Tom versus the Flash number 233 or the creepy spouse smile.

It's a pretty good sign that you're in trouble.

Welcome back for the Flash number 23, the May 1975 issue featuring a cover by Dick Giordano

with the entire issue being edited by Julie Schwartz.

The first story in this issue is The Deadly Secret of the Flash

written by Kerry Bates,

penciled by Irv Novick with inks by Tex Blaise Dell.

We start with the Allens getting ready in the morning.

It's a big weekend.

They got a lot of things to do.

You got to hit up Home Depot,

you got to get to bed, bath, and beyond. You got hair hit up Home Depot, you got to get to bed bath and beyond, you got

hair appointments. It's not easy looking as good and together as they are. So they're rushing

around. We see Iris handing Barry his watch. Barry couldn't find it anywhere. You know, he's

been looking around forever. Iris is making fun of him saying, you know, when you're a bachelor, I don't know how you kept your life together. It's true,

having just recently been married, I've had my wife say the exact same thing to me. And

Iris is giving him hard time saying it would be really nice today if you were on time for all

the appointments that were trying to get done.

So they head out to the car, but they're also giving a ride to Stacey Conwell to her dentist

appointment while they're out doing all their stuff.

Now, Stacey is the daughter of Charlie Conwell, the Flash's friend.

She's going to college, and like any college student, she's living with this very boring couple in the suburbs over living in the dorms. And she's very thankful. The

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