Unofficial Flash Comics Index

FLASH COMICS #102

Cover Date: December 1948
Cover Price: $0.10

< PREV

TITLE INDEX

NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Kubert
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Flying Bubbles!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Art	Joe Kubert
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (next in All-Star Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Hawkgirl

Villain(s):

Ralph Johnson (first appearance; invents flying "plastisteel" bubbles to use in robberies)

2

Second Story: "Barrels of Crime!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (next in All-Star Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (last in issue #100/2)

Villain(s):

Turtle and his gang (last in Comic Cavalcade #24; next in Flash Vol. 1 #201/2; been in prison for "five years")

Location(s):

Keystone City

3

Third Story: "Crime For Sale!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Ghost Patrol:

Fred

Pedro

Slim

Villain(s):

Crooks (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

Pedro and Fred are former school classmates.

4

Fourth Story: "The Seizing Statues!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Arthur Adler
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (between All-Star Comics #43 and #44)

Villain(s):

Garrett and his gang (first appearance for all; steal a large bell)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during basketball season.

5

Fifth Story: "The Riddle of the Roses!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Larry Lance

Villain(s):

Criminals (first appearance for all)

Story Reprinted in:

Black Canary Archives #1 (2001)

6