Flash Comics Vol 1 103

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Flash: "The Sword of Time
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Flash Comics Vol 1 #103
January, 1949
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Carmine Infantino
Flash: "The Sword of Time
Writers	John Broome
Pencilers	Carmine Infantino
Inkers	Bernie Sachs
Editors	Julius Schwartz
Black Canary: "Mystery on Ice"
Pencilers	Carmine Infantino
Inkers	Bernie Sachs
Atom: "The Rock Crushers"
Pencilers	Paul Reinman
Inkers	Bob Oksner Frank Giacoia
Ghost Patrol: "The Path of Peril"
Pencilers	Arthur F. Peddy
Inkers	Bernie Sachs
Hawkman: "The Ghost's Criminal Cruise"
Writers	Robert Kanigher
Pencilers	Joe Kubert
Inkers	Joe Kubert
Previous Issue	Flash Comics # 102
Next Issue	Flash Comics # 104

Flash Comics #103 is an issue of the series Flash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1949.

Appearing in Flash: "The Sword of Time

Featured Characters:

• Flash (Jay Garrick)
• Joan Williams

Antagonists:

• Frank Lawrey, radio storyteller turned criminal mastermind
• Killer Manko, mob boss
• other Keystone City mob bosses
  • their mobsters: Joe, many others

Other Characters:

• Chief Makay
  • his cops

Locations:

• Keystone City
  • underworld hangout nightclub
  • Jay Garrick's home
  • Police Headquarters
  • Mayor's Office
  • Keystone Jail
  • Garrick Research Laboratories
  • Giant Dynamo Plant, new
  • Radio Studio
    

Synopsis for Black Canary: "Mystery on Ice"

Black Canary and Larry Lance meets Professor Stanley on a skating rink. The professor has contacted Larry because gangsters are trying to steal his formula for Element X-99. The gangsters ambush Larry, Stanley, and Black Canary. Larry and Dinah are left in a death trap, while the crooks take Stanley to get the formula. Black Canary and Larry escape the trap and rescue the professor, finding the formula hidden inside his ice skate.

Appearing in Black Canary: "Mystery on Ice"

Featured Characters:

• Black Canary (Dinah Drake)

Supporting Characters:

• Larry Lance
• Professor Stanley

Locations:

• New York City
  

Appearing in Atom: "The Rock Crushers"

Featured Characters:

• Atom (Al Pratt)

Locations:

• Calvin City
  

Appearing in Ghost Patrol: "The Path of Peril"

Featured Characters:

• Ghost Patrol
  • Fred
  • Pedro
  • Slim

Antagonists:

• Quartet Gang:
  • Armel
  • Playnt
  • Slug
  • Flipper
    • many henchmen

Other Characters:

• Judge

Locations:

• Bleakstone Penitentiary
• Greymoor Prison
• Cloud Home of the Ghost Patrol

Vehicles:

• Quartet Gang's Blimp
  

Appearing in Hawkman: "The Ghost's Criminal Cruise"

Featured Characters:

• Hawkman (Carter Hall)
• Hawkgirl

Antagonists:

• Ghost

Other Characters:

• Tom Talle

Notes

• Published monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc.
• Black Canary: "Mystery on Ice" is reprinted in 'The Black Canary Archives Vol. 1'.
• The Flash and Black Canary appear next in All-Star Comics #44.
• Ghost Patrol: Despite being ghosts, Pedro and slim get head-konked unconscious with a club.
• Hawkman: The Ghost appears next as the Gentleman Ghost in The Atom and Hawkman #43 (June-July 1969).

Trivia

• Starting in panel 1 of page 4 of the Ghost Patrol story, Armel's name changes to Arnel.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Flash Comics series

Recommended Reading

• All-American Comics
• All-Flash
• All-Star Comics
• All-Star Squadron
• Justice Society of America (Volume 1)
• Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
• Justice Society of America (Volume 3)

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