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Flash Comics #86

DC · Series began 1940 · August 1947

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Dates

Cover date: August 1947
On sale: June 9, 1947
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Lee Elias, Harry Lampert, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Fred Harmaninks: Joe Kubert, Harry Lampert, Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino, Fred Harmanscript: Robert Kanigher, Harry Lampert, John Wentworth, John Broome, Fred Harmanletters: Harry Lampert

Stories

Stone Age Menace · 13 pages
The sudden appearance of a prehistoric dinosaur in Keystone City lands Jay Garrick in prison when the Police fail to believe his story. So, the Flash must save him!
The Black Canary · 6 pages
Johnny meets the Black Canary, a girl crime-fighter who is determined to take the famed Kooblin Sapphire and return it to its owner.
The Case of the Extra Ghost! · 7 pages
Coward · 2 pages
The Valley of the Purple Pilgrim! · 9 pages
Hawkman faces the tough problem of saving the descendant of a man who practiced sorcery and witchcraft. The Purple Pilgrim seems intent on killing everyone named Sanders.

Reprinted in

Legends of the DC Universe: Carmine Infantino (2023), Adventure Comics (1938), The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (1991), The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (1992), Black Canary Archives (2001), Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007), DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (2020), The Black Canary: Bird of Prey (2021)