The Flash #106

(April-May 1959)

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Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Menace of the Super-Gorilla! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Barry Allen's friend Fred Pearson, star of the Central City Theatre's "The Great Gorilla," has been having blackouts at the same time that a mysterious gorilla has been seen roaming the city. Flash must solve this mystery and that of a super-sonic vehicle that passes him like he's standing still. Its pilot, Gorilla Grodd, has come to find Solovar, who is being held at the Central City Zoo. Grodd steals Solovar's "force of mind," and begins his plan to take over Gorilla City. But Solovar finds Barry Allen, explains the situation, and the two of them head to Gorilla City to confront Grodd.

Reprints

• in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
• in The Flash (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 series) #1 (1962), #1 (1962), #1 (1962)
• in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963)
• in Flash Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #1 ([1965])
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #999 (4 de noviembre de 1979)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([August] 1996)
• in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in The Flash vs. the Rogues (DC, 2009 series) (2009 [January 2010])
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
• in The Flash: 80 Years of the Fastest Man Alive The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) (2019 [January 2020])

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What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient) (Table of Contents: 5)

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Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The average speed of 20.4 miles an hour...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #120
• in The Flash (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #2 (Oktober 1966)
• in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #188 (May 1969)

Indexer Notes

Facts on the average speed of the 100-yard run, the orbit of Halley's Comet, the speed of a hurricane wind and function of the spectroscope.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of "Menace of the Super-Gorilla!"

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Comparative Speed Records! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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In 1924, two U.S. Army airplanes circled the Earth...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1902 ([1966])

Indexer Notes

Facts on speed records: three USAF B-52 superfortress planes non-stop around world, the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, the Indianapolis Speedway Auto Race and swimming across the English Channel.

Amazing Apes! (Table of Contents: 9)

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Courtney Ryley Cooper; Casey

The Pied Piper of Peril! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Barry is on time for a dinner date with Iris for the first time, but he has to run out to deal with the Piper, the self-acclaimed Master of Sound.

Reprints

• in The Flash (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 series) #2
• in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #2 (août 1970)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([August] 1996)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
• in Countdown Special: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in The Flash vs. the Rogues (DC, 2009 series) (2009 [January 2010])
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])

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