The Flash #164
(September 1966)

DC, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan, July & Oct.
On-sale Date
1966-07-21
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 (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Flash -- Vandal of Central City! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed as Giella)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]
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Flash -- Vandal of Central City! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (signed)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Suddenly, mysteriously, the public-spirited, crime-jousting Scarlet Speedster
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Pied Piper
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Indexer Notes

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

Story in two parts: unnumbered part one (7.67 pp.) & Part Two (5.67); Part Two without exclamation point in title.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Irene Vartanoff, Robert Renneberg, Mike Friedrich.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are you doing? I'm building a bookshelf.
Genre
humor; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Duane Jepson (idea).

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

The Boy Who Lost Touch with the World! (Table of Contents: 5)

Kid Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A whiz at science
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]
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Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Flash -- Vandal of Central City!
    The Flash
  2. 1. Flash -- Vandal of Central City!
    The Flash
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  4. 3. ["What are you doing? I'm building a bookshelf."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  6. 5. The Boy Who Lost Touch with the World!
    Kid Flash
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Jason Sacks
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore