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Issue Details

Issue #163
Published August 1966
Frequency monthly with the exception of January, July and October
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Flash Stakes His Life On - - You!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks Joe Giella (signed)

15 page Flash story "The Flash Stakes His Life-- On-- YOU!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mrs. Prentiss (Housekeeper); David Gulch; Ben Haddon (Villian); Alice (homeless girl)
Synopsis Ben Haddon invents a device that makes everyone in Central City forget about the Flash, except for one homelss girl that Flash helped earlier that day.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome (signed)
Pencils Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks Joe Giella (signed)
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

1 page public service announcement "The Policeman Is Your Friend!"

Synopsis Children learn that policemen do more than just catch crooks.
Script Jack Schiff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Credits confirmed by Bob Bailey; Bob Hughes and Gene Reed.

1 page Flash-Grams letters page "Flash-Grams"

Letters Typeset

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints filler

Genre Fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Hobby hint by WM. Broughton of Mobile Alabama.

9 page Flash story "The Day Magic Exposed Flash's Secret Identity!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra; Slor Disi (64th Century Policeman)
Synopsis Flash learns that Abra Kadabra comes from the future when a 64th Century Policeman come to the past to return Abra Kadabra to jail in his own time.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome (signed)
Pencils Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks Joe Giella (signed)
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Includes a statement of ownership on the bottom of page 9. Average copies preceding 12 months: 462,000.