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Issue: The Flash #136
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #136 of 246 Issues (392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/07/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from an ad in The Brave and the Bold #47 and 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
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The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
First Line: So you found me--unarmed--in my hide-out, Flash, but it'll do you no good!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #234 published September 1964
as Los guardianes del Amo de los Espejos [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as [Cover - The Flash #136]; The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Countdown on Excellence

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: You were supposed to clean up the garage, Jerry, but you didn't do a very good job!
Synopsis: Jerry's dad explains what would happen if people had sloppy work habits.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated March 1967.
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The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Professor Dobill; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; 2 mirror bodyguards
First Line: My only chance to deal with those incredible mirror guardians of the Mirror Master...
Synopsis: Mirror Master plans some spectacular crimes after he busts out of prison so he can rise up the prison newspaper's "Most Successful Criminal Poll."
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #234 published September 1964
as Los guardianes del Amo de los Espejos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash #196 published April 1970
as The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Tootsie Roll makes history!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, sports
First Line: Strange Sports Stories is the most exciting spectacular astonishing magazine ever published!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #47.
On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: military
First Line: 204 revolutionary war soldiers only $1.98
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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First Line: Brillant quadruple collection your for just 25¢
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 8 pf the previous story sequence.
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Tootsie Roll Pop

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Which Tootsie Roll Pop is the tallest?
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Pages: 0.33
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Joe Molenda, Larry Herndon, Terry Jackson, and Jim Meier.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Now! In their own spectacular book!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #1.
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: A waterspout is a tornado-storm...
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Pages: 1
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Barry Allen-- You're the Flash! --And I Can Prove It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Rod Pagin (first appearance, villain); Masked Bandit
First Line: To begin with, the "mind-reading act" worked by Barry Allen and his newshen girl...
Synopsis: A criminal uses a post-hypnotic suggestion on the Flash, resulting in him almost revealing his secret identity.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #234 published September 1964
as Bruno Alba... Tú Eres Flash... y Puedo Probarlo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as Barry Allen-- You're the Flash! --And I Can Prove It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as Barry Allen--You're the Flash! --and I Can Prove It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Kids!! Blast off in your own space capsule with this exciting, plastic action toy
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Make all out war in your own home...
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Pages: 1
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Wonders of Speed!
First Line: The faster an object travels, the more its mass increases--
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Comes packed in this special garage box in which to store your models!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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