Post #80

Issue #68
Dec. - Jan. 1945

Rating: 5

Unlike the previous two issues, this one gets a 5 rating. My rating system is weighted, 2 for Flash, 2 for the Hawkman, 1 for the backup stories.


According to http://dc.wikia.com, Jon L. Blummer was the cover artist for Sensation Comics #1(excluding wonder woman image) and All Star Comics #1. The third story of the Hop Harrington strip to be printed in Flash Comics is the best.
 



Like Jay Garrick, we learn what Carter Hall was doing during the war. He was working in a ballistics lab.

I also like the ‘Picture Story from American History, The Story of the Constitution’

This issue is the first with the DC logo. Inside cover has an in house ad for all the DC titles due out from October 17^th – November 2^nd 1945.

Post #79

Issue #67
Oct.-Nov. 1945

Rating: 4

I’m reprinting the Flash story in its entirety. It is a good sample of the quality of work Gardner Fox was producing for the series. It uses the ‘weird science meets gangsters’ formula that he was a master at writing.

The Hawkman story and art was also remarkable for this issue.

Post #78

Issue #66
Aug.-Sept. 1945

Rating: 4

No Ghost Patrol. Hop Harrigan takes their spot along with three gag strips. The editors must have realized by this time that the cops and robbers genre was running out of gas. The covers start to reflect more humor, along with the strips that occupy the pages.

By the summer of 1945 (due to paper scarcity?), The AA line-up is all bi-monthlies (except for Sensation Comics).

Post #77

Issue #65
June 1944

Rating: 4

Gardner Fox starts to experiment more with the weird science meets gangster themes for the Flash stories.
The Hawman story demonstrates how Joe Kubert was being more creative from the straight gangland capers.

I’ve reprinted the Hawman vs. Simple Simon story here. Reading the start of the story of how Simple Simon escaped from prison reminded me of a similar escape achieved twenty years later by I. Q. Quimbly in Hawkman #7.

The title moves to a bi-monthy for a brief time.

Post #76

Issue #64
April 1945

Rating: 3

 Of all the artist to draw the Flash, Martin Naydel's cartoon style doesn't transfer well to the superhero genre. Furthermore, he commits the unforgivably insult of drawing the vivacious Joan in a manner fitting for a spinster school teacher (panel withheld out of respect for Ms. Williams). The art and stories are formula phoned in service of no importance to be memorialized. The only redeeming story in this issue is the Hawkman, presented here in its entirety.