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Issue Details

Issue #96
Published June 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters Hawkman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

8 page The Hawkman story "The Return of the Centaurs"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders].
Synopsis While taking a horseback ride after attending a scientific convention, Carter and Shierra run into a group of living centaurs, who proceed to kidnap a noted scientist and take him to a hideout in an extinct volcano.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 9/04, verified by Martin O'Hearn; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-15-07.

12 page The Flash story "The Flash and the Thorn-Stalk"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Thorn [Rose; villain].
Synopsis Jay Garrick attempts to console Rose, the sister of the nefarious Thorn, who was believed drowned at sea, unaware that the two are one and the same!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-15-07.

7 page The Ghost Patrol story "The Spectacular Crimes"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre supernatural; adventure
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Credits by Craig Delich, writer verified by Martin O'Hearn, updated 10/04.
Reprinted In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #208 (December 1971).

7 page The Black Canary story "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance; Della Gorham; Alfred; Carno [villain].
Synopsis Dropping in for an ice cream soda, Larry and Dinah discover the proprietor dead, and soon are visited by a gang of toughs determined to keep the pair from discovering the truth behind what has happened.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Inker credit revised by Craig Delich 12-15-07. Previously was Joe Giella. Synopsis added by Craig delich 6-12-09.
Reprinted In The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001); in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #3/1992.