(March 1962)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
- On-sale date:
- 1962-01-18
- 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
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Strange Adventures #138.
Reign of the Super-Gorilla!
Flash / cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd
- Reprints:
-
in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #16 (Spring 1975) [as cover vignette] - in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #4 ([April] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
-
The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!
Flash / comic story / 14.67 pages
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd (villain); Boka
- Synopsis:
- Gorilla Grodd, disguised as William Dawson, is released from prison. He travels back to a Gorilla City, transforms back into his gorilla self and irradiates himself with neo-magnetic radiation which makes anyone that sees him love him. After seeing how well it works on his fellow gorillas he travels to Central City and tries to get himself elected governor. Flash defeats him by making use of solar flare radiation.
- Reprints:
- in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #16 (Spring 1975)
-
in The Flash (K. G. Murray, 1975 ? series) #133 ([Circa 1976-1977]) - in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #4 ([April] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
-
- Keywords:
- Gorilla City; radiation
The Mystery of the Troubled Boy!
Kid Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; Tommy Elkin; James Moon; Mr. Elkin; an international spy ring (villains)
- Reprints:
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #4 ([April] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Reign of the Super-Gorilla!
Flash -
1.
The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!
Flash -
2.
The Mystery of the Troubled Boy!
Kid Flash
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Allen Ross
- Matthew Head
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- John Monagle
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- Bob Klein
- David Southwood
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
- Ed Boner
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