(October 1964)
DC,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times yearly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-08-20
- 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.
The Scarlet Speedster's Most Treacherous Traps!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash; Weather Wizard
- Reprints
-
in Batman Número Extraordinario (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #01-feb-65 [9] (Febrero 1965) [cover]
-
Giant Flash
The Flash / table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Around the World in 80 Minutes!
The Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Black Cat; El Claw
- Synopsis
- Police scientist Barry Allen invents a radio watch which picks up S.O.S. calls from many different countries, in order for him to avert these catastrophies, he must literally race around the world in eighty minutes.
- Reprints
-
from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Green Lantern; Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Giants of the Time-World!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Aliens
- Synopsis
- When Iris West disappears whilst on an assignment, The Flash follows her into another dimension. In order for them to return safely he must battle alien beings who grow to the size of giants within the space of one hour.
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)
-
The Master of Mirrors
The Flash / comic story / 12.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Mirror Master [Scudder]; Wilkins
- Synopsis
- Scudder, a small time criminal, discovers he can solidify images from his trick mirrors, he then uses this knowledge to commit crimes as The Mirror Master.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Origin and first appearance of The Mirror Master.
Scudder's christian name is not referred to in this story, he will not be named as Sam Scudder until The Flash, (DC, 1959 series) #239 (February 1976).
In The Flash, (DC, 1959 series) #219 (Dec 1972 - Jan 1973), he was briefly referred to as Joe Scudder. Both later stories scripted by Cary Bates.
Writer Bates later combines both Mirror Master id.s as Samuel Joseph Scudder, from - The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #255 (November 1977)
Nine Empty Uniforms!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Ginger Stanton; Larry Stanton; Jim Stanton; The Bobtails; Chips Chuggo
- Synopsis
- Jay Garrick and The Flash help aging baseball team, The Bobtails, regain their confidence.
- Reprints
- from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #90 (December 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Golden Age Flash story.
Flash's Rogues' Gallery
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Boomerang; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mr. Element; The Trickster; Weather Wizard; Reverse-Flash; Abra Kadabra; Mirror Master; The Top; Heat Wave; Super-Gorilla Grodd
- Synopsis
- Pin-up of Flash-villains.
- Reprints
- in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #8 (July-September 1970)
- in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #191 (November 1996) [black and white]
-
The Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
The Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]
- Synopsis
- Escaped criminal Mark Mardon reaches his brother Clyde's house to lie low, however, on entering finds his brother dead. He then uses Clyde's notes on weather control for crime and assumes the identity of The Weather Wizard.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #110 (December 1959-January 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Origin and first appearance of The Weather Wizard.
The Day Flash Weighed 1000 Pounds!
The Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Super-Gorilla Grodd; William Dawson; Solovar
- Synopsis
- Grodd, the Super-Gorilla has seemingly died in Gorilla City, in reality he has found a way to take over the mind of a human being (William Dawson). As Dawson, he invents a gun which causes The Flash to absorb vast amounts of moisture from the air, bulking him up to 1000 pounds in weight.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #115 (September 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Includes writer and artist credits and original issue details for the reprints in this issue.
Best Wishes from Barry ("Flash") Allen, Jay ("Flash") Garrick, Wally ("Kid Flash") West
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
- Synopsis
- Pin-up of the three super-speedsters.
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #229 (September-October 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Scarlet Speedster's Most Treacherous Traps!
The Flash -
1.
Giant Flash
The Flash -
2.
Around the World in 80 Minutes!
The Flash -
3.
["For the very best..."]
Green Lantern; Justice League of America -
4.
Giants of the Time-World!
The Flash -
5.
The Master of Mirrors
The Flash -
6.
[no title indexed]
100 Magnets -
7.
Nine Empty Uniforms!
The Flash -
8.
Flash's Rogues' Gallery
-
9.
The Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
The Flash -
10.
["For the very best..."]
Detective Comics; Batman -
11.
The Day Flash Weighed 1000 Pounds!
The Flash -
12.
[no title indexed]
The Flash -
13.
["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
15.
Best Wishes from Barry ("Flash") Allen, Jay ("Flash") Garrick, Wally ("Kid Flash") West
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Juan Gonzalez
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walker
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