The Flash
#153
(June 1965)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
- On-sale Date
- 1965-04-15
- 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
Copyright © 1965 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On-sale date from ad in Green Lantern #27 and copyright registration. Copy of issue also seen with a date stamp of April 15, 1965.
On-sale date from ad in Green Lantern #27 and copyright registration. Copy of issue also seen with a date stamp of April 15, 1965.
The Mightiest Punch of All Time!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Professor Zoom [Reverse-Flash; Eobard Thawne]
- Reprints
-
in Flash (Williams Förlags AB, 1971 series) #2/1971 [ny färgsättning, Mr Element-bannern flyttad] -
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #112 -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #334 (4 de agosto de 1966) -
in Flits Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2618 (1971) -
in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([October] 2009) - in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
-
Happy Hobby Time!
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, it's swell of Superboy, letting use his workshop once a week.
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Frank
- Synopsis
- Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and notes an expressive hobby can be life long enjoyment.
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover contains a PSA produced in sequential comics-art style published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1952
The Mightiest Punch of All Time!
The Flash / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- John Broome (sourced)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (sourced)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Element, I made Flash helpless--but I'm giving you the honor of destroying him!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Rita; Professor Zoom [Reverse-Flash; Eobard Thawne] (villain)
- Reprints
- in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #112
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #334 (4 de agosto de 1966)
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #13 (juillet 1969) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]] - in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #196 (April 1970)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([October] 2009)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Story across 25 pages in three parts of 9.67 pages, 8.67 pages, and 5.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers Doug Potter, Jack Gergotz, and John Talbot.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Mightiest Punch of All Time!
The Flash -
1.
Happy Hobby Time!
Superboy -
2.
The Mightiest Punch of All Time!
The Flash -
3.
["These four G.I. Joes are waiting for you!"]
G.I. Joe -
4.
["Ship ahoy.. ..what a toy!"]
Silly Putty -
5.
Johnny Gets His Own Monster Koach!
AMT Models -
6.
["Be my guest at world's famous amusement park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
7.
["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle -
8.
["Greetings, Earth people!"]
Monogram Models -
9.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; Hawkman -
10.
["Featuring 7 epic duels-to-the-death..."]
80 Page Giant Magazine; Superman -
11.
["Follow the adventures of Batman and Robin..."]
Detective Comics; Batman -
12.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
13.
["Lucky Charms new toasted oat cereal with marshmallow bits in lucky shapes!"]
L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms -
14.
10 Issues of Flash for Only $1.00
The Flash -
15.
[Dynaflex]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
16.
[no title indexed]
Fighting Ships
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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