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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published September 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)

Cover Details - Hawkman Meets the "Foil"

Characters Hawkman; Hawkgirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler

8 page Hawkman story "Peril at High Tide"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; VILLAIN: the Foil
Synopsis A notorious criminal named the Foil is allowed to escape from prison so that the Feathered Furies can round up his entire gang. During an attempt to capture the felons, however, Hawkgirl believes that her partner has died in an explosion.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.

6 page Johnny Thunder story "The Black Canary Returns"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]
Genre superhero; humor
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino; George Storm?
Inks Joe Giella
Notes George Storm art credit by Steven Rowe on 9/04; revised pencil credit by Craig Delich 12-12-07 [formerly Irwin Hasen]. Credits in the Black Canary Archive are wrong. Thunderbolt does not appear in this story. [Note: Craig Delich reports that George Storm NEVER drew this feature.]
Reprinted in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001)

7 page Ghost Patrol story "Knights Must Fall"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre adventure; occult
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

6 page Atom story "Al Pratt's Problem"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]
Genre superhero
Script Joe Greene
Pencils Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks Jon Chester Kozlak
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04. This feature formerly appeared in All-American Comics.

13 page Flash story "The Phantom Bell of the Bayous"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis The Flash is confronted by a mysterious "ghost bell" destroyed 50 years earlier, but still ringing out death for members of the Craig family.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Everett E. Hibbard
Inks Everett E. Hibbard
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.

1 page Ton o' Fun filler "Ton o' Fun"

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-12-07 and is probably out of proper sequence.