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Issue: The Flash #118
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/06/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (most issues); squarebound (#160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Doomed Scarecrow!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as Cover - The Flash #118 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as Flash #118 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pencils and editing credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Per Nick Caputo, the editorial records' inking credit for Murphy Anderson is incorrect; Giella is the actual inker.
You Asked for It!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
Subject Matter
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #30 (January-February 1961).
Credits from above cited GCD issue.
Inside front cover.
The Doomed Scarecrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Steve Palmer (villain); Hank Walters (prop man); Brandon (director)
While helping out on a movie featuring himself, Flash outwits the man trying to kill him and take his place.
Reprinting
FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as The Doomed Scarecrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as The Doomed Scarecrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13.67
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
Subject Matter
Superman; Titano; The Thing from 40,000 A.D.; Metallo; Brainiac; Bizarro #1; The Invulnerable Enemy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 ([Winter] 1960).
Credits from above cited GCD issue.
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
Our American Heritage

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, opinion
William Penn; Tom Paine; Emma Lazarus; John Peter Zenger; Harriet Tubman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, science and technology
The velocity of sound in water...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Speed fact illustrated panels.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
I don’t expect the chances are good that this letter will get printed…
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from: Skip Oakes, Jack Harris, Unsigned, Danny Anderson, Robert Walker, Andrew Gisondi, Don Jacobs.
The Midnight Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Cal (villain); Peter Willard
Wally and his college pal Pete Willard must spend till midnight in a so-called “haunted house” in order to join a fraternity.
Reprinting
FlagDC Super Stars #5 published July 1976
as The Midnight Peril [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Flash Archives #3 published March 2002
as The Midnight Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #1 published July 2007
as The Midnight Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, science and technology
The flash of light called lightning...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
From Lucky Products
Frontier Cabin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
This huge, western-style cabin is a child’s dream come true.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Do You Want Spending Money

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
?; typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photos)
? (photos)
typeset
Subject Matter
George Jowett (photo)
The world’s greatest molder of handsome he-men and champs out of weaklings says…
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Wilson Chemical Company ad seeking sellers of White Cloverine Brand Salve.
Back cover.

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