The Flash #167

(February 1967)

The Real Origin of the Flash! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Mopee; Vandal Savage (flashback)

Synopsis

In this story it is revealed Mopee, an Initiate 10th Class of the Heavenly Help-Mates, was responsible for creating The Flash.

Reprints

• in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #2/1969 ([april] 1969)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([December] 2012)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 13 pages in two parts of 5.5 and 6.5 pages.

Mopee's involvement in The Flash's origin was eventually ignored by DC editorial and creators and officially removed from Flash continuity in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #8 (October 1985).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Irene Vartanoff, Bob Butts, Frank Klein, and Alan Trahern.

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

public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Eyes front! You're skating on thin ice!

Genre

advocacy

Peace on Earth (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

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

Billy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6490

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Dad, you brought me a Mattel Creeple Peeple set.

Genre

humor

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The Hypnotic Super-Speedster (Table of Contents: 8)

Kid Flash / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dr. Erik Darren

Reprints

• in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #10/1968 ([oktober] 1968)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([December] 2012)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Peter Sanderson, Jr. and Greg Sanchez.