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Issue: The Flash #138
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #138 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: 06/13/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Cover, Front
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The Pied Piper's Double Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #247 published December 1964
as El Flautista y su flauta mágica [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Elongated Man #1 published September 2006
as Flash #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as [Cover - The Flash #138]; The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dynaflex

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First Line: My secret new Dynaflex method can build you a magnificent new he-man muscled body in just ten minutes a day
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Pied Piper's Double Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Tower City police officers; Sue Dibny; Iris West; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain)
First Line: Those two super-powered heroes are stealing for me --
Synopsis: The Pied Piper uses his musical control to force both The Flash and The Elongated Man to commit robberies and forget they did so, but the heroes meet while trying to solve each others' crimes and realize the Pied Piper is behind the scheme, and defeat him.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #247 published December 1964
as El Flautista y su flauta mágica [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #24 [Direct Sales] published February 1981
as The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #5/1981 published May 1981
as Rattenfängers Täuschungsmanöver! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #5/1981 published May 1981
as Rattenfängers Täuschungsmanöver! Teil 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Elongated Man #1 published September 2006
as The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.33
Disclose Notes: Refers to Flash #106 and #113. Flash is able to temporarily stretch using one drink of Gingold.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Now buy a tongue please!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!

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Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Mr. Green; Mrs. Green; the two Green children; Terry (the Greens' dog)
First Line: My name is Terry and I live with the Greens, a very nice family normally--but boy, I found out what they mean by...
Synopsis: Terry relates all the results of poor planning by Mr. Green on his last vacation.
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Disclose Notes: Sequence is between Part 1 and part 2 of sequence 1.
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Tootsie Roll Pop

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First Line: Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Free! British colonial stamps ... other offers
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Jerry Bails regarding the relative merits of the current Flash stories vs. the stories from the 1940's. For his comments, Jerry is awarded the original artwork for Part 1 of "Secret of The Three Super-Weapons." Also includes letters from Paul Moslander, Ronald E. Haerle, and Richard West.
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Mystery of the Matinee Idol!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dexter Myles (first appearance); Blue Valley Summer Festival Commissioner; Mayor of Blue Valley; Sheriff of Blue Valley; Rudolph West; Mary West; Charley (villain); two unnamed common crooks (villains)
First Line: To be or not to be that is the question!
Synopsis: Two crooks try to use Dexter Myles as a diversion to stage a jail break of their comrade, but are foiled by Kid Flash, and Dexter is awarded a spot in the summer festival Playhouse production.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #247 published December 1964
as El misterio del ídolo caído [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Flash #2 published August 2008
as Mystery of the Matinee Idol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Flash Archives #5 published May 2009
as Mystery of the Matinee Idol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
Disclose Notes: A new feature of Kid Flash's new costume appears for the first time; the hair spray used to change his hair from red to brown when appearing as Kid Flash. Intro Dexter Myles, who later becomes curator of the Flash Museum.
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Tootsie Roll Fudge

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First Line: Great masterpieces
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Giant Lois Lane Annual
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Pages: 0.5
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Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations

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[untitled]

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First Line: Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: The complete space game Blast Off only $1.98
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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