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Cover: Frank Harry

Comic Cavalcade #5

Dec 1943 · DC · 0.15 USD
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“Mystery of the Crimson Flame”

In Comic Cavalcade #5 (1943), writer Gardner F. Fox and artist E. E. Hibbard introduce the eerie "Mystery of the Crimson Flame," where a mysterious plant known as the Maldita Toxiccohedron arrives at a florist’s shop, unleashing telepathic powers that drive its host, Phineas Burton, to desperate acts to feed its hunger for nitrogen and calcium. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, The Flash and the Three Dimwits must confront the growing threat of these crimson blooms—whose origins and intentions remain shrouded in mystery. The cover, by Frank Harry, captures the sinister bloom in vivid, unsettling detail.

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writer Gardner F. Fox · artist, inker E. E. Hibbard · cover Frank Harry

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artist, inker E. E. Hibbard
cover pencils, inks Frank Harry

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A strange new plant called a "Maldita Toxiccohedron" is delivered to a local florist. Discovering its telepathic powers, florist Phineas Burton also discovers the plant craves nitrogen and calcium, and he is forced to commit foul deeds in order to satisfy the plant's cravings. The Flash and the Three Dimwits must successfully face and defeat the plant's plans or risk the world being over-run by the strange flowers.

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