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He's contribution to the series was too little. More on him to come.

Muggsy Bogues??

G.A.tor vs. MJ Whose still got game?

Issue #77November 1946Rating: 5 The inside house ad places the newsstand datefor this issue as September 11th, 1946The 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.

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Club membership card is available thru tonite: #14 CGC 2.5 on ebay

I suppose it was arbitrarily chosen for the convenience of breaking the series down into four quadrants. Issue #39 introduces the Ghost Patrol. Issue #40 is one of my all time favorite, with art by Lou Ferstadt (undervalued as a superhero comic book artist). The rest of the issues between 38-61 are very good with Fox introducing new themes that would be staples in the sixties.

1. #1-37 2. #86-104 3. #38-61 4. #62-85 Hardest issue of all . . .

Not really. That era produced the least desirable issues of the decade long run.

Issue #76Oct. 1946Rating: 4This issue is stronger in content then most of the issues of 1946.E. E. Hibbard layouts are well thought out. They keep the action moving.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.

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 5th 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.

Issue #74August 1946Rating: 3 With several issues under their wings, The Fox and Kubert Hawkman collaboration continues to evolve.

Mega cool! +1 It would be neat if you had the clipped coupon comic too.

Red84 . . . (thumbs u

Issue #73July 1946Rating: 3 This and the next issue are examples of dull scripts and notinspiring art. Joe Kubert uses the Hawkman to reimage the mythos from what hasbeen done before -- with satisfactory results.

Issue #72 June 1946 Rating: 3 The Flash returns with the customary rotating cover feature after several issues absent. If by popular appeal for the Hawkman or the editors just missed the alternating monthly order, who knows.

Not being greedy to own 3 copies, here is an ebay auction ending this evening that someone may want to purchase to add to the roll call: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-1941-GOLDEN-AGE-SUPERMAN-14-CLASSIC-SHIELD-EAGLE-COVER-COMPLETE-/251783715861?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item3a9f7a9c15

Issue #71May 1946Rating: 3 The Flash comedy yarns are starting to stray intoredundancy. The Ghost Patrol offer the most amusing story of the issue. The Hawkman story foreshadows Flash Comics #106 (May 1959), “Menace of theSuper-Gorilla!”. Hawkman’s visit to mystical Feithera is similar in descriptionto the Flash traveling to the lost Gorilla City in Africa. The good vs. evil ofboth worlds match-up of between the birdmen of Worla\Trata and the gorillas ofSolovar\Grodd.

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Issue #70April 1946Rating: 4 By the start of 1946, DC’s titles where still in post wartransition. The editors have recognized that the youthful readers were tiringof the gangster genre. The cover of Superman #39 shows Superman hiding behind aradio announcing the ‘Adventures of Superman’ to attentive youngsters. ActionComics features the Prankster. More Fun Comics becomes all humor by this issue.Superboy has moved from More Fun Comics in the previous issue to have his firstcover appearance on Adventure Comics #103 (concurrent with Flash Comics #70).All American Comics was still superhero heavy. Hop Harrington humoristadventures has moved to it. Jack Kirby’s Boy Commandos had a balance mix ofhumor between the war\adventure strips. The Flash co-creator, Harry Lampert’s Ton O’Fun appears in Sensation Comics. In this issue of Flash Comics, Mutt & Jeff gets four pages. There is also gagspage from Ed Wheelan. The Flash, Johnny Thunder, and Ghost Patrol stories arehumor based. Joe Kubert draws the Hawkgirl for the first time in this issue.

Issue #69 Feb.-Mar. 1946 Rating: 5 These post war issues are consistent with the DC line of titles in padding a lot of humor in the stories. Harry Lampert and Ed Wheelan have a couple gag pages printed. Ghost Patrol is back after a three issue absences; Hop Harrington is gone. Joe Kubert’s Hawkman story keeps faithful to the detective crime genre. The Hawkman’s identity is revealed, by Sherlock Holmes! Before he agrees to come out of retirement to help Hawkman on an arson case

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