The Flash (1959)
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.
Brian Augustyn
Writer
Carl Gafford
Writer, Colorist, Letterer
Cary Bates
Writer, Editor
Gardner Fox
Writer, Other
Geoff Johns
Writer
Joey Cavalieri
Writer
John Broome
Writer
Julius Schwartz
Writer, Editor, Other
Len Wein
Writer, Editor, Other
Mark Waid
Writer
Paul Kupperberg
Writer
Scott Kolins
Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colorist
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