The Flash #166 is an issue of the series The Flash (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1966.
Synopsis for "The Last Stand Of The Three-Time Losers!"
Barry Allen finds himself married for almost a month and he is still contemplating whether or not to reveal his secret identity to his wife. He walks home one night after working on a secret experiment when he suddenly runs into a bank heist by members of the Three Time Loser Club. These are criminals that already have three strikes against them and one more conviction would put them in prison for life. Flash engages the criminals in his usual crime fighting style but he suddenly gets the urge to go home and reveal his secret identity to his wife Iris. He abandons the crime scene and arrives at home where he finds Iris working on an news article. Barry almost immediately loses his urge to reveal his identity. He then decides to race back to the crime scene as the Flash to capture the criminals he left behind. Once more he engages them in battle but he again gets the urge to go home and reveal his secret identity to his wife. He races home once more and approaches Iris who seems a little perturbed at the interruption. Once again Barry loses his urge to reveal his secret. He contemplates as to why he is getting these feelings and thinks about the new truth serum experiments that he has been developing. Barry surmises that the truth serum is affecting him in some way. He examines his experiment and determines that the urges he is getting are triggered by nicotine. When the criminals blew cigar smoke in his face, it triggered his urge to rush home to his wife. Barry quickly develops an antidote and rushes to take on the Three Time Loser Club once more. This time the cigar smoke does not affect the Flash and he is able to apprehend the thieves once and for all. He then rushes home and decides to try his truth serum on his wife Iris but surprisingly it has no effect on her. Barry determines that only he is affected by the truth serum. He is left contemplating the thought of revealing his identity to his wife.
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- Chomps (Single appearance)
- Doc (Single appearance)
- Profile (Single appearance)
- Mole (Single appearance)
- Ek-Ek (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "A Tempting Target for the Temperature Twins!"
Barry Allen is traveling down the road in the police labmobile when he suddenly encounters a fire at the Real Cool Refrigeration company. He quickly changes into the Flash and enters the burning building. He finds a man and woman inside struggling to breathe in the smoke. He then carries both of them and tries to maneuver his way out of the building but he suddenly falls through a weak spot on the floor. Flash lands on the first level with his two victims but he sprains his ankle in the process. A doctor orders the Flash to stay off the leg for a few days and recommends that he use a pair of crutches. A photographer takes a picture of the Flash with his crutches and Flash thinks to himself that it will now be more difficult to keep his secret identity. It would look very suspicious if Barry Allen all of a sudden appeared with crutches as well. In the meantime Captain Cold and Heat Wave are in the process of conducting their latest crime. They break into the House of Gems and begin to steal jewelry from the patrons inside. As they are stealing jewels they notice that one of the victims is a beautiful young lady who they recognize as Miss Fashion Gem of Central City. The two criminals are enamored by her and immediately begin fighting for her attention. They then spot Flash outside of the building and immediately decide that whoever puts Flash out of commission will win the prize which presumably means the affection of Miss Fashion Gem. The two criminals fire their heat and cold weapons at the Flash who is still nursing a sprained ankle. As the battle progresses the Flash suddenly realizes that the hot and cold discharges from the weapons are actually making his ankle feel better. He soon regains full use of his ankle and easily defeats the temperature twins.
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Notes
- "Tempting Target for the Temperature Twins" is reprinted in Super-Team Family #1.
- This issue contains a letters page, "Flash-Grams". Published letters were sent by Marv Wolfman (credit as Marvin Wolfman), Janet Lafargue, Alan Trahern and Stephen Leialoha.