(Flash Comics #75) - Pan came down from Olympus to have some fun at Mardi Gras. He posed as a costume shop owner, selling costumes he claimed were worn by such legends as Mata Hari and Captain Kidd, and he knew anyone that brought a costume from him could be controlled by his pipes. Hawkman and Hawkgirl went to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras, and decided to revel dressed as themselves. Some of the other revelers started acting erratically, with the man dressed as Captain Kidd taking swings at other partygoers with a cutlass and a man dressed as Nero starting a fire in the warehouse district. Hawkman and Hawkgirl put out the fire and apprehended the men, bringing them down to the police station. Once the men removed their costumes their senses returned and Hawkman sensed something strange was afoot. The Hawks apprehended three men dressed as gangsters trying to rob a bank, and were then confronted by the legendary centaurs Pholus and Chiron. Hawkman overpowered them and forced them to bring him to whoever had summoned them from the realm of mythology. Pan admitted he’d been driving the revelers mad with the music of his pipes, and he’d only summoned the centaurs from Olympus because he thought it would be amusing to see them fight with Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Pan said he was just having a bit of fun, but realizing Hawkman and Hawkgirl wanted him gone he played his pipes and vanished, returning to Olympus.

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