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Issue Details

Issue #106
Published April-May 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Pied Piper of Peril!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; The Pied Piper
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)
Reprinted in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)

7 page Flash story "Menace of the Super-Gorilla!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Fred Pearson, star of the Central City Theatre's "The Great Gorilla" and friend of Barry Allen's, has been having blackouts, at the same time that a mysterious gorilla has been seen roaming Central City. As Flash wonders whether there is a connection, he also has to solve the mystery of the super-sonic vehicle that passes him like he's standing still.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23"

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Flash Facts filler

Notes Illustrated feature page.

5 page Flash story "The Menace of the Super-Gorilla - Conclusion"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd; Solovar
Synopsis Gorilla Grodd is the pilot of the super-sonic vehicle, and he has come to Central City to find Solovar, who is playing captive in the Central City Zoo. Grodd steals Solovar's "force of mind," and begins his plan to take over Gorilla City. But Solovar finds Barry Allen, explains the situation to him, and the two of them head to Gorilla City to confront Grodd.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page filler "Comparative Speed Records"

Notes Illustrated feature page.

1 page text article "Amazing Apes"

Letters typeset

9 page Flash story "The Pied Piper of Peril!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway](first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Barry is on time for a dinner date with Iris for the first time, but he has to run out to deal with the Piper, the self-acclaimed Master of Sound.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965); in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"