Issue Details

Issue	#86
Published	August 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)

Cover Details - "Stone Age Menace!"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

13 page Flash story "Stone Age Menace"

Characters	The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis	The sudden appearance of a prehistoric dinosaur in Keystone City lands Jay Garrick in prison when the Police fail to believe his story. So, the Flash must save him!
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 9/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.
Reprinted	in Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1991 series) #nn

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

6 page Johnny Thunder story "The Black Canary"

Characters	Johnny Thunder; Black Canary [Dinah Drake](first appearance); Thunderbolt; no Peachy Pet
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	1st appearance of the Black Canary.
Reprinted	in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001); in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-10; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #416 (March 1972)

7 page Ghost Patrol story "The Case of the Extra Ghost"

Characters	Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]
Genre	adventure; occult
Script	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Carmine Infantino
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 9/04.

1 page Ton O'Fun filler

Genre	gags
Script	Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils	Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks	Harry Lampert (signed)
Letters	Harry Lampert (signed)

1 page Ton O'Fun filler

Genre	gags
Script	Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils	Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks	Harry Lampert (signed)
Letters	Harry Lampert (signed)

2 page text story "Coward"

Script	John Broome [as John Osgood]
Letters	typeset

1 page Ton O'Fun filler

Genre	gags
Script	Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils	Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks	Harry Lampert (signed)
Letters	Harry Lampert (signed)

9 page Hawkman story "The Valley of the Purple Pilgrim"

Characters	Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Purple Pilgrim (villain, first appearance); Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
Synopsis	Hawkman faces the tough problem of saving the descendant of a man who practiced sorcery and witchcraft. The Purple Pilgrim seems intent on killing everyone named Sanders.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Kanigher ?
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	Writer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.