaytree
- Synopsis
- The Flash comes across a gang of crooks who amazingly perform miracles in crime by predicting the events of tomorrow.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich, verified by Martin O'Hearn.
The Tumbling Trees!
Johnny Thunder and The Black Canary / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- FL96
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All Johnny Thunder wanted was to lie under a tree...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Mike (villain)
- Synopsis
- Black Canary is forced by a gang to commit a crime in order to save the life of Johnny.
- 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
Oddity: the Thunderbolt is rendered unconscious by a lightning rod.
[no title indexed]
Ton o' Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was on my way here to visit you, when...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Two unrelated gag panels.
Never Underestimate a Ghost!
The Ghost Patrol / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- FL 98
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are no ghosts!
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]; Norah Blane
- Keywords
- bondage
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Out of the Gag-Bag / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- OH
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's it goin', Joe?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Double Dilemma!
The Atom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene
- Pencils
- Chester Kozlak (signed)
- Inks
- Chester Kozlak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- OH 24
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a spot!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Al Pratt]; Snappo; Lucille (crook); Hercules the Strong Man
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich.
The Unhappy Hero
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember the yarn about the dagger-thrower...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Gordon; Orlando
The Phantom Menace!
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- FL95
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hawkman's dilemma has a triple kick!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; "Bulk" Bane (villain); Lefty (villain)
- Synopsis
- Hawkman sets out to recover a rare stolen mace, a vial of a new serum, and Hawkgirl, but faces a menace that remains unseen.
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich; writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Phantom Menace
Hawkman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Roadmaster -
2.
Crimes by Horoscope!
The Flash -
3.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
4.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters -
5.
The Tumbling Trees!
Johnny Thunder and The Black Canary -
6.
[no title indexed]
Erector -
7.
["I was on my way here to visit you, when..."]
Ton o' Fun -
8.
Rescue from the Wreck
Bright Star Flashlight Battery -
9.
Never Underestimate a Ghost!
The Ghost Patrol -
10.
["How's it goin', Joe?"]
Out of the Gag-Bag -
11.
[no title indexed]
All-Flash -
12.
Willie Wonder
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
13.
Double Dilemma!
The Atom -
14.
The Unhappy Hero
-
15.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
16.
[Hey, folks! Kilroy is here!]
The Kilroys -
17.
The Phantom Menace!
Hawkman -
18.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn -
19.
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute -
20.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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