The Flash #125
(December 1961)

DC, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
On-sale Date
1961-10-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1961. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B931464. Copyright awarded to National Periodical Publications, Inc. (first issue to do so).

Conquerors of Time! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed as CInfantino)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed as Giella)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
Reprints
Keywords
dinosaurs; time travel

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Conquerors of Time! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed as CInfantino)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed as Giella)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captured by a gigantic bee in this world of millions of years ago!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mynher (villain); The Dokris (villains); Iris West (cameo)
Synopsis
Flash teaches Kid Flash the secrets of time travel so that they can go to different eras and learn why atomic power has failed around the world.
Reprints
Keywords
atomic power; time travel

Indexer Notes

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in three chapters: unnumbered chapter 1 (6.67 pages), Chapter 2 (6.67 pages), Chapter 3 (10.67 pages); Chapters 2 and 3 with title "Conquerors of Time!".

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

People Are People! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Don Cameron
Inks
Don Cameron
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Originally, before the dawn of history, all men were of the same race...
Genre
non-fiction; advocacy
Synopsis
All races are equal and should work together for a better world.
Reprints
Keywords
racial justice; United Nations

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
On the page immediately following page 7 of the main story sequence. This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

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

Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Tootsie Roll Fudge (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Flash-Grams [oval loop]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Weingroff, Geneva Hawkins, Thomas Zmigrocki, Larry Brown, Jeff Reynolds, Albert Romano, Kenneth Drost, Ken Gentry, Edwin M. Eisenberg.

On the two pages immediately following page 14 of the main story sequence.

Big - Big - Big News about a Small - Small - Small Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.34 page (report information)

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

Amazing Speeds! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The most distant galaxies our telescopes can see...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

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

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Conquerors of Time!
    The Flash
  2. 1. ["Add 3 inches of steel-like muscles to your arms"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. The Conquerors of Time!
    The Flash
  4. 3. ["Tootsie Roll makes history!"]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. People Are People!
  6. 5. ["Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!"]
    Superboy
  7. 6. Tootsie Roll Fudge
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  9. 8. Big - Big - Big News about a Small - Small - Small Super-Hero
    The Atom
  10. 9. ["Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar"]
    Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
  11. 10. ["The most distant galaxies our telescopes can see..."]
    Amazing Speeds!
  12. 11. ["America's most exciting war game only $1.00 plus postage"]
    Task Force
  13. 12. ["Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  14. 13. ["Big enough for 2-3 kids!"]
    Frontier Cabin
  15. 14. ["B*B gun gift ideas!"]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Stangas
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore