The Flash
#135
(March 1963)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly with the exception of January, April, July and October
- On-sale Date
- 1963-01-17
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Green Lantern #19 and copyright registration.
Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
- Reprints
-
in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-22 (November 1973) [1/4 size] - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #5 ([May] 2009), #5 ([May] 2009)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #12 - Flash - Born to Run - in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([June] 2018)
-
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #228
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
The Flash / comic story / 24.33 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's mom); Ryla (first appearance); The Makryds [Savage Fighter Makryos (first appearance, villains); Commander Kordi (first appearance, villains)]
- Synopsis
- While fighting an alien invasion, Wally gets a new uniform.
- Reprints
- in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-22 (November 1973)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #5 ([May] 2009)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #12 - Flash - Born to Run
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([June] 2018)
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- Keywords
- 60th Dimension; Kima; Korydon; Ryla
Indexer Notes
Story in three parts of 8.67 pages, 8 pages, and 7.67 pages.
Kid Flash gets new uniform.
Safety First -- All Year!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 9 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Speeds / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The velocity of light is the same...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971) [top tier only]
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 17 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
On the two pages immediately preceding page 18 of the main story sequence.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
The Flash -
1.
[no title indexed]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia -
2.
Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
The Flash -
3.
["For the very best..."]
Strange Adventures; Mystery in Space -
4.
Safety First -- All Year!
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5.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack! -
6.
["The velocity of light is the same..."]
Amazing Speeds -
7.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
8.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; Green Lantern -
9.
[no title indexed]
104 Kings' Knights -
10.
[no title indexed]
147 Famous Automobiles -
11.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
12.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
13.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
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