The Flash
#117
(December 1960)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
- On-sale Date
- 1960-10-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Blackhawk #155 and copyright registration.
Here Comes Captain Boomerang!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #188 -
in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002) - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Here Comes Captain Boomerang!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness] (first appearance, origin, villain)
- Synopsis
- The first appearance and origin of Captain Boomerang.
- Reprints
-
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #101 -
in Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #264 (7 Maggio 1961) -
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1959 series) #44 (décembre 1962) [N&B [B&W]] - in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965)
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #6 (août 1971)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #10 (March 1981)
- in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #7/1981 (Juli 1981)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash vs. the Rogues (DC, 2009 series) (2009 [January 2010])
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Versus Captain Boomerang; also in #124, 148, 155, 174, 209 and 227.
Children of Tomorrow!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Comparative Speed Records! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The winner of the first auto race in the United States...
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Madcap Inventors of Central City!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Toughy Boraz (villain)
- Reprints
- in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #101
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1959 series) #42 (octobre 1962) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Revival of the Three Idiots, Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Speeds! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In its annual orbit around the sun...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970-January 1971) [bottom tier only]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Here Comes Captain Boomerang!
The Flash -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider -
2.
Here Comes Captain Boomerang!
The Flash -
3.
[no title indexed]
Giant Superman Annual -
4.
Children of Tomorrow!
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
6.
["The winner of the first auto race in the United States..."]
Comparative Speed Records! -
7.
The Madcap Inventors of Central City!
The Flash -
8.
["In its annual orbit around the sun..."]
Amazing Speeds! -
9.
[no title indexed]
Task Force -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
11.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council
This issue was modified by, among others
- Max Capp
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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