The Flash #139
(September 1963)

DC, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
On-sale Date
1963-07-18
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Menace of the Reverse-Flash! (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]; Reverse-Flash [Professor Zoom]
Reprints

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

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

Menace of the Reverse-Flash! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Walter Drake; Reverse-Flash [aka Professor Zoom; Eobard Thawne] (first appearance, origin)
Synopsis
A time capsule sent directly to the future results in the creation of a new menace for the Flash... Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Vs Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash, 1st. Also in 147, 153, 165, 186, 225, 233, 237, 323-325.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 6.67 pages, 6.67 pages, and 10.67 pages.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Defer... Delay... Postpone...] (Table of Contents: 4)

What's the Difference Between / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 7 of the main story sequence.

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

102 Ships of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 15 of the main story sequence.

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Menace of the Reverse-Flash!
    The Flash
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
  3. 2. Menace of the Reverse-Flash!
    The Flash
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. [Defer... Delay... Postpone...]
    What's the Difference Between
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. 8. Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
    116 Planes of All Nations
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    102 Ships of All Nations
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  13. 12. ["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore