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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published October 1964
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes On Sale Date - August 20th 1964

Cover Details - "The Scarlet Speedster's Most Treacherous Traps!"

Characters The Flash; Weather Wizard
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson

1 page The Flash foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table Of Contents"

Characters The Flash
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Letters typeset

14 page Flash story "Around the World in 80 Minutes"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Black Cat; El Claw
Synopsis Police scientist Barry Allen invents a radio watch which picks up S.O.S. calls from many different countries, in order for him to avert these catastrophies, he must literally race around the world in eighty minutes.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

13 page Flash story "Giants of the Time World"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Aliens
Synopsis When Iris West disappears whilst on an assignment, The Flash follows her into another dimension. In order for them to return safely he must battle alien beings who grow to the size of giants within the space of one hour.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)

13 page Flash story "The Master of Mirrors"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Mirror Master [Scudder]; Wilkins
Synopsis Scudder, a small time criminal, discovers he can solidify images from his trick mirrors, he then uses this knowledge to commit crimes as The Mirror Master.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Origin and First appearance of The Mirror Master. Scudder's christian name is not referred to in this story, he will not be named as Sam Scudder until The Flash, (DC, 1959 series) #239 (February 1976). In The Flash, (DC, 1959 series) #219 (Dec 1972 - Jan 1973), he was briefly referred to as Joe Scudder. Both later stories scripted by Cary Bates. Writer Bates later combines both Mirror Master id.s as Samuel Joseph Scudder, from - The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #255 (November 1977)
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)

12 page Flash [GA] story "Nine Empty Uniforms"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Ginger Stanton; Larry Stanton; Jim Stanton; The Bobtails; Chips Chuggo
Synopsis Jay Garrick and The Flash help aging baseball team, The Bobtails, regain their confidence.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Golden Age Flash story.
Reprinted from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #90 (December 1947)

1 page illustration "Flash's Rogues' Gallery"

Characters Captain Boomerang; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mr. Element; The Trickster; Weather Wizard; Reverse-Flash; Abra Kadabra; Mirror Master; The Top; Heat Wave; Super-Gorilla Grodd
Synopsis Pin Up of Flash Villains
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson

13 page Flash story "Challenge of the Weather Wizard"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]
Synopsis Escaped criminal Mark Mardon reaches his brother Clyde's house to lie low, however, on entering finds his brother dead. He then uses Clyde's notes on weather control for crime and assumes the identity of The Weather Wizard.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Origin and First appearance of The Weather Wizard.
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #110 (December 1959-January 1960)

13 page Flash story "The Day Flash Weighed 1000 Pounds"

Characters The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Super-Gorilla Grodd; William Dawson; Solovar
Synopsis Grodd, the Super-Gorilla has seemingly died in Gorilla City, in reality he has found a way to take over the mind of a human being (William Dawson). As Dawson, he invents a gun which causes The Flash to absorb vast amounts of moisture from the air, bulking him up to 1000 pounds in weight.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted From Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #115 (September 1960)

1 page Flash-Grams letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Includes Writer/Artist credits and original issue details for the reprints in this issue

1 page illustration Best Wishes from Barry ("Flash") Allen, Jay ("Flash") Garrick, Wally ("Kid Flash") West

Characters The Flash; Golden Age Flash; Kid Flash
Synopsis Pin Up of the three Super Speedsters
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Back Cover