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Issue Details

Issue #122
Published August 1961
Frequency monthly, with the exception of January, April, July and October
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Beware the Atomic Grenade!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008. Inks originally credited to Joe Giella.
Reprinted in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)

14 page Flash story "Beware the Atomic Grenade!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Anton Previn; The Top [Roscoe Dillon](first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Fashion designer Anton Previn gives Iris a make-over while Flash battles a new villain, The Top.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes First appearance of the Top who also appears in issues 141, 155, 157, 174, 219.
Reprinted in Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #169 (April 1967); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)

Half page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "See The Many Fantastic Faces of Superman..."

Synopsis Ad for Giant Superman Annual #3, on sale June 22nd.
Notes Appears between pages 8 and 9 of main story.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "At Last! The Giant Comic Book You've Dreamed About Is Here!"

Synopsis Ad for Special Giant Issue of Secret Origins, on sale June 15th.
Notes Appears between pages 8 and 9 of main story.

1 page Amazing Speeds filler "Normally, it takes 26 seconds for blood..."

Synopsis Facts about the circulatory system, Saturn, sound and river water.
Genre fact
Notes Appears between pages 8 and 9 of previous story.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets"

Synopsis Ad for Giant Batman Annual, on sale June 29th.

2 page Flash-Grams letters page "Flash-Grams"

Synopsis Letters from Louis B. Cohen, Bill Spangler, Steve Struck, Parley Holman, Tom Quigley, Joe Garrett, Paul Gambaccini and Frederick Norwood.
Letters typeset

9 page Kid Flash story "The Face Behind the Mask!"

Characters Kid Flash [Wally West]; Silver Mask [Eddie Farrell]; Mrs. Carter Wright; Harry (villain)
Synopsis Silver Mask, a boy singer, is being blackmailed by Harry who knows that he used to be part of a gang.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-11; in Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #214 (April 1972); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)