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The Flash Archives vol.1
Cover by Carmine Infantino
Reprinting:
The Flash #117-124
December 1960-November 1961
(First Printing: 2002; 224 pages)
ISBN (1-56389-799-7)
***Information for this page submitted by James Friel

Highlights:
  • The first appearances of Captain Boomerang (The Flash 117), The Top (The Flash 122), and Earth-2 (The Flash 123).
  • Re-Introduces Winky, Blinky, and Noddy (The Flash 117), Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash (The Flash 123), The Thinker (The Flash 123), The Fiddler (The Flash 123), and The Shade (The Flash 123).
  • Elongated Man gets married (The Flash 119).
  • The first book-lenth story (The Flash 120).
Contents:
Foreword by Paul Levitz
The Flash #117
December 1960
(26 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"Here Comes Captain Boomerang!"
(13 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson
Synopsis: A corporate symbol turns to crime, using boomerangs to commit daring robberies.

"The Madcap Inventors of Central City!"
(13 Pages)

Writer: Gardner Fox
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Three stooge-like characters invent a flying car and involve The Flash in their escapades.
The Flash #118
February 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"The Doomed Scarecrow!"
(14 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson
Synopsis: Mysterious attacks and problems around the shooting of a Flash movie.

"The Midnight Peril!"
(Starring Kid Flash)
(11 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Kid Flash exposes criminals masquerading as ghosts during a fraternity initiation.

The Flash #119
March 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"The Mirror-Master’s Magic Bullet!"
(11 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson
Synopsis: The Mirror-Master hypnotizes Flash into being his henchman.

"The Elongated Man’s Undersea Trap!"
(Starring Kid Flash)
(14 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Elongated Man is kidnapped by undersea aliens while on his honeymoon, and Flash allows himself to be caught as well in order to rescue him.

The Flash #120
May 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"Land of Golden Giants!"
(25 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson
Synopsis: Flash and Kid Flash are caught in a timeslip and encounter cavemen, prehistoric mammalian megafauna, dinosaurs, and giant golden aliens all co-existing in one period of the past. They also prove the theory of continental drift to be true decades before plate tectonics. First book-length story in this title.

The Flash #121
June 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"The Trickster Strikes Back!"
(12 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: The Trickster returns and leads Flash a merry chase.

"The Secret of the Stolen Blueprint!"
(13 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson
Synopsis: Flash helps out an old friend and thwarts foreign spies at Barry Allen’s college reunion.

The Flash #122
August 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"Beware the Atomic Grenade!"
(15 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Introducing The Top, a criminal who uses spinning objects to commit robberies.

"The Face Behind the Mask!"
(Starring Kid Flash)
(10 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Kid Flash helps a young rock star escape being forced back into a life of crime.

The Flash #123
September 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"Flash of Two Worlds!"
(25 Pages)

Writer: Gardner Fox
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: The historic story that re-introduces Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash, and opens the door for the re-introduction of all DC’s original 1940s characters, including the JSA. This is the beginning of the DC Comics Multiverse. Both Flashes versus The Thinker, the Fiddler, and The Shade.

The Flash #116
November 1961
(25 Pages + Cover)
Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella

"Space-Boomerang Trap!"
(16 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: Flash and the Elongated Man versus Captain Boomerang—can Ralph stretch far enough to get Barry off a giant boomerang headed for orbit?

"Vengeance Via Television!"
(9 Pages)

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Carmine Infantino/Joe Giella
Synopsis: A criminal learns to control the actions of other people by psionic means through television.

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