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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published November 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor)
Notes This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society.

Cover Details - "Introducing The Thorn The Flash's Newest Opponent"

Characters Flash [Jay Garrick]; Thorn
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

12 page Flash story "Introducing the Thorn, the Flash's Newest Opponent"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; VILLAIN: The Thorn (first appearance)
Synopsis The Flash faces a Jekyl-Hyde type of villain who has taken on the characteristics of a rare jungle thorn.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-12-07.

7 page Ghost Patrol story "The Unexpected Hour"

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 Johnny Thunder story "Produce the Crime"

Characters Johnny Thunder
Genre superhero; humor
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes No appearances of the Thunderbolt, Peachy Pet or the Black Canary.
Reprinted in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([January] 2001)

6 page Atom story "The Waltzing Crooks"

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.

9 page Hawkman story "The Crimes of the Acrobat"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; VILLAIN: The Acrobat (first appearance)
Synopsis Hawkman deduces that the disappearance of a circus aerialist and the appearance of a criminal acrobat are related.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
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 most likely out of proper sequence.

1 page Watt, the Question Man filler

Genre humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 12-12-07 and is most likely out of proper sequence.