The Flash
#161
(May 1966)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan, July & Oct.
- On-sale Date
- 1966-03-03
- 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 copyright registration.
The Mirror with 20-20 Vision!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
- Reprints
-
in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #3/1967 ([mars] 1967) -
in Flits Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2623 (1972) -
in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([October] 2009) - in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes cover reproduction of Flash #159.
The Case of the Curious Costume
The Flash / comic story / 13.34 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Kid Flash, Wally West; Professor Bob West
- Reprints
- in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #3/1967 ([mars] 1967)
-
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #19 (septembre 1974) [N&B [B&W]] - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([October] 2009)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Story based on the cover of #159. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story in two parts of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6385
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you keep all your small model parts in order?
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Robert Wilczynski, Richard Flinchbaugh, Richard Rieve, and Angelo Hanaanawitz.
The Mirror with 20-20 Vision!
The Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Orvel Petty; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
- Reprints
-
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #116 - in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #3/1967 ([mars] 1967)
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #19 (septembre 1974) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([October] 2009)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2017)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The floor of the Atlantic Ocean is level...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #110 (November 1959)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Mirror with 20-20 Vision!
The Flash -
1.
The Case of the Curious Costume
The Flash -
2.
["How do you keep all your small model parts in order?"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
3.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
4.
Health Myths Debunked!
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
6.
The Mirror with 20-20 Vision!
The Flash -
7.
["The floor of the Atlantic Ocean is level..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- John Brichetto
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dave Marchand
- Lou Mazzella
- Alan Smith
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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