sacentaur Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 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. I've seen just one copy of FL 96 in the last 5 years, and passed on it because it was too brown - still need one for my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Cover is bug chewed on mine, but nice page quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarristerBaker Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) Issue #96June 1948Rating: 5Black 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. I agree with your assessment. This is the toughest of the run. Maybe one of the toughest mainstream issues of the Golden Age. I've seen 5 copies in 5 years (1.8, 3.0, 6.5Q, 7.0, 9.0) -- and that includes turning over every stone I could. I had a three year period where I saw no, zero, zilch copies. Glad you got yours. Excellent.I finished my Flash Comics run, by the way, tabcom. Seemed like the impossible quest, when I started. Edited March 5, 2016 by BarristerBaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 I agree with your assessment. This is the toughest of the run. Maybe one of the toughest mainstream issues of the Golden Age. I've seen 5 copies in 5 years (1.8, 3.0, 6.5Q, 7.0, 9.0) -- and that includes turning over every stone I could. I had a three year period where I saw no, zero, zilch copies. Glad you got yours. Excellent. I finished my Flash Comics run, by the way, tabcom. Seemed like the impossible quest, when I started. Glad I could help out on a couple issues. Once I hit #104, I have supplemental entries to make in the Journal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Been silently loving the thread but :hail: for tenacity, effort, information and scanning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Been silently loving the thread but :hail: for tenacity, effort, information and scanning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Issue #97July 1948Rating: 5 Cover by Irwin Hasen. Lee Elias credited for art on the Flash, Carmine Infantino Ghost Patrol and Black Canary, Joe Kubert Hawkman (and Hawkgirl), Paul Reinman for Atom.Robert Kanigher scripts Flash, Hawkman, and Black Canary. With a cover date stamp of May 11, 1948, two weeks later, the Film Noir Classic 'Raw Deal' was released. Flash story is one of the all time best (and lost to several generations of comic book lovers). Joan Williams (Flash's girl friend) takes a trip into the twilight zone and with the help of the Flash, regains her sanity. I'm going to reprint the story in its entirety at a later date. Generally, GA stories use the artwork as window dressing. With Paul Reinman's art, the words take a backseat to the action. For a seven pager, this Black Canary strip packs the action. Edited March 23, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Issue #98August 1948Rating: 5 Although the art work and scripts have evolved to a new level, the stories are anchored to the typical GA superhero exploits. The clock is beginning to tick to the end of the GA. If the Hawkman roamed the skies of Gotham City, why no encounter with the Batman?The Atom deserves honorable mention in this issue.Black Canary -script is well worn, but looks good.I should do a black-jack to the back of the heros head count sometime. Edited May 16, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Great Kubert splash page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 From quotes I've read, Kubert wasn't very proud of his Flash Comics work. His comments seemed to imply he was embarrassed by his youthful output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Issue #99Sept. 1948Rating: 5 Carmine Infantino is credited for the cover. Lee Elias art in the Flash. Infantino art in the Ghost Patrol and Black Canary. Kubert art in the Hawkman. Paul Reinman, who is best known for the Green Lantern, does a fine job with the Atom. Martin Naydel who is best as a cartoonist does the two page Flash Facts filler pages. Jay is now officially a criminal forensics expert. Now we have the source material for his SA counterpart, Barry Allen choice of career.These house ads foreshadow the new trend in comics away from the Superhero genre . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Gardner Fox Born on this day, 20 May 1911 Edited May 20, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 happy birthday Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) Issue #100 Sept. 1948 Rating: 5 The Kubert (Hawkman) and Infantino (Flash, Ghost Patrol, Black Canary) art in these stories makes for a quick fluid read. Dialogue is mostly window dressing. Even the Paul Reinman\Bob Oksner work with the 5pcs. Atom filler is respectful. The following newsreel from 1948 stirs the fear pot of "Hitler Werwolf Gangs" lurking to retake Germany. Edited May 29, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 While watching Dickk Powell in 'Pitfall' tonight on youtube, . Scene queued up here: Pitfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Issue #101 Nov. 1948 Rating: 5 Cover and Flash story inks credited to Bernard Sachs. The Atom is dropped. A text story and a couple pages of cartoon gags by Martin Naydel are added. This fledgling pre-SA style Flash story, scripted by John Broome , is unique in that it substitutes cops-n-robbers cliches for a sci-fi adventure. Broome would go on to write the very first SA Flash time travel story in "The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!", in Showcase #4 (along with Infantino and Kubert). Carmine Infantino and Bernard Sachs superb work in the GA Flash vision of time travel makes this one of the truly lost gems of the GA. The following panel brings to mind the outstanding work of a future Joe Kubert on the Viking Prince strip of the mid-fifties in The Brave And The Bold. In that strip, the Viking Prince spends a lot of time sailing the North Sea. The kid friendly roller coaster ride does create a sense of vertigo. This issue exhibits glimpses of the future for comics, and the death spasms of the past for the superhero genre. An Ectroplasmic Magnet??? How many times has Batman and Robin found themselves in this exact situation? Bernard Sachs gets a well deserved feature in the Nov. 2013 issue (#121) of Alter Ego fanzine. More to come in a future post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Great post tab, I'll pull and read my beater copy later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Thanks, sacentaur. After the series ends, I'm going to have a deconstruction of Showcase #4 post. Edited July 8, 2016 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Issue #102 Dec. 1948 Rating: 5 Joe Kubert cover. Alex Toth is credited with pencils on the Flash. Robert Kanigher (-script), Carmine Infantino (Pencils), and Bernard Sachs (Inks) presents an outstanding Black Canary story in this issue. By the end of 1948, comics were evolving. So was Jazz. With the Jazz soundtrack combined with the silent film of the streets of New York in 1948, it helps in understanding from where comics found their inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Issue #103 Jan. 1949 Rating: 4 The penultimate issue of the series is routine for the genre. Outline for a GA comic strip: 1. Bad guys do something bad. 2. Hero\Heroine investigate the clues. 3. Hero\Heroine stumble into a trap. 4. Hero\Heroine gets free. 5. Bad guys get caught. Step #3 for this issue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
