Post #94

Issue #82
April 1947

Rating: 5

Robert Kanigher uses the flashback technique with great success in the Flash story. Also is a reenactment of the famous issue #1 cover.

The radio ad in the Ghost Patrol is worth posting here . . . 

Post #93

Issue #81
March 1947
Rating: 5

Robert Kanigher began his writing credits to Flash Comics with both the Flash and the Hawkman strips – later the Black Canary.

The relationship between Joan and Jay acts as a marker for me. This relationship quirk is different than anything previously scene to the reader.

The Hawkman strip also uses a background story page that is new to the style. This issue begins the transition from what I describe the Golden Age of Flash Comics to the Proto-Silverage. The stories, in this issue with the Hawkman, become less about solving crimes and more adventures into the sub-conscious. The gratuitous bad guys are still there as a link to the familiar. However, the glimpse into the next generation of comic book themes begins here.

Peachy Pet and Johnny Thunder strip makes for an enjoyable filler.

Post #91

Issue #79

Jan. 1947
Rating: 5

This issue features the last appearances in the GA from the three dimwits (they will continue to appear in All-Flash thru out 1947). Their next appearance in this series is as the SA back up story from Flash Comics #117.

Kozlak’s art is used again with the Hawkman strip when the birds revolt. Johnny Thunder and Ghost Patrol are average strips for this issue. 

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.