The Flash
#2
- Price
- 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Top Sellers Ltd.
- Brand
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TP
Issue Notes
The Pied Piper of Peril!
Flash / cover / 1 page
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino; alterations ?
- Inks
- Joe Giella; alterations ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]
Indexer Notes
Cover combines figures from story page 4, panel 3 (Pied Piper) and story page 9, panel 1 (the Flash), found in "The Pied Piper of Peril!" from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959). Also has new altered background.
The Pied Piper of Peril!
Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway](first appearance; villain)
- Synopsis
- Barry is on time for a dinner date with Iris for the first time, but he has to run out to deal with the Piper, the self-acclaimed Master of Sound.
- Reprints
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from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959)
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The Super Gorilla's Secret Identity!
Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #108 (August-September 1959)
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The Eagle Who Caged People!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #91 (July 1957)
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The Circus of Mystery
Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steve Trevor; the Ringmaster
- Synopsis
- A circus advertises Wonder Woman as a star, and when the real Wonder Woman challenges the fake, the Ringmaster challenges her to prove it.
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #92 (August 1957)
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The Shrinking City!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Duke Deception (villain); Queen Hippolyta; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Synopsis
- Duke Deception attacks Skyscraper City with his R-Zero weapon, a shrinking ray, in a prelude to a greater attack on Earth.
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #93 (October 1957)
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Indexer Notes
The Duke of Deception is called "Duke Deception" in this story; Queen Hippolyta celebrates her birthday on Paradise Island; the tallest building in Skyscraper City is Skyscraper Tower, modeled after the Empire State Building.
The Master of Earth's Twin World!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
- Synopsis
- Every time Wonder Woman turns on a light, she is transported to a parallel world, where a diabolical villain has prepared deadly traps.
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #89 (April 1957)
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Indexer Notes
Second instance of a parallel universe in DC Comics; the first was Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #59. The villain in this story is not named, but he does note that on his world, "crime-- not justice-- triumphs," similar to the world of the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3, introduced in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #29 (August 1964).
Wonder Woman makes dinner for Steve Trevor at Diana Prince's apartment.
Wonder Woman, Amazon Baby Sitter!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Scrag; Merriweather; Millionaire's Club
- Synopsis
- As part of a bet, Wonder Woman has to babysit a whale, an elephant, and a dinosaur.
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #90 (May 1957)
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The Pied Piper of Peril!
Flash -
1.
The Pied Piper of Peril!
Flash -
2.
Stories of Strange Adventure
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3.
The Super Gorilla's Secret Identity!
Flash -
4.
Race for the Moon
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5.
The Eagle Who Caged People!
Wonder Woman -
6.
The Circus of Mystery
Wonder Woman -
7.
The Shrinking City!
Wonder Woman -
8.
The Master of Earth's Twin World!
Wonder Woman -
9.
Wonder Woman, Amazon Baby Sitter!
Wonder Woman
- Doug Brain
- Jay Flash
- Ramon Schenk
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