Comic Title: Flash Comics #96
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: April 9, 1948 Copyright Date April 7, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Black Canary (of Earth-2)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told HC (1990)
Black Canary Archives Vol. 1 HC (2001)
Black Canary:Bird of Prey TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Black Canary (last appearance in Flash Comics #95; next appearance in All-Star Comics #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Larry Lance (last appearance in Flash Comics #94; next appearance in Flash Comics #97)

Villain(s)

• Carno and his gang (jewel thieves; no further appearances)
• An unnamed druggist (a fence; dies before this story begins; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Ronald Gorham and Alfred (her nephew; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Dinah and Larry enter a drug store and find the druggist has been murdered. Dinah leaves the store to find the police, then returns as Black Canary. Before she and Larry can discover why the man was killed, the murderers return to dispose of the body. The crooks win the fight, leaving behind only one lead, a newspaper article concerning a topaz brooch.

Black Canary and Larry attend a public charity event where the brooch is worn by Mrs. Ronald Gorham. When the crooks steal the brooch, Black Canary chases them. They try to escape in a plane, but the heroine forces them down, where they are apprehended. After they're captured, Black Canary learns that the murdered druggist was their fence.