The Flash, #148

Published: November 1964

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The Flash #148

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Issue Contents:
The Day Flash Went Into Orbit!
1 page superhero

"So long, Flash!"

Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Captain Boomerang
Story 1 1 page

"TV's new hero!"

Story Notes

Ad for toy from Hasbro. Inside front cover.

The Day Flash Went Into Orbit!
Story 2 11 pages superhero

"There goes Flash--heading into an endless orbit around the Earth!"

Storyline

Finally released from prison, Captain Boomerang attempts a crime spree, but at every turn he is taunted by the mysterious Crooked Four, who manage to beat him to his intended crime. Turning his attention to the Flash, he builds a giant boomerang that will catapult his enemy into orbit around the Earth. Flash escapes and captures Boomerang, sending him back to prison, and he never learns that the Crooked Four were led by his former cellmate Fanning, who devised a complicated scheme to influence him subconsciously while he slept.

Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
  • Fanning
Story 3 0 pages

"Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!"

Story Notes

At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Story 4 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Characters
  • Bullwinkle Moose
  • Rocket J. Squirrel
Story Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Stop! Treacherous Traps!
Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

House ad for 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 featuring The Flash, on sale August 4. On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Story 6 1 page

"You get 104 great cars from this list..."

Story Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Story 7 0 pages

"What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"

Story 8 1 page

"Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."

Characters
  • Flash
Story Notes

Subscription ad for DC comics; ten issues for one dollar on selected titles.

Story 9 1 page
Story Notes

Letters from Rick Bladt, Norman R. Doerner, Pete Woodring, and Steven Hirsch.

How's Trix?
Story 10 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Trix... the corn cereal..."

Characters
  • Trix Rabbit
Story 11 0 pages non-fiction; math & science

"Because of the bulge at Jupiter's equator..."

The Doorway to the Unknown!
Story 12 12 pages superhero

"I am Fred Dallman, Flash! You must help me!"

Storyline

A man named Fred Dallman inexplicably appears in Barry Allen's apartment to ask for the Flash's help, which leads to a strange series of events and a stranger conclusion.

Characters
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Fred Dallman
  • David Dean (teller)
  • Jack Dean (brother)
Story Notes

Winner of the 1964 Alley Award for Best Short Story.

Story 13 1 page fantasy

"Lucky Charms new toasted oat cereal with marshmallow bits in lucky shapes!"

Characters
  • L C. Leprechaun
Story Notes

On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Tootsie Roll Fudge
Story 14 0 pages

"I like chocolate fudge best!"

Story 15 1 page non-fiction; math & science

"To escape the gravitational attraction of the Earth..."

Story 16 0 pages

"Nothing else is Silly Putty"

Honesty Is the Best Policy!
Story 17 1 page advocacy

"Look, fellows! A wallet with five bucks in it!"

Storyline

Three boys learn a lesson when they reluctantly return a lost wallet to its owner.

Story Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Story 18 1 page

"Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 19 1 page

"More movie monsters on the loose!"

Characters
  • Godzilla
  • King Kong
  • The Mummy
  • Dracula
  • Frankenstein
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • The Werewolf
Story Notes

Back cover; ad for Aurora monster model kits.