Tom versus the Flash number 161 or I love this issue like a man loves a gun.

Welcome back for the Flash number 161, the May 1966 issue featuring a cover

penciled by Carmine and Fantino and inked by Murphy Anderson. The first story of this issue is

The Case of the Curious Costume, written by Robert

Canninger, penciled by Carmine Infantino, inked by Joe Giella, and edited by Julie Schwartz. This

story is completely insane. It's like Robert Canneger looked at all the stories and said,

I like what you've all done. I'm going to raise it up another notch. You might remember from

issue 159 the cover with the flash nailing, well, he nailed his costume up to a tree with a

note saying that he'd retired. And if you remember at the end of that story, this had come back

next month, we're going to do a whole new story based on this same cover. Well, the next

issue is a reprint issue. So this is the issue that features the new story based on that

same cover. And Kegger knocks out of the park. We start with like, Kandigar likes to, he likes to

build an atmosphere. He wants to get the idea across right away. So, of course,

what would you start a kid's book with other than mentioning the fact that a man and a gun

have a close relationship, like a soldier who needs his gun to save his life from his enemy?

We see soldiers shooting some other soldiers. We then see the soldier. It's

going to be tough to say that. The soldier talking to his gun, referring to it as pal.

Weird, yes. Even weirder is that sometimes they think the gun answers saying such things as,

I'll never leave you, Sarge, I'm yours for keeps.

Nothing will ever separate us. That's a weird gun sexual moment to that. Why are we talking

about guns and soldiers being in love with their guns? Because that's the same relationship

the Flash has with his costume. It keeps him safe.

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