tabcom Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Just wanted to say I appreciate your Flash efforts... the title is on a downswing, but still a terrific GA run overall. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJones Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Joe Giella contributed to Flash Comics 86 - 104. He'll be at Eternal Con next month. 86 years old. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8621147#Post8621147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) post under construction Edited December 29, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 These posts really showcase the appeal of the late issues in this run. I would love to see a Masterworks style collection of the complete issues from 86-104. The Black Canary Archive edition is my favorite DC reprint book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJones Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thanks for posting the info. (thumbs u Joe Giella is credited with inking the following work on Flash Comics: 86 Johnny Thunder story "The Black Canary" 87 Johnny Thunder story "The Black Canary Returns" 88 Johnny Thunder story "The Map That Wasn't There" 89 Johnny Thunder story and The Black Canary "Produce the Crime" 90 Johnny Thunder and The Black Canary story "Triple Exposure" 91 Johnny Thunder and The Black Canary story "The Tumbling Trees" 92 Black Canary story "Huntress of the Highway" 102 Flash story "Barrels of Crime" Source: mycomicshop.com Thanks for the correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited December 29, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Seems like that issue would be worth owning for the cover alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 The Thorn looks like quite a "Femme Fatale"… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited December 29, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited December 29, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 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. Classic!Hawkgirl is giving the reader a nice "come hither" look as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) 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: Entry #8 “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” -- Joseph Campbell. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Although Gardner Fox created the Hawkman ten years before Joseph Campbell’s book was released, the Hawkman represents Joseph Campbell’s hero. Flash Comics #1: I can’t help but think that the character of Carter Hall must have been self-reflective of the times. With war in Europe started in the autumn of 1939, he must have wrestled with a sense of helplessness in a world that is on a destructive course. A collector of exotic curios of the ancient world, frequent guest at socialite galas, he is ready to embark on a hero’s journey that will change his life forever. I particularly like how Gardner Fox handles the mythological aspects of the story of the Hawkman origin. Making an Egyptian god blonde is right. The blending of different gods and goddesses further creates an American folk hero. The ninth metal! Quarterstaff, wings, hood, crossbow; we are introduced to one of the Hawkman’s mythos, the use of weapons of war. Death Count = 1 Edited December 10, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited December 29, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Issue #93March 1948Rating: 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, thisfive pager by Paul Reinman is well conceived. John Broome’s Hawkman -script hints at what type of storieswill become popular in the Silver Age. As it swerves from gritty crime realism to fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I have a low-grade FL 93, and it indeed is a fun issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Issue #94April 1948Rating: 5 More of the same here, outstanding quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Kubert's art was evolving by leaps and bounds as this run came to a close. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Issue #95May 1948Rating: 5The 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) Issue #96June 1948Rating: 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. Edited March 5, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...