Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #212
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1972
On Sale Date: April 20, 1972 Newsstand Date April 20, 1972
Source: Direct Currents, Superman #253, Page 28

Newsstand Date April 20, 1972
Source: House Ad, World's Finest Comics #211, Page 46

Newsstand Date April 20, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #83

Copyright Date April 20, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1972

Frequency: Monthly, (with the exception of Jan., Apr., and July)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: (Flight of the Vultures)
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Gay Ghost

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Purcell

Reprinted From:
Sensation Comics #8 (1942)

Feature Character(s)

• Gay Ghost (last appearance in Sensation Comics #7; next appearance in Sensation Comics #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Deborah Wallace (last appearance in Sensation Comics #7; next appearance in Sensation Comics #9)

Villain(s)

• Blackie Stover and the Vultures (outlaw pilots; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Charles Collins (appears in flashback; next appearance in Sensation Comics #1)

Comments:
The Gay Ghost’s name was later changed by DC to the Grim Ghost to greater reflect the times. For the purposes of this index however, he will be referred to by his original name.

This story originally was not titled.

Beginning with this reprint DC changed the name of the Golden Age character the Gay Ghost to the Grim Ghost. All references to the original name were changed for this story.

This reprint is presented as part of the Bureau of Missing Heroes.

Synopsis:
Blackie Stover, an outlaw pilot and former rival of Charles Collins, meets Deborah Wallace and the Grim Ghost. Believing the Ghost is Collins, Stover invites him to join a band of outlaws known as the Vultures. When the Ghost refuses, Stover attempts to kill him and kidnaps Deborah. The Ghost foils the Vultures attempt to raid a gold shipment, then rescues Deborah.