Issue | #138 |
Published | August 1963 |
Frequency | monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Additional sequences and character appearances from Donald Dale Milne, 1/7/2006. |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Notes | Additional sequences and character appearances from Donald Dale Milne, 1/7/2006. |
Reprinted | in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #5 (March 2009); in Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Tower City police officers; Sue Dibny; Iris West; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain) |
Synopsis | The Pied Piper uses his musical control to force both The Flash and The Elongated Man to commmit robberies and forget they did so, but the heroes meet while trying to solve each others' crimes and realize the Pied Piper is behind the scheme, and defeat him. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Notes | Refers to Flash #106 and #113. Flash is able to temporarily stretch using one drink of Gingold. The reprint issue credits the script to John Broome. |
Reprinted | in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #24 (February 1981); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #5 (March 2009); in Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
Characters | Mr. Green; Mrs. Green; the 2 Green children; Terry (the Greens' dog) |
Synopsis | Terry relates all the results of poor planning by Mr. Green on his last vacation. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Ruben Moreira |
Inks | Ruben Moreira |
Notes | Sequence is between Part 1 and part 2 of sequence 1. Credits from a list by Lionel English. |
Characters | none |
Script | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Letter from Jerry Bails regarding the relative merits of the current Flash stories vs. the stories from the 1940's. For his comments, Jerry is awarded the original artwork for Part 1 of "Secret of The Three Super-Weapons." |
Characters | Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dexter Myles (first appearance); Blue Valley Summer Festival Commissioner; Mayor of Blue Valley; Sheriff of Blue Valley; Rudolph West; Mary West; Charley (villain); 2 unamed common crooks (villains) |
Synopsis | Two crooks try to use Dexter Myles as a diversion to stage a jail break of their comrade, but are foiled by Kid Flash, and Dexter is awarded a spot in the summer festival Playhouse production. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Notes | A new feature of Kid Flash's new costume appears for the first time; the hair spray used to change his hair from red to brown when appearing as Kid Flash. Intro Dexter Myles, who later becomes curator of the Flash Museum. |
Reprinted | in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #5 (March 2009) |