The Flash, #140

Published: November 1963

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The Flash #140

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Issue Contents:
The Heat Is On... for Captain Cold!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]
  • Heat Wave
Your United Nations at Work
Story 1 1 page non-fiction; advocacy
Storyline

Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then is able to diagnose the bubonic plague in her home village.

Story Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

The Heat Is On... for Captain Cold
Story 2 14 pages superhero
Storyline

Captain Cold teams up with a new villain... Heat Wave, to take down the Flash and prove their worth to the Dream Girl, a local television celebrity.

Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Iris West
  • Dream Girl [Priscilla Varner] (first appearance)
  • Henry Willens (first appearance)
  • Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain)
  • Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (first appearance, villain)
Credits
Story Notes

First meeting with Heat Wave. Also in 155, 166, 174, 193, 226. Heat Wave's real name as Mick Rory will be revealed in The Flash (DC 1959 series) #226 (March-April 1974)

Try a Tongue Teaser!
Story 3 0 pages
Story Notes

At the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.

Story 4 1 page superhero

"The Flashiest news of the year..."

Story Notes

House ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1. On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.

Story 5 1 page superhero

"Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."

Story Notes

Subscription ad for DC comics. On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the precious story sequence.

Story 6 0 pages

"Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"

Story 7 1 page non-fiction; math & science

"Meteors with velocities up to 26 miles per second..."

Here It Is, Fans
Story 8 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Johnny DC
Story Notes

House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #50 (first team-up story).

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
Story 9 1 page
Story 10 1 page
Story Notes

Letters from Alden Stallings, Joe Finley, and Judith Player.

The Metal-Eater from the Stars!
Story 11 10 pages superhero
Storyline

Flash stops an alien energy being.

Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Iris West
Story 12 0 pages

"For party fun!"

Story 13 1 page

"104 classic racing foreign modern cars only $1.49 postpaid"

132 Roman Soldiers
Story 14 1 page
Credits
Story 15 1 page

"Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30, or 40 years of age..."

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Make Your Own Monsters
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover; ad for plastic model of the Frankenstein monster.