The Flash #135
(March 1963)

DC, 1959 Series
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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
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 Green Lantern #19 and copyright registration.

Secret of the Three Super-Weapons! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Secret of the Three Super-Weapons! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 24.33 pages (report information)

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
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.

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

Strange Adventures; Mystery in Space / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Safety First -- All Year! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Missile Attack! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Amazing Speeds / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The velocity of light is the same...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 17 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the two pages immediately preceding page 18 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Justice League of America; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
    The Flash
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
  3. 2. Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!
    The Flash
  4. 3. ["For the very best..."]
    Strange Adventures; Mystery in Space
  5. 4. Safety First -- All Year!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack!
  7. 6. ["The velocity of light is the same..."]
    Amazing Speeds
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  9. 8. ["For the very best..."]
    Justice League of America; Green Lantern
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    147 Famous Automobiles
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
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