The Flash #171
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- June 1967
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/21027
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue contents
Cover
Why?
(The Flash)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Credits
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #33 ([January 1968]) — The Flash Dead and Buried!
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
1Featuring
- Feature
- The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light; Green Ghost] (villain); Iris Allen; Dexter Miles; Charley Perkins; Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; J'onn J'onzz; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]] (flashback cameo); police laboratory assistants; Elizabeth Perkins; Mrs. Perkins
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #33 ([January 1968]) — Here Lies the Flash--Dead and Unburied
Synopsis
Dr. Light has mastered a method of using light as disguise, which allows him to battle Flash disguised as the Green Ghost, a spider, Dexter Miles, and even a pile of jewels.
Notes
References Justice League of America #12, The Atom #8, and Green Lantern #33.
Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.5, 9.5, and 6.5 pages.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Scooter
- Characters
- Scooter; Professor Kootchy-Koo Caramba
Notes
Advertisement for Swing With Scooter #7, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears at bottom of story page 6.
3Featuring
- Feature
- G. I. Joe
- Characters
- G.I. Joe
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Ad for G. I. Joe Frogman and Sea Sled set from Hasbro.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Flash-Grams -- Extra
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters from: L. L. Simpson; Charles Prudence; Robert Jennings; Mark Evanier; David Swift, with no replies.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Direct Currents
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Batman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Mahunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Atom]; The Royal Flush Gang; Superman; Hercules
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Information on upcoming DC Comics with two illustrations (one from cover of Justice League of America #54).
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein ?
Notes
House ad for Superman 197 (80 Page Giant G-36), showing cover, on sale April 11th.
Appears between pages 6-7 of story sequence.
7Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Ad for 116 toy airplanes from unnamed company in Rockville Centre, NY.
On bottom of page 16 of story.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Flash-Grams
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters regarding Flash #167, from: Bruce Powers; Rick Conley; Don Markstein; Joseph Arul; Cary Bates; Kenneth Price; Robert Jennings; Bill Ray, with no replies.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
9Featuring
- Feature
- The Spectre; The Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre; The Flash [Barry Allen]
Notes
House ad for The Brave and The Bold #72, showing cover, on sale April 20th.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
10"I want to dust all my models on display."
Featuring
- Feature
- Cap's Hobby Hints
- Code
- 6510
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Synopsis
One boy shows another how to safely dust his models using a small paintbrush.
Notes
Idea is from Keith O'Camb.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Aurora Plastics Corp.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Ad for Aurora's 1967 model catalog, from Aurora Plastics Corp.
Appears between pages 16-17 of story sequence.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Mighty Muscles
Credits
- Letters
- ?
typeset
Notes
Ad for Mighty Muscles body building book.
Appears between pages 18-19 of story sequence.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Palisades Amusement Park
- Characters
- Superman
Notes
Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, with coupons.
Appears on bottom half of last story page.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Helen of Toy Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Ad for Tank Trap game from Helen of Toy, Co.
15Featuring
- Genre
- Advocacy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff
Notes
Inside back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.