Comic Title: Flash #134
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1963
On Sale Date: December 6, 1962 Copyright Date December 6, 1962
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1962

Newsstand Date December 6, 1962
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V17 #11

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of January, April, July and October
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 270000
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Threat of the Absent-Minded Professor"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen 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)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash #134; next appearance in Justice League of America #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris West (last appearance in Flash #134; next appearance in Green Lantern #20)
• Ira West (Iris’s father; erroneously given the initials T.H. in this story; first appearance; last appearance in Flash #203; next appearance in Flash #141)

Villain(s)

• Frank Enwood and three thugs (Chub named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Iris West’s father, Professor West, is in town and wants to meet Barry. Upon arriving the absent-minded man wants to know Barry’s intentions to his daughter. Before Barry can explain, both men are grabbed by some hoods.

The hoods work for Frank Enwood, a criminal scientist. He has designed a device to crack a bank vault, but the device is malfunctioning. The professor is forced to repair the device.

While the crooks are robbing the bank, Barry and Prof. West are locked in a dark room. Barry uses his powers to escape and capture the crooks, but he fears that the professor will know his secret identity. He is not exposed because the professor was too near-sighted to notice Barry at all. Later, Barry and Iris explain their friendship to the professor.