The Flash #143
(March 1964)

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
1964-01-23
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 Strange Adventures #161 and copyright registration.

Trail of the False Green Lanterns! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Duplicate Green Lantern
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trail of the False Green Lanterns! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Iris West; Carol Ferris; T. O. Morrow (first appearance, villain); duplicate Green Lanterns
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Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 5.67 pages, 11.67 pages, and 6.67 pages.

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

The Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Give and Take (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flash Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If the combined energy of all the lightning flashes...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
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Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.

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

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

Letters from Philip Cetrone, Steve Cornell, Kenneth Cibelli, and Paul Vizcarrondo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aurora / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trail of the False Green Lanterns!
    The Flash
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Mike Marvel System
  3. 2. Trail of the False Green Lanterns!
    The Flash
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Doom Patrol
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales
  6. 5. Give and Take
  7. 6. ["For the very best..."]
    Green Lantern; Justice League of America
  8. 7. ["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
  9. 8. ["If the combined energy of all the lightning flashes..."]
    Flash Facts
  10. 9. ["For the very best..."]
    Mystery in Space; Strange Adventures
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack!
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Aurora
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