The Flash #138 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Pied Piper's Double Doom!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson	Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]
2	The Pied Piper's Double Doom!	comic story	13.33	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Tower City police officers; Sue Dibny; Iris West; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain)
4	Celebrate the Silver Anniversary of Superman!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp	Mr. Green; Mrs. Green; the two Green children; Terry (the Greens' dog)
9	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
10	Mystery of the Matinee Idol!	comic story	10.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dexter Myles (first appearance); Blue Valley Summer Festival Commissioner; Mayor of Blue Valley; Sheriff of Blue Valley; Rudolph West; Mary West; Charley (villain); two unnamed common crooks (villains)
12	See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Flash Digest	1981	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1042-7; 1-4012-1042-2	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Flash #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1805-8	2008	On eBay ›
The Flash Archives #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-2151-5	2009	On eBay ›
The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6538-0	2017	On eBay ›
The Flash: The Silver Age #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7826-7	2018	On eBay ›

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