We begin with the Flash in "The Great Secret Identity Expose" by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, and Murphy Anderson. Continuing from the last issue, after returning to the 20th Century, Iris Allen suddenly possesses the ability to see through disguises. She correctly identifies an imposter who has kidnapped a business tycoon and fingers two bank robbers. Though Iris clearly blurts out their identities, Iris has no memory of doing so.
When Flash is called to testify in court beside his comrades in the Justice League, Iris nearly exposes their secret identities. Flash intercedes to protect his friends. Fearing Iris will cause more trouble, he takes her back into the timestream. During the trip, the locket she received from her birth father glows. The Flash deduces that it is the cause of Iris's outbursts. Removing the locket cures Iris of the condition.
The backup Kid Flash story is "The Mind-Trap" by Steve Skeates, Dick Dillin, and Murphy Anderson. Wally West is touring the exhibit of Rama-Skeet, an Egyptian pharaoh at the Blue Valley Museum when a car crashes outside the museum, and a man is pronounced dead. A few moments later, the dead man rises. He has been inhabited by the spirit of Rama-Skeet.
Wally switches to Kid Flash and races to the scenes. The spirit then takes over Kid Flash's body. Wally blacks out during the time he is possessed, but he revives fifteen minutes later. The spirit has moved to another body.
Kid Flash deduces that the conscious mind of the host must fight the spirit leading it to find another host. He ensures that the new host is not near any other people when the time limit expires. The spirit is ejected from the host and appears to be destroyed permanently.
Edited by Julius Schwartz.
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