The Flash #138

(August 1963)

The Pied Piper's Double Doom! (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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 commit 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.

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

Indexer 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.

How NOT To Enjoy A Vacation! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

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.

Indexer Notes

Sequence is between Part 1 and part 2 of sequence 1. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

Flash-Grams (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Indexer 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."

Mystery of the Matinee Idol! (Table of Contents)

Kid Flash / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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.

Reprinted:

• in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #5 (March 2009)

Indexer 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.