Description
Barry Allen arrived as DC's Silver Age Flash in 1959, headlining his own series from issue #105 -- a number carried over from the Golden Age's Flash Comics. A police scientist in Central City, Barry gained super-speed after a freak laboratory accident combined chemicals and lightning. Editor Julius Schwartz shaped the book's direction, with John Broome and Gardner Fox writing science-tinged adventures and Carmine Infantino delivering the sleek artwork that gave the Silver Age much of its visual identity.
The series built one of comics' most colorful villain rosters: Mirror Master, Gorilla Grodd, Captain Boomerang, the Trickster, Heat Wave, and the Reverse-Flash, among others. It also introduced Wally West as Kid Flash in #110 and established the concept of parallel Earths in #123's "Flash of Two Worlds," a concept that reshaped DC continuity for decades. The run ended at #350 in 1985, with Barry Allen sacrificing himself in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Series Details
Creators
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Adam Kubert
Letterer
Albert DeGuzman
Letterer
Alex Ross
Penciller, Inker, Colorist
Anthony Castrillo
Penciller
Brian Bolland
Penciller, Inker, Colorist
Frank Giacoia
Inker, Cover Artist
Gary Cohn
Writer
Jack Schiff
Writer, Editor
Ron Lim
Penciller
Steve Lightle
Penciller, Inker
Tom Nicolosi
Inker
Val Semeiks
Penciller
Availability
Issues
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Conqueror from 8 Million BC!; The Master of Mirrors!
The Flash (1959)
Menace of the Super-Gorilla / The Pied Piper of Peril!
The Flash (1959)
Return of the Super-Gorilla!; The Amazing Race Against Time!
The Flash (1959)
Invasion of the Cloud Creatures! / Kid Flash: The Challenge of the Crimson Crows!
The Flash (1959)
Mar 01, 1960
The Day Flash Weighed 1,000 Pounds! / The Elongated Man's Secret Weapon!
The Flash (1959)
Sep 01, 1960
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