The Flash
#121
(June 1961)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
- On-sale Date
- 1961-04-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Trickster Strikes Back!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; The Trickster [James Jesse]
- Reprints
-
in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002) - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([June] 2013)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Trickster Strikes Back!
The Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Trickster [James Jesse] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Flash versus the Trickster.
- Reprints
-
in Superadventure Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1958 series) #1967 (1966) -
in Flits Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2609 (1970) - in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #2 (September-October 1972)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([June] 2013)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
- in DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #103
-
Indexer Notes
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Amazing Speeds / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- About 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #159 (March 1966)
-
Secret of the Stolen Blueprint!
The Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Pete Forester; Doris Hunt; "Beefy" Lawson; foreign agents (villains)
- Reprints
- in Flits Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2609 (1970)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([March] 2002)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([June] 2013)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([November] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
- in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #103
-
Indexer Notes
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Justice League of America; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Flash Facts / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod has been described...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #158 (February 1966)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #84 (Circa August 1966)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Trickster Strikes Back!
The Flash -
1.
Test Your Talent
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Trickster Strikes Back!
The Flash -
3.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
4.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
-
5.
["For the very best..."]
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
7.
["About 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons..."]
Amazing Speeds -
8.
Secret of the Stolen Blueprint!
The Flash -
9.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; Green Lantern -
10.
["Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod has been described..."]
Flash Facts -
11.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Prod. Corp. -
12.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers
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