tabcom Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 If the image on your screen looks too small, press the COMMAND key +plus (+) to zoom (if you have a Mac). For Windows, Windows logo key +plus (+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 While still a bit crude I love the early Kubert art ( he would have been 17 or just 18 when he started drawing Hawkman ). You really see the influence of both Caniff and Eisner, but he already has an identifiable and quite dynamic style. Unfortunately it looks like a long wait before these stories get archived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 (thumbs u Glad you liked it! I have more complete stories in future entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Issue #65June 1944Rating: 4 Gardner Fox starts to experiment more with the weird sciencemeets gangster themes for the Flash stories. The Hawman story demonstrates how Joe Kubert was being more creative from the straight gangland capers. I’ve reprinted the Hawman vs. Simple Simon story here. Edited November 22, 2014 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Reading the start of the story of how Simple Simon escaped from prison reminded me of a similar escape achieved twenty years later by I. Q. Quimbly in Hawkman #7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Man, the Kubert art on Hawkman is awesome! And the covers… Not sure I would say it’s crude… it’s still in development, one of the qualities I cherish more in comics' artwork, and in artwork in general. I have one (or two) of his earliest stories in "The Challenger" but this Hawkman is simply wonderful… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Issue #66Aug.-Sept. 1945Rating: 4 No Ghost Patrol. Hop Harrigan takes their spot along withthree gag strips. The editors must have realized by this time that the cops androbbers genre was running out of gas. The covers start to reflect more humor,along with the strips that occupy the pages. By the summer of 1945 (due to paper scarcity?), The AA line-up is all bi-monthlies(except for Sensation Comics). Edited November 30, 2014 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Love reading this thread, tabcom. Lots of fun and a series/character I hadn't paid attention to. The Kubert Dweller in the Sea splash is cool and I have to admit, I had never heard of the Three Dimwits and I am Huge Three Stooges fan. You opened a new collecting focus - 3 Dimwits here I come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 I got started in the series because I wanted to learn more about DC Comics in the '40s. There are a lot of changes to examine thru out the nearly decade long run. Earlier on the series feels like a pulp adaption. Then war themes weave their way into the stories. Followed by humor and then wrap out with a proto SA style led by new artist and writers starting their long careers in the field. Thanks for the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I got started in the series because I wanted to learn more about DC Comics in the '40s. There are a lot of changes to examine thru out the nearly decade long run. Earlier on the series feels like a pulp adaption. Then war themes weave their way into the stories. Followed by humor and then wrap out with a proto SA style led by new artist and writers starting their long careers in the field. Thanks for the feedback! It's a great thread and I have really enjoyed following your synopsis of each issue. And I was being serious about the 3 Dimwits, if nothing else, to read those stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Issue #67Oct.-Nov. 1945Rating: 4 I’m reprinting the Flash story in its entirety. It is a goodsample of the quality of work Gardner Fox was producing for the series. It usesthe ‘weird science meets gangsters’ formula that he was a master at writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tabcom Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 The Hawkman story and art is also remarkable for this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Issue #68Dec. - Jan. 1945Rating: 5 Unlike the previous two issues, this one gets a 5 rating. Myrating system is weighted, 2 for Flash, 2 for the Hawkman, 1 for the backupstories.Jon L. Blummer was the cover artist for Sensation Comics #1(excluding wonder woman image) and All Star Comics #1. The third story of the Hop Harrington strip to be printed in Flash Comics is the best. Edited December 13, 2014 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Like Jay Garrick, we learn what Carter Hall was doing during the war. He was working in a ballistics lab. I also like the ‘Picture Story from American History, The Story of the Constitution’ This issue is the first with the DC logo. Inside cover has an in house ad for all the DC titles due out from October 17th – November 2nd 1945. Edited December 13, 2014 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) 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 Edited December 20, 2014 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 :applause: This was the first FLASH COMIC I ever bought! mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
