The Flash
#214
(April 1972)
DC,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, (with the exception of Jan., July and Oct.)
- On-sale Date
- 1972-02-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [block]
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell
Issue Notes
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-11.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
The Gantlet of Super-Villains!
The Flash; Johnny Quick; Kid Flash; Metal Men; Quicksilver / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- N-477
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Captain Cold; Captain Boomerang; Pied Piper; The Top; Heat Wave; Mirror Master; Doc Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum; Mercury; Iron; Tin; Lead; Gold]; Quicksilver; Johnny Quick; The Wasp; Trickster
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Wrap-around cover image.
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-476
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Quicksilver; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Gantlet of Super-Villains!
The Flash / comic story / 23 pages
- Job Number
- N-468
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Gorilla Grodd; The Top; Captain Boomerang; Heat Wave; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Flash [Barry Allen]; J. M. Leach (tailor); Solovar; Pola
- Synopsis
- Gorilla Grodd uses his powers to switch bodies with a gorilla in the Central City zoo and from there he uses Flash's greatest foes to battle Flash until he can take control of Barry Allen's mind.
- Reprints
-
from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #155 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Story across 24 pages in three parts of 10.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 6.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Flash Facts / cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When meteors -- falling toward Earth -- meet our planet head-on...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Facts about meteors.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #150 (February 1965) [one panel only, reconfigured]
-
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #120
-
[no title indexed]
Flash Facts / cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The counterclockwise winds of a tornado revolve...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Facts about the speeds of the winds in a tornado and the flying speed of ducks.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #150 (February 1965) [two panels only, reconfigured]
- in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #120
-
[no title indexed]
Flash Facts / cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tidal Waves (more accurately called seismic sea waves, since the are waves set up by submarine earthquakes) sometimes travel...
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature; math & science
- Synopsis
- Information about tidal waves.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #150 (February 1965) [one panel only, reconfigured]
- in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #120
-
[The Wasp]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- N-465
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; The Wasp (first appearance, villain, death); Mr. Shaw; Mr. Lane
- Synopsis
- When two greedy business owners cut the Wasp out of his rightful share of his invention he decides to kill them.
- Reprints
- from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #67 (August 1948)
-
The Face Behind the Mask!
Kid Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-467
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; Silver Mask [Eddie Farrell]; Mrs. Carter Wright; Harry (villain)
- Synopsis
- Silver Mask, a boy singer, is being blackmailed by Harry who knows that he used to be part of a gang.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #122 (August 1961)
-
The Modern Paul Bunyan!
Johnny Quick / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- N-471
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Paul Bunyan (statue)
- Synopsis
- Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival. When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #179 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from index of original. Reprint lists art by Ralf Mayo which is believed to be incorrect.
The Tale of the Three Tokens!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- N-466; FL113
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Lane; Joan Williams; The Thinker; Earl Hoffrith
- Synopsis
- The Thinker steal a time machine and plans to use it to rob banks but is stopped by the Flash and the inventor of the time machine.
Indexer Notes
Unpublished Golden Age story.
The Flaming Doom!
Metal Men / comic story / 24.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-469
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Colonel Henry Caspar; Dr. Will Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin]
- Synopsis
- The newly created Metal Men battle a pre-historic monster.
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 (March-April 1962), #37 (March-April 1962), #37 (March-April 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Introduction and origin of the Metal Men.
The Weather Wizard Blows Up a Storm!
The Flash / comic story / 12.34 pages
- Job Number
- N-470
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Weather Wizard [Mark Marden]; Iris West; Jimmy Harlow; Tommy Davis; Billy Trent
- Synopsis
- A student's science fair project can predict the moves of the Weather Wizard and gives Flash an assist in stopping his latest crime spree.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #145 (June 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages.
Famous Flash Covers
The Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-478
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #155 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Displays two famous Flash covers, Showcase #4 and The Flash #155.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Gantlet of Super-Villains!
The Flash; Johnny Quick; Kid Flash; Metal Men; Quicksilver -
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
The Gantlet of Super-Villains!
The Flash -
3.
["When meteors -- falling toward Earth -- meet our planet head-on..."]
Flash Facts -
4.
["The counterclockwise winds of a tornado revolve..."]
Flash Facts -
5.
["Tidal Waves (more accurately called seismic sea waves, since the are waves set up by submarine earthquakes) sometimes travel..."]
Flash Facts -
6.
[The Wasp]
Quicksilver -
7.
The Face Behind the Mask!
Kid Flash -
8.
The Modern Paul Bunyan!
Johnny Quick -
9.
The Tale of the Three Tokens!
The Flash -
10.
The Flaming Doom!
Metal Men -
11.
The Weather Wizard Blows Up a Storm!
The Flash -
12.
Famous Flash Covers
The Flash
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