Flash Comics #89 (of 104)
Introducing the Thorn; The Unexpected Hour!; Produce the Crime!; The Crimes of the Acrobat!
November 1st, 1947
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89
(of 104)
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Introducing the Thorn; The Unexpected Hour!; Produce the Crime!; The Crimes of the Acrobat!
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November 1st, 1947
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September 12th, 1947
- "INTRODUCING THE THORN" (Flash)
- "THE UNEXPECTED HOUR" (Ghost Patrol)
- "PRODUCE THE CRIME" (Johnny Thunder)
- WATT THE QUESTION MAN
- "THE WALTZING CROOKS" (Atom)
- TON O' FUN
- "SAVED BY A SHOESTRING" (text story by Cliff Rhodes)
- "THE CRIMES OF THE ACROBATS" (Hawkman)
Writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert presented a female twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde with the introduction of the Thorn who made her debut in this issue's twelve-page Flash story. The Thorn was the villainous alter ego of the harmless Rose Canton, who gained superpowers to match her killer alternate personality when she transformed into the Thorn. Jay Garrick used his wits and super speed to survive his encounter with the Thorn, but she returned in Flash Comics# 96 (June 1948). The Thorn then entered a decades-long hibernation before being revived in the 1970s.
