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Issue #92February 1947Rating: 5 The comic book genre is the perfect medium to face-offsuperheros vs. mythological characters of the past. This Flash story by JohnBroome 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.

Issue #91January 1948Rating: 5 Lee Elias had an incredible ability to make his layoutsexpress action. This is the last Johnny Thunder AND Black Canary story Bob Oksner may deserve credit for inspiring Matt Bakersclassic cover of the Phantom Lady. With a cover date of January 1948, theHawkgirl bondage scene predates the Phantom Lady #17 by four months.

I accidentally caught the start of the Flash\Arrow crossovers Monday night. For those that follow the Golden Age thread, you are probably familiar with my Flash Comics Journal blog (click image below). The Hawkman\Hawkgirl origins were exceptionally phenomenal. The -script was inspired by Flash Comics #1:

I accidentally caught the start of the Flash\Arrow crossovers Monday night. The Hawkman\Hawkgirl origins were exceptionally phenomenal. The -script was inspired by Flash Comics #1:

Issue #90December 1947Rating: 5 Infantino gets whopping 25 pages in this issue. He’s workcan be seen in the Flash, Ghost Patrol, and Johnny Thunder stories. Ever wonder how fast the Flash really is? Joan, Ginger. Ginger, Joan. Which will it be Jay? Kubert gets more expressive in his layouts in the Hawkman story. 30 years later, Kubert would draw the covers of the Ghost battling Batman . . . Both stories drawn by the GA veteran, Irv Novick.

Issue #89November 1947Rating: 4 Joe Kubert's cover and Flash story introducing the Thorn\Rose is the highlight of an otherwise ordinary issue.Everett Raymond Kinstler returns for his second Hawkman storywith a straightforward cops and robbers yarn (scripted by Broome). Infantino’s rendering of Johnny Thunder has a passing resemblance to the future Barry Allen.

new mutants 98, batman adventure 12, .... Oh wait. You said golden age Didn't you hear, I'm a copper/bronze guy now. OK, so what is the new name change? C.A.tor or B.A.tor? They both could be appropriate, but only if the former is preceded by Masti- and the latter by Mastur- When I teed that up, I knew it wouldn't be long before someone came up to take a whack at it.

new mutants 98, batman adventure 12, .... Oh wait. You said golden age Didn't you hear, I'm a copper/bronze guy now. OK, so what is the new name change? C.A.tor or B.A.tor?

Received this response in an email last night: " I had the book before it was slabbed and in my opinion there's no question (the) book with brittle pages is way better than a slightly better graded copy with half its cover gone. "

With the condition that the book would not be cracked, here is the updated voting: 1.5 --- 19 Phi the Governor tabcom october DavidMerryweather - would buy to flip gino2paulus2 G.A.tor kinzebac Crimebuster Peter in Portugal Vision75 Thunsicker gadzukes goldust40 Johnny545 DarkKnight Knightsofold Twisty1 Point Five Previous owner who had it graded. 1.8 --- 10 Socratic Wonder Mutie Fan ciorac sacentaur vaillant Sgeggs comicjack Pemart1966 Skypinkblu - if it was free Primetime Jimbo_707 Neither --- 4 MrBedrock 1koko Batman_fan Nerv Abstain --- 2 cousin itt Rodan57 (?)

crafty rascal

I put you in the 1.8 camp based on this comment . . . Still prefer being neither?

To sneak a peak at the page quality is going to cost you. I'll put you down for choosing the 1.5.

I like how you think.

With the condition that the book would not be cracked, here is the updated voting: 1.5 --- 14 Phi the Governor tabcom october DavidMerryweather gino2paulus2 G.A.tor kinzebac Crimebuster Peter in Portugal Vision75 Thunsicker gadzukes goldust40 Johnny545 1.8 --- 8 Socratic Wonder Mutie Fan ciorac sacentaur vaillant Sgeggs comicjack Pemart1966 Neither --- 3 MrBedrock 1koko Primetime Abstain --- 2 cousin itt Rodan57 (?)

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With the condition that the book would not be cracked, here is the updated voting: 1.5 --- 11 Phi the Governor tabcom october DavidMerryweather gino2paulus2 G.A.tor kinzebac Crimebuster Peter in Portugal Vision75 Thunsicker 1.8 --- 8 Socratic Wonder Mutie Fan ciorac sacentaur vaillant Sgeggs comicjack Pemart1966 Neither --- 2 MrBedrock 1koko Abstain --- 2 cousin itt Rodan57 (?)

The 1.8 is provided by heritage tech vs. the 1.5 amateur photo.

There really isn't a need to crack when the masterworks is available.

So far . . . 1.8 --- 3 votes 1.5 --- 2 votes 1 abstain Assuming that the 1.5 is most likely not to be cracked, the fine print brittle page designation and a presentable cover is much more acceptable to me than a huge chunk of the front cover being removed and a cursive name written on the 'S'.

Which One Do You Choose? Sold on HA.com for $1912 Sold on Ebay for $1975

Issue #88Oct. 1947Rating: 5 Joe Kubert is credited with the cover, Flash, and Hawkmanstrips. Carmine Infantino handles the Ghost Patrol and Johnny Thunder (BlackCanary) strips. Harry Lampert (the original artist of the Flash) has twochildren’s humor strips. Robert Kanigher scripts are excellent on for theFlash, Hawkman, and Johnny Thunder. Line up is back to the traditional Flash at the beginningand Hawkman at the end. The Flash story "The Caseof the Vanished Year" is one of my all time favorites from the GA. Itmakes for an excellent bedtime story. Imagine waking up one year in the past andyou know you are in the past and you are trying to get back to the present. Johnny isn’t bright enough to see what’s coming, but his Thunderbolt does . . . the Black Canary! The Ghost makes his debut vs.Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Joe Kubert does an excellent job getting the foggy feelwith London after mid-nite. I love this splash from Infantino in this issue. As a side note, All-Star Comics 37 on the newsstands at the same time features a Kanigher -script with art on the Flash by Infantino, Hawkman by Kubert (his last for the title), and gag pages from Lampert.

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As much as I like following the changing market for investment GA comics on this board, I enjoy even more experiencing the eras rich array of content. The super heroes in Flash Comics were there from the beginning (Nov 1939) to the end (Dec 1948). Watching the evolution of the series thru out the decade gives me a great appreciate for what came before -- how the SA was to be shaped. Jay Garrick is still relevant today. Enough so that he merits a cover shot in the Convergence mega story being told right now. Thanks for the kind words of support. (thumbs u

Issue #87Sept. 1947Rating: 5 Cover date stamp of July 9. The news of the day was very active. Everett Raymond Kinstler gets credit for the cover and artof the Hawkman in this issue. With the new style of Flash Comics, the Hawkmanand Flash stories flip their traditional order with the Hawkman in the lead-offposition. Carmine Infantino art is in the Johnny Thunder and GhostPatrol strips. The Atom appears. Limited to 5 pages, the pacing of most Atom stories are too abrupt to really take notice.