Flash Comics #87 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $18,000.00

Sold: Jun 19, 2021

Flash Comics #87 Values

Publisher: DC, 1947

About Flash Comics #87

Second appearance of the Black Canary. Introduction of the Foil. Everett Raymond Kinstler cover. Kinstler and Carmine Infantino art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Hawkman Meets the "Foil"

Characters: Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (inset)

Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler

Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Peril at High Tide!

Characters: Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]; the Foil (villain)

Synopsis: A notorious criminal named the Foil is allowed to escape from prison so that the Feathered Furies can round up his entire gang. During an attempt to capture the felons, however, Hawkgirl believes that her partner has died in an explosion.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Robert Kanigher

Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler

Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler

Notes: Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Title: The Package of Peril

Characters: Johnny Thunder; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; The "Boss" (villain)

Synopsis: Johnny loses a package containing a stuffed owl that contains evidence that will convict a dangerous criminal, and, with the Black Canary, must try to retrieve it.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Robert Kanigher

Pencils: Carmine Infantino ?; George Storm ?

Inks: Joe Giella

Notes: Suggested George Storm pencils credit from Steven Rowe. Craig Delich states that George Storm never drew this feature, however. Delich suggested Irwin Hasen, then Carmine Infantino, as we originally had. Story title from the Archives reprint. Thunderbolt does not appear in this story.

Title: The Phantom Bell of the Bayous!

Characters: The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Synopsis: The Flash is confronted by a mysterious "ghost bell" destroyed 50 years earlier, but still ringing out death for members of the Craig family.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Robert Kanigher ?

Pencils: E. E. Hibbard

Inks: E. E. Hibbard

Notes: Writer credit by Craig Delich.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	3	1	3	0	2	4	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	37
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	3	1	3	0	2	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	38

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