The Flash #140
(November 1963)

DC, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
On-sale Date
1963-09-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 19 in ad in Flash Annual #1.

The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave
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Your United Nations at Work (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 14.34 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dream Girl [Priscilla Varner] (first appearance); Henry Willens (first appearance); Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain); Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis
Captain Cold teams up with a new villain... Heat Wave, to take down the Flash and prove their worth to the Dream Girl.
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Indexer Notes

Vs Heat Wave, 1st. Also in 155, 166, 174, 193, 226. Heat Wave's id as Mick Rory will be revealed in The Flash (DC 1959 series) #226 (March-April 1974)

Try a Tongue Teaser! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Giant Flash Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

[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
Meteors with velocities up to 26 miles per second...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Alden Stallings, Joe Finley, and Judith Player.

The Metal-Eater from the Stars! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Synopsis
Flash stops an alien energy being.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

104 Cars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Your Own Monsters (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold!
    The Flash
  2. 1. Your United Nations at Work
  3. 2. The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold
    The Flash
  4. 3. Try a Tongue Teaser!
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["The Flashiest news of the year..."]
    Giant Flash Annual
  6. 5. ["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
  7. 6. ["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. ["Meteors with velocities up to 26 miles per second..."]
    Amazing Speeds!
  9. 8. ["Here it is, fans--"]
    The Brave and the Bold
  10. 9. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  12. 11. The Metal-Eater from the Stars!
    The Flash
  13. 12. ["For party fun!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  14. 13. ["104 classic racing foreign modern cars only $1.49 postpaid"]
    104 Cars
  15. 14. 132 Roman Soldiers
    Roman War Soldiers
  16. 15. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30, or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  17. 16. Make Your Own Monsters
    Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walker
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