tabcom Posted December 28, 2014 Author 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...
tabcom Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited January 17, 2015 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 One of my favorites! mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 This is one I've never seen...thanks for sharing! mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Issue #74August 1946Rating: 3 With several issues under their wings, The Fox and Kubert Hawkman collaboration continues to evolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 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. Very cool. Being from New Orleans originally, that's one I'd love to read one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Do the Kubert Hawkman covers tend to sell for more than the Flash covers from this era? I know that if I were to start looking for copies of Flash Comics, the Kubert covers and Black Canary appearances would be what I'd focus on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarristerBaker Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Do the Kubert Hawkman covers tend to sell for more than the Flash covers from this era? I know that if I were to start looking for copies of Flash Comics, the Kubert covers and Black Canary appearances would be what I'd focus on. Depends on how you define "this era." In the end of the run, some of the Hawkman covers are pretty great (lots of Kubert and some by other artists). But, across the entire run, I'd say the Sheldon Maldoff stuff is even more desirable (throwing out a few scarce issues in the end - driven more by rarity than Kubert). For instance, Flash Comics 33 (like this one -- Flash Comics 33 copy on ComicLink) is fantastic. Hawkman...but Shelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Do the Kubert Hawkman covers tend to sell for more than the Flash covers from this era? I know that if I were to start looking for copies of Flash Comics, the Kubert covers and Black Canary appearances would be what I'd focus on. Depends on how you define "this era." In the end of the run, some of the Hawkman covers are pretty great (lots of Kubert and some by other artists). But, across the entire run, I'd say the Sheldon Maldoff stuff is even more desirable (throwing out a few scarce issues in the end - driven more by rarity than Kubert). For instance, Flash Comics 33 (like this one -- Flash Comics 33 copy on ComicLink) is fantastic. Hawkman...but Shelly. I was thinking of the 1945- early 47 era when the covers mostly alternated between Kubet's Hawkman and Hibbard's Flash, but I agree some of the Moldoff covers are excellent. Later on with Infantino and even Kubert himself doing the Flash covers they improved IMHO. I'm not much of a Hibbard fan, and I really don't care for Nydell's Flash covers, so I've always been partial to the Hawkman covers, Kubert especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Do the Kubert Hawkman covers (1945- early 47) tend to sell for more than the Flash covers from this era? . . . Not really. That era produced the least desirable issues of the decade long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 . . . Depends on how you define "this era.". . . 1. #1-37 2. #86-104 3. #38-61 4. #62-85 Hardest issue of all . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 . . . Depends on how you define "this era.". . . 1. #1-37 2. #86-104 3. #38-61 4. #62-85 Hardest issue of all . . . If I ever started collecting DC sub-runs 86-104 would probably be my choice, Kubert, Infantino , Elias, Kinstler and Black Canary, it doesn't get any better. I'm looking forward to your reviews of those issues. I'm curious as to why 37/38 would be considered a break in eras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarristerBaker Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 25-40 is my favorite group. 86-104 is not far behind. Hardest issue? I think tabcom and I share the same opinion there. I won't steal his thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 . . . I'm curious as to why 37/38 would be considered a break in eras? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 That's one heckuva cool comic book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...