Flash Comics, #98

Published: August 1948

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Issue Contents:
Crime in Costume!

Story Featuring Hawkman

"Hawkman fights the battle of his life in..."

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Crime in Costume!

Story Featuring Hawkman

"Good gosh! This letter is addressed to Hawkman! Has someone discovered my secret identity?"

Storyline

Carter and Shiera get invitations to a masquerade party and are asked to come in costume: the costumes of the Winged Wonders!

Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, verified by Martin O'Hearn. Hawkman wears a new mask beginning with this issue, a cowl without feathers.

Mystery of the Million Dollars!

Story Featuring The Flash

"Jay Garrick whistled scornfully at the idea of pennies raining from the skies."

Storyline

While walking home from the theatre one evening, Jay and Joan are stopped on the street, given a roll of one thousand $1000 bills, and told to spend it in twelve hours!

Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, verified by Martin O'Hearn.

Marked for Danger!

Story Featuring Ghost Patrol

"The young lady was very beautiful - but there was an air of mystery about here that eluded the Ghost Patrol."

Characters
The Ghost Patrol
Credits
Story Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich.

Terror Rides the Rails!

Story Featuring The Atom

"Another wreck on the G&L line! This railroad is either having a streak of bad luck or else--"

Storyline

The Atom fights a gang of saboteurs who are trying to take over a small railroad.

Characters
Other
Story Notes

First appearance of the Atom's new costume, designed by Carmine Infantino. Credits by Craig Delich.

The Byzantine Black!

Story Featuring Black Canary

"What does a valuable stamp, hundreds of years old have to do with a grocery store?"

Storyline

Black Canary discovers that a valuable stamp, hundreds of years old, is connected with her florist shop suddenly becoming a front for a grocery store. When she and Larry investigate the matter, they find that they must prevent a second attempt to kill the owner of the stamp.

Story Notes

Credits per Craig Delich. We previously credited the pencils to Bob Oksner and the inks to Joe Giella.

Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns

"Daisy announces an entirely new 128 page, pocket size handbook"

Story Notes

Back cover.

Strange As It Seems

"The number of persons killed by fireworks since 1900 in celebrating America's independence is greater than the number of American soldiers killed in the war for independence!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Ad Featuring Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen

"Children, let's make our own lollipops and jelly apples."

Win Rollfast Skates!

Ad Featuring Bazooka Bubble Gum

"1,000 pair for the best 1,000 names sent in!"

Story Notes

Contest to name the boy in the Rollfast Skates advertisement sponsored by Bazooka bubble gum.

Spelunkers - Modern Troglodytes

"If you were in a cave, hundreds of feet below the ground, and someone dressed in a bathing suit and wearing a miner's lamp came crawling towards you, it wouldn't mean that your eyes were playing tricks on you."

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Ad Featuring Tootsie [all other candies] , Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

"Girls!-Boys! Get this new beanie 'copter only 25¢ with any wrapper from Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Fudge, or Tootsie Pops"

Ad Featuring Kellogg's Pep

"See heroes in action! Get Freedom Train picture book!"

The Man with the Purple Hand

"Hey, Mr. Spade! You forgot Wildroot Cream-Oil for your hair!"

The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

Ad Featuring Old Nick

"Wow! Looks as if there's going to be an accident."

Story Notes

Ad for a candy bar.

Bob Elliott

Ad Featuring Wheaties

"We gotta win today, gang"

"For thrills and action read..."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Ad Featuring Bit-o-Honey

"Try Bit-o-Honey--it's a honey, honey, honey of a candy bar..."

Story Notes

Ad for a candy bar. Located at the bottom of the Old Nick candy bar advertisement.