Flash #127

Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino.

The evil Gorilla Grodd falls in love with the beautiful female gorilla, Boka! But he's horrified to find out the Boka plans to marry another gorilla, Solovar. So, Grodd goes to his secret laboratory, and creates a machine that makes him emit Neo-Magnetic Radiation. Neo-Magnetic Radiation makes anyone looking at Grodd admire him "instantly and uncontrollably." It works, and not only does Boka fall for him, but the rejected Solovar sees Grodd as a freind. Grodd is instantly made King of Gorilla-City, but soon gets bored. "Compared to the heights I could attain, this being King of Gorilla-City is just small bananas!" Naturally, Grodd heads off to Central City, where there too, he's a hit. Even The Flash loves him. Knowing this isn't right, Flash runs away, and discovers that Grodd Neo-Magnetic powers only have a 100 mile radius. So, Flash decides to be a wimp, and hide out in a hunting lodge, while Grodd is urged to run for Governor. After a few days of hiding out, reading the newspaper (while always wearing his costume), The Flash discovers that Grodd Neo-Magnetic powers are weakest during solar flares. Flash vibrates the atoms of his body at the same frequency as solar flare radiation, to counter the effects of Grodd's Neo-Magnetisism and runs around Grood, creating a tornado that throws Grodd into the air. When Grodd falls, not only is he knocked unconscious, but all the Neo-Magnetic radiation is knocked out of him, too, and the people of Central City see him as he really is: "A gorilla! And an ugly one at that!" The issue ends with Flash going on TV explaining why the people were ready to elect a gorilla-governor, and a particularily sad panal of Grodd in jail.

This issue was reprinted in DC Special #16.