Flash Fridays – The Flash #126
posted on February 5, 2016
The sticker-shock-shrieking of thousands of Flash readers when they saw the two cent price increase on the previous issue must have created a huge disturbance in the Force because on the inside of the cover of #126 there was a letter from the editors with a detailed primer on Inflation 101 and how it affects you, Bunky. It was a pretty good explanation of why they had to stick it to us during which they pointed out that their competitors had already begun charging fifteen cents for their books. They finish by telling us that their Giant Annuals would still be priced at twenty-five cents which, when you consider the fact that they were pretty much all reprint books at that time, was a pretty disingenuous boast on their part. Hey, we were twelve, not stupid.
Economics aside, the issue featured the return of the Mirror Master with some tasty Infantino/Anderson art on the cover. I remember it arriving just as we were starting Thanksgiving break which added a nice vibe to the issue for me. The A story revolves around the fact that the Mirror Master has discovered a way to enter a fourth dimension world through a mirror. In our real world, speculation about extra dimensions was still on the fringes of cosmological thinking and I always imagined John Broome paging through issues of Scientific American looking for plausible springboards. In any event, it worked for me. In this other dimension, MM finds himself the only male in a matriarchal society (he was literally the only male which raises some interesting questions all on its own). The women are about to dispatch MM when they see he has a mirror, something they had never seen. They love seeing themselves in the mirror so much (I can almost hear Gloria Steinem spinning in her spin class) that they instead to treat him to a pampered lifestyle catering to his every whim if he’ll promise to make a mirror for each of them. Anything he wants to steal, they simply provide for him. Like a thoughtful-examination-of-human-nature Twilight Zone episode, MM gets bored and slips back into our D to commits crimes where he is eventually is corralled by the Flash, but not before turning the Flash into a mirror and firing a bazooka at him. The Flash manages to escape thus saving MM from seven years of bad luck. The nice touch is the B story where all of this happens while Barry is supposedly in the green room waiting for Iris to wrap up a TV appearance.
Given all of that, you would have thought it was my favorite story in the book, but the second story, Snare of the Headline Huntress, struck a deeper chord with me. It involved Barry returning to his hometown of Fallville where he encounters a childhood crush, Daphne Dean, who is now a Hollywood actress. Realizing that Daphne and Barry had been childhood sweethearts, her press agent tries to cook up a phony romance and engagement between the two for publicity and gets Daphne (with reservations on her part) to play along. Daphne gets kidnapped, the Flash saves her, the press agent gets a story, and Barry an Daphne part company as they both head back to their respective lives. The story ends with Daphne alone in her hotel room realizing that, even though she was play-acting initially, she really was still in love with Barry. And I was in love with that story. The real tangle of human emotions and behavior was somehow far more fascinating to me than the Mirror Master trying to blow up a mirror Flash with a bazooka. What? Talk about a disturbance in the Force.
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- Return to the Road
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- Cover Me - 52
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #218 October-November 1972
- Volume 8 Drops
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- John Darling - Take 153
- Cover Me - 51
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- Flash Fridays - The Flash #216 June 1972
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- Dinkles Clock
- Match to Flame 92
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- Cover Me - 50
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- Winterlude
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- Cover Me - 49
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #214 April 1972
- Way Back Wendy
- Match to Flame 91
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- Cover Me - 48
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #213 March 1972
- Match to Flame 90
- John Darling - Take 147
- Cover Me - 47
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #212 February 1972
- Match to Flame 89
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- ►February(14)
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- John Darling - Take 145
- Cover Me - 46
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #211 December 1971
- Ripples - The Daba Mystery 7
- *Sigh*
- A Crankshaft Christmas
- John Darling - Take 144
- Cover Me - 45
- A Funky Christmas
- Match to Flame 88
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- Ye Old Taboret
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- John darling - Take 143
- Cover Me - 44
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- Miss American
- Match to Flame 87
- John Darling - Take 142
- Cover Me - 43
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- A Crankshaft Christmas
- Ephemera - George Kennedy - Crankshaft 4
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- Cover Me - 42
- Goodreads Giveaway
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- Ephemera - George Kennedy - Crankshaft 3
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- Last One for the Road
- Stan Lee
- Ephemera - George Kennedy - Crankshaft 1
- John Darling - Take 139
- Cover Me - 41
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- Cover Me 40
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #210 November 1971
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- Cover Me 39
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- Cover Me 38
- Match to Flame 94
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- Cover Me 37
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #209 September 1971
- Run for Lisa's Legacy 3
- The Boys of Summer
- John Darling - Take 135
- Cover me 36
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #208 August 1971
- Run for Lisa's Legacy 2
- Kent Book Festival
- Akron Marathon 2018
- ►September(19)
- John Darling - Take 134
- Cover Me 35
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #207 June 1971
- Run for Lisa's Legacy
- Match to Flame 82
- John Darling - Take 133
- Cover Me 34
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- Match to Flame 81
- John Darling - Take 132
- Cover Me 33
- Flash Fridays - #205 May 1971
- The Atomic Bomb Ring
- John Darling - Take 131
- Cover me 32
- Flash Fridays - #204 March 1971
- Studio Stuff - OMEA CD 2018
- John Darling - Take 130
- Cover Me 31
- ►August(17)
- Russ Heath
- Match to Flame 80
- John Darling - Take 129
- Cover Me 30
- Flash Fridays - #203 February 1971
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2017
- John Darling - Take 128
- Cover Me 29
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2016
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- Cover Me 28
- Flash Fridays - #202 December 1970
- Match to Flame 79
- John Darling - Take 126
- Cover Me 27
- On the Shelf
- Match to Flame 78
- ►July(17)
- John Darling - Take 125
- Cover Me 26
- Flash Fridays - #201 November 1970
- Pix from the Road
- John Darling - Take 124
- Cover Me 31
- Flash Fridays - #200 September 1970
- Artists Archives
- John Darling - Take 123
- Cover Me 25
- Flash Fridays - #199 August 1970
- Yet Another Ripples Effect
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- Cover Me 24
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #198 June 1970
- Odds and Book Shelf Ends
- John Darling - Take 121
- ►June(18)
- Cover Me 23
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2015
- Match to Flame 77
- John Darling - Take 120
- Cover Me - 22
- Anatomy of a Cover Eleven
- Match to Flame 76
- John Darling - Take 119
- Cover Me - 21
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #197 May 1970
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2013
- Match to Flame 75
- John Darling - Take 118
- Cover Me - 20
- Anatomy of a Cover Ten
- John Darling - Take 117
- Cover Me - 19
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #196 April 1970
- ►May(15)
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2014
- John Darling - Take 116
- Cover Me -18
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #195 March 1970
- Match to Flame 74
- Anatomy of a Cover Nine
- John Darling - Take 115
- John Darling Take -114
- Cover Me 17
- Match to Flame - 73
- Studio Stuff - Stan Kenton Alumni Band CD - 2013
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- Cover Me 16
- Jerry's in the Studio
- Match to Flame 72
- ►April(16)
- John Darling - Take 112
- North Coast Writers Showcase
- John Darling - Take 111
- Cover Me 15
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #194 February 1970
- Match to Flame 71
- Son of On The Road
- John Darling - Take 110
- Cover Me 14
- Match to Flame - 70
- Ohioans Book Festival
- John Darling - Take 109
- Cover Me 13
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #193 December 1969
- Studio Stuff OMEA CD - 2012
- Ohioana Panel
- ►March(21)
- John Darling - Take 108
- Cover Me 12
- Match to Flame - 69
- Match to Flame - 68
- John Darling - Take 107
- Cover Me 11
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #192 November 1969
- On The Road Again With Vol. 7
- Match to Flame - 67
- John Darling - Take 106
- Cover Me 10
- Studio File
- Match to Flame - 66
- John Darling - Take 105
- Cover Me 9
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #191 September 1969
- In The Pipeline - Rana
- Match to Flame - 65
- John Darling - Take 104
- Cover Me 8
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #190 August 1969
- ►February(18)
- Tom Corbet Space Cadet
- John Darling - Take 103
- Cover Me 7
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #189 June 1969
- Parlor
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- Cover Me 6
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #188 May 1969
- OMEA 2018
- Winter
- John Darling - Take 101
- Cover Me 5
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #187 April 1969
- Studio Stuff - The Dinkle Bag
- Match to Flame - 64
- John Darling - Take 100
- Cover Me 4
- Flash Fridays - The Flash # 186 March 1969
- ►January(17)
- Match to Flame - 63
- John Darling - Take 99
- Cover Me 3
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #185 February 1969
- John Darling - Take 98
- The Complete Funky Winkerbean Vol. Seven
- On the Studio Shelf
- John Darling - Take 97
- Cover Me 2
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #184 December 1968
- Golden Dinkle Award
- The Flash is in the Studio
- John Darling - Take 96
- Cover Me
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #183 November 1968
- Match to Flame - 62
- In The Pipeline - Adeela
- ►December(25)
- ►2017 (204)
- ►December(13)
- ►November(24)
- John Darling - Takes 87 & 88
- Match to Flame - 58
- John Darling - Take 86
- Match to Flame - 57
- One More from the Road
- John Darling - Take 85
- B & N - San Diego
- Elliott Bay
- Countdown to Heritage Auction Ten
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- Back on the Road
- Batty Batom Bullpen - John Byrne & Joe Giella
- John Darling - Take 84
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Tom Palmer
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #182 September 1968
- Son of Akron Comicon 2017
- ►October(20)
- Match to Flame - 56
- Akron Comicon 2017
- John Darling - Take 83
- Left Bank Books
- Buckeye Book Fair 2017
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Tom Lyle
- Deep Vellum
- Rothko Chapel
- Brazos
- John Darling - Take 82
- Fox 8 in the Morning
- Lisa's Legacy Run
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #181 August 1968
- Philly
- New York ComicCon
- John Darling - Take 81
- Kent Book Festival
- John Darling - Take 80
- Match to Flame - 55
- John Darling - Take 79
- ►September(19)
- The Thurber Attic
- Lisa's Legacy Trilogy on the Road
- John Darling - Take 78
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Russ Heath - Redux
- Akron Marathon Lisa's Legacy Relay Team
- Launch Signing Nears
- Superman and Cleveland
- John Darling - Take 77
- Batty Batom Bullpen - P. Craig Russell
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #180 June 1968
- More Ripples
- Thurber House Part 3
- John Darling - Take 76
- Batty batom Bullpen - Russ Heath
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #179 May 1968
- Summer's Story
- John Darling - Take 75
- Match to Flame - 54
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #178 April/May 1968
- ►August(19)
- The Last Leaf
- Thurber House Part 2
- John Darling - Take 74
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Rick Burchett Rides Again
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #177 March 1968
- Match to Flame - 53
- Prelude
- John Darling - Take 73
- Ripples Redux Redux
- Thurber House Event
- The Cat Exits the Bag
- John Darling - Take 72
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Rick Burchett
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #176 February - 1968
- Match to Flame - 52
- Match to Flame - 51
- Flash Fridays - Superman #199 The Flash #175 December 1967
- Match to Flame - 50
- Match to Flame - 49
- ►July(18)
- John Darling - Take 71
- Ripples Redux
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #174 November 1967
- Match to Flame - 48
- Even More New in the Studio
- John Darling - Take 70
- The Ripples
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #173 September 1967
- Son of Odds and Ends
- Match to Flame - 47
- John Darling - Take 69
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Don Perlin-Encore
- Flash Fridays - The Flash # 172 August 1967
- John Darling - Take 68
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Neal Adams
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #71 June 1967
- Match to Flame - 46
- John Darling - Take 67
- ►June(18)
- More New in the Studio
- The More Things Seem to Change...
- John Darling - Take 66
- Heritage Consignment
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #170 May 1967
- Match to Flame - 45
- John Darling - Take 65
- The Batty Batom Bullpen - Full Disclosure
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #169 April-May 1967
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Randy Reynaldo
- Match to Flame - 44
- John Darling - Take 64
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Neil Vokes
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #168 March 1967
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- John Darling - Take 63
- Return to the Road
- The Batty Batom Bullpen - Bob Layton
- ►May(10)
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- John Darling - Take 60
- The Pipeline
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #164 September 1966
- Match to Flame - 42
- John Darling - Take 59
- The Radar
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #163 August 1966
- Band Calendar - April
- John Darling - Take 58
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Frank Brunner
- Match to Flame - 41
- Les and Cayla
- John Darling - Take 57
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #162 June 1966
- ►March(19)
- The Secret Sauce - The More Things Change
- John Darling - Take 56
- Batty Batom Bullpen - Ron Frenz
- Flash Fridays - #161 May 1966
- Match to Flame - 40
- John Darling - Take 55
- Magic
- The Pipeline
- Flash Fridays - #160 April 1966
- The Secret Sauce - Roses in December
- John Darling - Take 54
- The Batty Batom Bullpen - Paul Gulacy
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #159 March 1966
- Match to Flame - 39
- The Batty Batom Bullpen - Michael Gilbert
- John Darling - Take 53
- Flash Fridays - Green Lantern #43 March 1966 - The Brave and the Bold #65
- The Secret Sauce
- Band Calendar - March
- ►February(13)
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- Superman Crayons
- John Darling - Take 47
- Flash Fridays - The Flash # 157 December 1965
- John Darling - Take 46
- Match to Flame 38
- Match to Flame 37
- Volume Six is in the house.
- John Darling - Take 45
- Match to Flame 36
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #156 November 1965
- Sunday News
- John Darling - Take 44 1980
- Studio Stuff - Cleaning the Studio
- Son of Superman Crayons
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #155 September 1965
- The Pipeline 2
- Band Calendar - January
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- John Darling - Take 43
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #154 August 1965
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- John Darling - Take 41
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- Match to Flame 35
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #153 June 1965
- John Darling - Take 39
- Match to Flame 34
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #152 May 1965
- Match to Flame 33
- Home for the Holidays
- Flash Fridays- The Flash Annual #3 April 1965
- Band Calendar - December
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- On the Road Again - Akron Comicon
- John Darling - Take 36
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 11
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #148 - November 1964
- On the Road Again - Buckeye Book Fair
- John Darling - Take 35
- Match to Flame 31
- Flash Fridays - The Flash Annual #2 October 1964
- Autumn
- Match to Flame 30
- John Darling - Take 34
- Flash Fridays- The Flash #147 September 1964
- Match to Flame 29
- October
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- John Darling - Take 33
- Match to Flame 28
- The Pipeline 1
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- John Darling - Take 32
- Match to Flame 27
- Lisa's Legacy Run 2016
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #144 May 1964
- John Darling - Take 31
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- SDCC 2016
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- Anatomy of a Cover Seven
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #140 November 1963
- Match to Flame 25
- John Darling - Take 28
- Studio Stuff - Wood-burned Starbuck
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #139 September 1963
- Match to Flame 23
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- July
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #138 August 1963
- ►June(11)
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- Match to Flame 20
- John Darling - Take 20
- Anatomy of a Cover Four
- Flash Fridays #131 September 1962
- Studio Stuff 4
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- Match to Flame 19
- ANATOMY OF A COVER Three
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #130 August 1962
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- John Darling - Take 17
- Match to Flame 17
- ►February(15)
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- Anatomy of a Cover Two
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #128
- Match to Flame 16
- Anatomy of a Cover - One
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #127
- On The Road Again
- Blast from Funky's Past
- Flattop Junior's Final Act
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 10
- Match to Flame 15
- John Darling - Take 15
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 9
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #126
- John Darling - Take 14
- ►January(15)
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 8
- Flash Fridays - The Flash # 125
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- Match to Flame 14
- Match to Flame 13
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #124
- John Darling - Take 12
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 7
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #123
- Match to Flame 12
- John Darling - Take 11
- Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 6
- Flash Fridays - The Flash #122
- Match to Flame 11
- John Darling - Take 10
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