Post #90

Issue #78

December 1946
Rating: 5

Paul Reinman (Green Lantern) fills in with the art in this Hawkman strip. The Hawkman is the mythical mediator between the competing tribes of fire and water. The Flash gets in the mood for Halloween and wears a mask as the three dimwits make the party fun. Great house ad for DC titles on the newsstands for October 1946.

Count the kids that had Flash Comics #78 that Halloween.

Post #89

Issue #77

November 1946
Rating: 5

The inside house ad places the newsstand date for this issue as September 11^th, 1946

The Flash has a super villain to counter, the “Jumper”. Johnny Thunder has the Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and the Ghost Patrol make cameo appearances as he tries to remain relative to his editor.

Ghost Patrol is very good as well as Pedro meets a former lover – when he was alive. Hawkman uses the time honored superhero adventure technique of time travel to solve the mystery of the Curious Casket. Kubert leaves Hawkman for eight months at this point. Jon Chester Kozlak subs for a few issues.

Post #88

Issue #76
Oct. 1946

Rating: 4

This issue is stronger in content. E. E. Hibbard art is solid. Ghost Patrol and Johnny Thunder are entertaining.

The Hawkman is forward thinking in its layouts with a hint of the style of the pre-code horror genre.

Post #87

Issue #75
Sept. 1946

Rating: 4

This issue is significant in that it reflects two different styles of scripts offered by Fox. The artwork layouts by Hibbard and Kubert differ significantly also. You get the Flash in a routine weird science\gags\crooks formula strip drawn in flat 2 dimensional panels.  You also get the Hawkman in a 5^th dimension shadow boxing match that Kubert takes the backgrounds and makes them the foreground. Techniques by both that will be perfected when the Hawkman makes his silver age debut 18 years later.