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Issue: Flash Comics #89
Publication Date: November 1947
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Issues: #89 of 104 Issues (105 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Introducing the Thorn, the Flash's Newest Opponent

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Thorn [Rose Canton]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Junior Justice Society of America
First Line: The Junior Justice Society of America is back in operation!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Introducing the Thorn, the Flash's Newest Opponent

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Thorn [Rose Canton] (introduction); Joan Williams; Professor Hollis (introduction)
First Line: The Addo Gang - surrendering!
Synopsis: The Flash faces a Jekyll and Hyde type of villain who has taken on the characteristics of a rare jungle thorn.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: AF33C
Disclose Notes: The Thorn returns in Flash Comics #96.

The splash panel is used for the cover.
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Wally Butts

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Unexpected Hour!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Ghost Patrol
Character(s): The Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]; Abner Gresham
First Line: Time means all things to all men...
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Pages: 7
Job Number: FL96
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Feature(s): Spalding
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Produce the Crime!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Mr. Bijou (a jeweler); Fin (villain); Phillips (villain, the jeweler's secretary)
First Line: That man! Falling! He'll be killed!
Synopsis: Johnny must outwit a clever gang that uses a special camouflaged net in order to steal a ruby from a jeweler.
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In Content Item: FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
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Pages: 6
Job Number: FL93
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Watt, the Question Man
Character(s): Watt
First Line: Our pint-sized 'inquiring reporter'...
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Racing to the Rescue

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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The Waltzing Crooks!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Al Pratt]; Mary James; Maisy
First Line: Dancing is fun!
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Pages: 6
Job Number: OH18
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Genres: humorous
First Line: The plot had me on the edge of my seat...
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The Mountain Trail

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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Saved by a Shoestring

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Officer Clancy; Judge Oakley; Little Louie (crook)
First Line: There were always a lot of people...
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Pages: 2
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The Crimes of the Acrobat!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Acrobat [Gyp Haines] (introduction); "Big Knife" Turner (crook)
First Line: An amazing criminal leaps into the headlines...
Synopsis: Gyp Haines kidnaps the circus acrobat, “Aero”, and forces him to teach him and his gang all he knows, then kills him and puts his new acrobatic skills to use in plotting daring crimes. Hawkman correctly believes that the appearance of this new villain and the disappearance of the circus aerialist are related.
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Pages: 9
Job Number: FL94
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Feature(s): Parker Johns
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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