Comic Title: Flash #138
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1963
On Sale Date: June 13, 1963 Copyright Date June 13, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Mystery of the Matinee Idol"
Pages: 11

Feature(s):
Kid Flash (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:The Flash Vol. 2 TPB (2008)
Flash Archives Vol. 5 HC (2009)
Flash:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2017)
Flash:The Silver Age Vol. 3 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Kid Flash (last appearance in Flash #135; next appearance in Flash #144)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marion West (last appearance in Flash #135; next appearance in Flash #149)
• Bob West (last appearance in Flash #116; next appearance in Flash #149)

Villain(s)

• Three bank robbers (Charley named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dexter Myles (first appearance; next appearance in Flash #154)

Synopsis:
During a parade, Kid Flash rescues a man who collapes on the street. He learns the man is an old-time actor named Dexter Myles. Myles informs Wally that two members of the festival committee have paid him to perform Shakespeare in the town square. The boy speedster remembers there is a law against public performances and is suspicious.

The two men are not committee members but bank robbers. They have used Myles as a distraction so they can break their accomplice out of jail. Kid Flash intervenes and captures the men. The publicity, the incident generates, helps Myles start a comeback.