The Flash #121
(June 1961)

DC, 1959 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
On-sale Date
1961-04-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Trickster Strikes Back! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; The Trickster [James Jesse]
Reprints

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Trickster Strikes Back! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll propel this bank robber to jail --eh?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Trickster [James Jesse] (villain)
Synopsis
Flash versus the Trickster.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Parents Have Rights, Too! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, mother, I'm having some boys and girls over tonight--we're having a platter party!
Genre
advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Flash-Grams [oval loop]

Indexer Notes

Letters from unsigned, Tom Batiuk, Curtis French, Bruce Carney, Gary Brown, Charles Baker, Andy Wickstrom, Herb McCarthy, and Philip Brooks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Amazing Speeds! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
About 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons stream through a 60-watt lamp every second...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

Secret of the Stolen Blueprint! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've got to use super-speed to drive these skin-diver spies away from that submarine!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Pete Forester; Doris Hunt; "Beefy" Lawson; foreign agents (villains)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Justice League of America; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Flash Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod has been described...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bicycle Windshield / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wrist Radio / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Trickster Strikes Back!
    The Flash
  2. 1. Test Your Talent
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. The Trickster Strikes Back!
    The Flash
  4. 3. ["Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. 3-Ring Circus at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  5. 4. Parents Have Rights, Too!
  6. 5. ["For the very best..."]
    The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  8. 7. ["About 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons stream through a 60-watt lamp every second..."]
    Amazing Speeds!
  9. 8. Secret of the Stolen Blueprint!
    The Flash
  10. 9. ["For the very best..."]
    Justice League of America; Green Lantern
  11. 10. ["Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod has been described..."]
    Flash Facts
  12. 11. ["Bicycle windshield only $1.00"]
    Bicycle Windshield
  13. 12. ["Amazing wrist radio"]
    Wrist Radio
  14. 13. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Win a beautiful photo ring!"]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  15. 14. ["204 revolutionary war soldiers only $1.98"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Stangas
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore