Flash 137

"How well I remember those colorful heroes from my boyhood reading of All-Star Comics! Hawk-Man! Doctor Mid-Nite! The Atom from Calvin College and Calvin City! Wonder Woman worked in Washington in those days! Green Lantern was in Gotham City! And good old Johnny Thunder..."

- Barry Allen

"Vengeance of the Immortal Villain!" is the title to the 137th issue of the first The Flash ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. The story was written by Gardner Fox with artwork by Carmine Infantino and inks by Joe Giella. It was lettered by Gaspar Saladino and edited by Julius Schwartz. This issue shipped with a June, 1963 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * Flash, Barry Allen


 * Flash, Jay Garrick
 * Iris West


 * Vandal Savage


 * Atom, Al Pratt
 * Doctor Mid-Nite, Charles McNider
 * Green Lantern, Alan Scott
 * Hawkman, Carter Hall
 * Johnny Thunder
 * Wonder Woman, Princess Diana


 * Justice Society of America
 * Picture News


 * Altered humans
 * Amazons
 * Humans


 * Earth-One
 * Calvin City
 * Gotham City
 * Missouri
 * Central City
 * Virginia
 * Arlington County
 * Pentagon
 * Washington, D.C.


 * Earth-Two
 * Kansas
 * Keystone City


 * All-Star Comics #37


 * Hovercraft


 * Mind control
 * Super-speed


 * Alternate dimensions
 * Crash landings

Notes & Trivia

 * This issue shipped to retailers on April 18th, 1963.


 * This issue includes the "Flash-Grams" letters column. One of the submitted letters is from future DC Comics editor E. Nelson Bridwell.


 * Barry Allen chronologically appeared last in Justice League of America #19. He appears next in Justice League of America #20.


 * This is the first Silver Age appearance of the Justice Society of America. They appeared last in All-Star Comics #57. They appear next in Justice League of America #21.


 * Barry Allen has a copy of All-Star Comics #37 in his home.

Reprints
The storyline from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
 * Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups
 * DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds
 * Flash 213
 * Flash Archives 5
 * Flash Omnibus 2
 * Flash: The Silver Age 3
 * Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told
 * Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular 1
 * Showcase Presents: The Flash 2