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FLASH COMICS #103

Cover Date: January 1949
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Carmine Infantino
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Sword of Time!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (last in All-Star Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams

Villain(s):

Frank Lawrey (first appearance; uses a radio program to send a coded message to crooks to start a crime wave)

Location(s):

Keystone City

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Second Story: "Mystery on Ice!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Black Canary (last in All-Star Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Larry Lance

Villain(s):

spies (first appearance; try to steal a formula)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the winter.

Story Reprinted in:

Black Canary Archives #1 (2001)

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Third Story: "The Rock Crushers!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Arthur Adler
Art	Paul Reinman
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (last in All-Star Comics #44)

Villain(s):

thieves (first appearance for all; use a chemical that causes instant rocks to form in hard water)

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Fourth Story: "The Path of Peril!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:

Fred

Pedro

Slim

Villain(s):

Amarl and the Quartet Gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

The Patrol now live in a "Ghost Home" in the clouds.

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Fifth Story: "The Ghost's Criminal Cruise!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Art	Joe Kubert
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (last in All-Star Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl (next in flashback in Hawkworld Vol. 2 #21)

Villain(s):

Ghost (last in issue #92/5; next, as The Gentleman Ghost, in Atom and Hawkman #43)

Location(s):

Caribbean Sea

Comment(s):

This is the last Golden Age appearance of Hawkgirl and The (Gentleman) Ghost.

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