Unofficial Flash Comics Index

FLASH COMICS #85

Cover Date: July 1947
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1947-05-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Kubert (signed)

Story: "The Impresario of Crime!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Art	Everett E. Hibbard
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash (last in Comic Cavalcade #21/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (written an ballet called "Crime Wave"; last in Comic Cavalcade #21/2)

Villain(s):

Impresario (Schuyler Van Wert; first appearance; a former actor who becomes a theatre critic and blackmails productions to keep them from being ruined)

Location(s):

Keystone City

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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John B. Wentworth
Art	Frank Harry
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:

Fred

Pedro

Slim

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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John B. Wentworth
Art	Frank Harry
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (last in All-Star Comics #35)

Supporting Character(s):

Peachy Pet Thunder (next in issue #88/3)

Mrs. Thunder

Thunderbolt

Villain(s):

A mean farmer (first appearance; keeps his neighbor from exhibiting his goat)

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Fourth Story: "The Prowlers from Space!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jon Chester Kozlak
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (last in All-Star Comics #35)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl (last in issue #83/5)

Villain(s):

Lasso (first appearance; a Western themed crook who uses a lasso as his weapon; hanged for his crimes)

Location(s):

Hollywood, CA

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