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: "The Pied Piper's Double Doom"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
DC Special Series #24 (1981)
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
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 Justice League of America #20; next appearance in Justice League of America #21)

Guest Star(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Flash #134; next appearance in Detective Comics #327)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris West (last appearance in Flash #137; next appearance in Flash #139)

Villain(s)

• Pied Piper (last appearance in Justice League of America #14; next appearance in Justice League of America #35)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Flash #124; next appearance in Detective Comics #327)

Synopsis:
The Pied Piper has developed a new way to committ crimes. Using his musical abilities, he hypnotizes Ralph Dibny, the Elongated Man, into stealing for him. Ralph is then ordered to forget the crime ever occurred.

Flash, investigating the crime scene, finds footprints which point to Ralph as the theif. Piper uses his sonic hypnosis on Flash and forces him to steal as well.

Later, having forgotten his involvement in the crime, Flash investigates the second theft. Elongated Man is already on the scene and has determined that Flash was behind the robbery.

The two heroes realize they have been hypnotized and are able to trace their movements when they are controlled again. The trail leads straight to Pied Piper. Piper has them stopped, but Flash has used Ralph’s Gingold to give himself stretching abilities. The surprise ability turns the tide, and the heroes capture the villain.