COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flash 115 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Bethlehem
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Certification #:
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4177701001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #115 features the second appearance of the Elongated Man. But the main story features a return of Gorilla Grodd, who ingests a pill that allows his mind to leave his body and take over the body of a random person on earth. When Grodd appears to die in his cell, Solovar calls the Flash to inform him of the news that he will no longer need to worry about Grodd. Barry can barely believe it's true.
Meanwhile, in Central City, Grodd's mental powers take over William Dawson's body, who gets a job at a circus and with his knowledge of communicating with gorillas. Dawson then instructs the chimps to begin stealing items around the City.
Barry investigate the strange crimes, finds the Chimps and takes them to jail by spinnning in a whirlwind to contain them. When Flash investigates the circus, they inform him of the new hire William Dawson training the chimps.
Dawson constructs a device that will increase the Flash's weight to 1000 pounds. Seeing the Flash run by, Dawson shoots the Flash rending him almost inert and then striking him with amnesia. Dawson then puts Flash in a display as part of the circus' freak-show.
Walking through a mirror maze, Flash recalls who he is. Flash heads to a dehydration plant to remove the excess water weight.
At his apartment, Dawson notices his pill is wearing off and his facial hair is coming in as thick as gorilla hair. Now that his memory has returned, the Flash appears at his apartment to stop him. He pricks his suit with a pin to deflate the air and beats Dawson unconscious-sounds like police brutality-and turns him over to the police.
Our 9.6 comes from the Bethlehem Collection and has the distinction of being the single highest graded copy. This massive collection of 18,000 comic books was assembled by Stanley Pachon in Bethlehem, PA, and stretched from 1950 into the Silver Age. It contained many popular 50's runs and a score of Marvel and DC keys. After Pachon passed away, the collection was sold to Joe Rainone and Phil Weiss in 1990. The Bethlehems were one of the first pedigreed collections to contain Silver Age books, and many are easily identifiable by a store stamp found on the back covers.
We acquired the book from Worldwide Comics along with the #106 Bethlehem copy some 10 years ago.* We have since upgraded the #106, but this one still stands alone atop the census.
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