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FLASH COMICS #88

Cover Date: October 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1947-08-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Kubert
Inks: Moe Worthman

Story: "The Case of the Vanished Year!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Moe Worthman
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash (next in All-Star Comics #37)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (next in All-Flash #31/2)

Villain(s):

Mr. X (Professor Garant; first appearance; creates a machine that "destroys light" and causes its target to merge with its counterpart one year in the past)

Location(s):

Keystone City

Comment(s):

This story takes place between April 4th and May 4th, 1947 (and 1946!).

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Second Story: "Cruise into Danger!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John B. Wentworth
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bob Oksner
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:

Fred

Pedro

Slim

Villain(s):

Three unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; disguise themselves as the knights)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Britton (first appearance; a ghost who asks the Ghosts to save his niece from an impostor)

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Third Story: "The Map That Wasn't There!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (next in All-Star Comics #37)

Supporting Character(s):

Black Canary (next in issue #90/3)

Peachy Pet Thunder (last in issue #85/3; next in Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #5)

Thunderbolt (last in issue Flash Comics #86/3)

Villain(s):

Jackie and his gang (first appearance for all)

Story Reprinted in:

Black Canary Archives #1 (2001)

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Fourth Story: "The Ghost" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Kanigher
Art	Everett Kinstler
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (next in All-Star Comics #37)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl

Villain(s):

The Ghost (first appearance; a crook who may or may not be an actual ghost)

Location(s):

Paris, France

Rome, Italy

Geneva, Switzerland

London, England

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins #1 (February-March 1973)

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