Flash Comics
#104
(February 1949)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-12-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Flaming Darkness!
Hawkman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Reprints
-
in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
America's Greatest Comics Characters
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Flaming Darkness!
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- John Broome ? (sourced)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- FL112
- 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.
The Rival Flash!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- John Broome (sourced)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (sourced)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- FL 110
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick] (origin recap); The Rival [Dr. Edward Clariss] (villain, introduction); 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.
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #211 (December 1971)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([August] 1996)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
- in Flash: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2015 series) ([June] 2015)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Last Golden Age Flash appearance. Two unpublished Golden Age Flash stories finally see print in The Flash (1959 series) #205 (May 1971) and #214 (April 1972).
[no title indexed]
Scribbly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want Scribbly!
- Genre
- humor
The Case of the Painted Horse!
Ghost Patrol / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- FL115
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; war
- Characters
- The Ghost Patrol: Fred; Pedro; Slim
Speedstar (a horse); Starspot (a horse)
Indexer Notes
Credits from Craig Delich. Delich previously suggested Carmine Infantino for pencils.
For Thrills! For Action!
Star Spangled Comics; Sensation Comics; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bark of a dog is an artificial development of civilization...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #106 (July 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Crime on Her Hands!
Black Canary / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- FL108
- 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.
- 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
Inks credit in Archives is wrong.
Unpublished Golden Age Black Canary stories finally see print in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #3 (April-June 1969) and Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #399 (November 1970).
[no title indexed]
MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Flaming Darkness!
Hawkman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
America's Greatest Comics Characters
-
3.
The Flaming Darkness!
Hawkman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
5.
The Rival Flash!
The Flash -
6.
["I want Scribbly!"]
Scribbly -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
The Case of the Painted Horse!
Ghost Patrol -
9.
The Vanishing Lighthouse!
The Atom -
10.
For Thrills! For Action!
Star Spangled Comics; Sensation Comics; Adventure Comics -
11.
["The bark of a dog is an artificial development of civilization..."]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop -
12.
Christmas Customs
-
13.
Crime on Her Hands!
Black Canary -
14.
[no title indexed]
Shar-Lee Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals -
16.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- John Censullo
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- R S
- Douglas Sederberg
- Adam Spector
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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