Post #108

Issue #96
June 1948

Rating: 5

Black Canary in "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Hawkman in "Return of the Centaurs" by John Broome and Kubert. Flash stars in "The Flash and the Thorn-Stalk," by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Ghost Patrol in "The 'Spectacular' Crimes" written John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia

This is the hardest issue in the 104 run to track down. I have only seen two other copies in similar condition available in the past five years.

Post #107

Issue #95
May 1948

Rating: 5
The following pages from the Hawkman, Black Canary, Flash, and Ghost Patrol demonstrate the contemporary style that emerged at the end of the GA superhero era.

Post #106

Issue #94
April 1948

Rating: 5



More of the same here, outstanding quality!

Post #105

Issue #93
March 1948

Rating: 5

Outstanding issue with every story fun to read!

The ironic 'late for the date' Jay motif will become a standard for Barry Allen at the dawn of the Silver Age for the Flash.
With the Flash in temporary retirement, Joan decides to help out anyway she can.

The Black Canary has a utility belt of her own.

Although I struggle with nearly all the Atom stories, this five pager by Paul Reinman is well conceived.

John Broome’s Hawkman script hints at what type of stories will become popular in the Silver Age. As it swerves from gritty crime realism to fantasy.

Post #104

Issue #92
February 1947

Rating: 5

The comic book genre is the perfect medium to face-off superheros vs. mythological characters of the past. This Flash story by John Broome and Lee Elias is well conceived with plenty of action.

As the cover advertises, ‘At Last! The Black Canary’. Presented here in its entirety.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl battle the Ghost for the third time.

Post #99

Issue #87

Sept. 1947
Rating: 5

Cover date stamp of July 9. The news of the day was very active.

Everett Raymond Kinstler gets credit for the cover and art of the Hawkman in this issue.

With the new style of Flash Comics, the Hawkman and Flash stories flip their traditional order with the Hawkman in the lead-off position.

Carmine Infantino art is in the Johnny Thunder and Ghost Patrol strips.

 The Atom appears. Limited to 5 pages, the pacing of most Atom stories are too abrupt to really take notice.

Post #103

Issue #91
January 1948

Rating: 5

Lee Elias had an incredible ability to make his layouts express action.

This is the last Johnny Thunder AND Black Canary story

Bob Oksner may deserve credit for inspiring Matt Bakers classic cover of the Phantom Lady. With a cover date of January 1948, the Hawkgirl bondage scene predates the Phantom Lady #17 by four months.