DC’s The Flash covered four years from December 1962’s #133 to August 1966’s 163. In some ways it feels like a lot has happened, but not much has moved. The characters are all the same. This is the great difference between DC where story device is central, with each tale being resolved in 24, 16, …
Barry (The Flash) Allen gets busted by his fiancé purchasing designer outfits for a visiting scientist from another dimension. The art is also vaguely interesting because the inter-dimensional visitor’s hair-do reminds me of Princess Leia from Star Wars. Artist Carmine Infantino would draw that character in Marvel’s Star Wars comic ten years after this.
Confirmed in a life of crime by the standings in the prison newspaper. Perhaps the authorities need to rethink their editorial oversight. The Flash #136
US comic books are generally divided into distinct ages. The Golden Age (1938-1950) was the medium’s beginning until its near demise due to censorship and sales issues; the Silver Age (1956-1970) marked a return and renewal, including the rise of Marvel Comics and the Batman TV show craze; the Bronze Age (1970-1985) is a less …
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