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Issue: The Flash Archives #5
Publication Date: May 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/25/2009
Volume: 5
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781401221515
UPC/EAN: 978140122151554999
Price: $57.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
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Content Items: 30 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Nybakken (collected edition)
Disclose Notes: Black and white reconstruction on selected interior pages by Digikore. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Ternard Solomon.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
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Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
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Table of Contents

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Peyer
Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
Flash [Barry Allen]
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[Cover - The Flash #133]; Plight of the Puppet-Flash!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra
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FlagThe Flash #133 published December 1962
was Plight of the Puppet-Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Plight of the Puppet-Flash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Jackson; Abra Kadabra (villain)
Abra Kadabra turns Flash into a puppet.
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FlagThe Flash #133 published December 1962
was The Plight of the Puppet Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Secret of the Handicapped Boys!

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Kid Flash
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's Mom); Tommy; Jerry; Harry Watkins; Andy; Freddy Garson; Dave Dent
Three handicapped boys accidentally discover that Wally West is Kid Flash.
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FlagThe Flash #133 published December 1962
was Secret of the Handicapped Boys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #134]; The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]
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FlagThe Flash #134 published February 1963
was The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Iris West; Dr. Hutson; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain)
Exposure to an unknown radiation causes Elongated Man to foil Flash's attempts to capture Captain Cold.
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FlagThe Flash #134 published February 1963
was The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Threat of the Absent-Minded Professor!

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Professor T. H. West (first appearance); Frank Enwood (first appearance; villain)
Criminals threaten to kill Barry if Professor West doesn't help them fix their nuclear-ray projector.
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FlagThe Flash #134 published February 1963
was The Threat of the Absent-Minded Professor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #135]; Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
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FlagThe Flash #135 published March 1963
was Secret of the Three Super-Weapons! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Secret of the Three Super-Weapons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West; Ryla (first appearance); The Makryds (first appearance; villains)
While fighting an alien invasion, Wally gets a new uniform.
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FlagThe Flash #135 published March 1963
was Secret of the Three Super-Weapons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Kid Flash gets new uniform.
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[Cover - The Flash #136]; The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
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FlagThe Flash #136 published May 1963
was The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards!

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Mirror Master plans some spectacular crimes after he busts out of prison so he can rise up the prison newspaper's "Most Successful Criminal Poll."
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FlagThe Flash #136 published May 1963
was The Mirror Master's Invincible Bodyguards! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Barry Allen--You're the Flash! --and I Can Prove It!

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Rod Pagin (first appearance; villain)
A criminal uses a post-hypnotic suggestion on the Flash, resulting in him almost revealing his secret identity.
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FlagThe Flash #136 published May 1963
was Barry Allen-- You're the Flash! --And I Can Prove It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #137]; Vengeance of the Immortal Villain!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Vandal Savage
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FlagThe Flash #137 published June 1963
was Vengeance of the Immortal Villain! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Vengeance of the Immortal Villain!

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Credits
Gardner Fox
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Atom [Al Pratt] (Earth-2); Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider] (Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (Earth-2); Johnny Thunder (Earth-2); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (Earth-2); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth-2)]; Iris West; Joan Williams [Joan Garrick]; Vandal Savage [also as Vandr Adg] (villain; origin)
Vandal Savage tries to exact vengeance on the retired Justice Society. Barry goes to Earth-2 to help Jay free the other JSA members.
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FlagThe Flash #137 published June 1963
was Vengeance of the Immortal Villain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #138]; The Pied Piper's Double Doom!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]
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FlagThe Flash #138 published August 1963
was The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Pied Piper's Double Doom!

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Gardner Fox
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Tower City police officers; Sue Dibny; Iris West; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (villain)
The Pied Piper uses his musical control to force both The Flash and The Elongated Man to commmit robberies and forget they did so, but the heroes meet while trying to solve each others' crimes and realize the Pied Piper is behind the scheme, and defeat him.
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FlagThe Flash #138 published August 1963
was The Pied Piper's Double Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Mystery of the Matinee Idol!

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John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Kid Flash
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dexter Myles (first appearance); Blue Valley Summer Festival Commissioner; Mayor of Blue Valley; Sheriff of Blue Valley; Rudolph West; Mary West; Charley (villain); two unnamed common crooks (villains)
Two crooks try to use Dexter Myles as a diversion to stage a jail break of their comrade, but are foiled by Kid Flash, and Dexter is awarded a spot in the summer festival Playhouse production.
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FlagThe Flash #138 published August 1963
was Mystery of the Matinee Idol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A new feature of Kid Flash's new costume appears for the first time; the hair spray used to change his hair from red to brown when appearing as Kid Flash. Intro Dexter Myles, who later becomes curator of the Flash Museum.
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[Cover - The Flash #139]; Menace of the Reverse-Flash!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Professor Zoom [The Reverse-Flash]
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FlagThe Flash #139 published September 1963
was Menace of the Reverse-Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Menace of the Reverse Flash!

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Walter Drake; Professor Zoom [The Reverse-Flash] (first appearance; origin)
A time capsule sent directly to the future results in the creation of a new menace for the Flash... Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash.
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FlagThe Flash #139 published September 1963
was Menace of the Reverse-Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #140]; The Heat is On... for Captain Cold!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]
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FlagThe Flash #140 published November 1963
was The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold

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Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dream Girl [Priscilla Varner] (first appearance); Henry Willens (first appearance); Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain); Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (first appearance; villain)
Captain Cold teams up with a new villain... Heat Wave, to take down the Flash and prove their worth to the Dream Girl.
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FlagThe Flash #140 published November 1963
was The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Metal Eater From The Stars!

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Credits
Gardner Fox
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Flash stops an alien energy being.
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FlagThe Flash #140 published November 1963
was The Metal-Eater from the Stars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[Cover - The Flash #141]; The Mystery of Flash's Third Identity!

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Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Top [Roscoe Dillon]
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FlagThe Flash #141 published December 1963
was The Mystery of Flash's Third Identity! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Mystery of the Flash's Third Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen; also as Missile Man]; Iris West; Jimmy Darrel (first appearance); Top [Roscoe Dillon] (villain); Paul Gambi (first appearance; villain)
Flash discovers the existence of Paul Gambi, the tailor for the Rogue's Gallery, while stopping the Top from a crime spree.
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FlagThe Flash #141 published December 1963
was The Mystery of the Flash's Third Identity! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Paul Gambi is revealed as the tailor for the super-villains. The name is taken from contemporary fan Paul Gambicini.
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Slowdown in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
Jamison (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Professor T. H. West
Professor West believes he's figured out that Barry Allen is the Flash.
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FlagThe Flash #141 published December 1963
was Slowdown in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
typeset
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informational
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Biographies for Murphy Anderson, John Broome, Gardner Fox, Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino and Julius Schwartz.
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The DC Archives Editions

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DC Archive checklist.
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Cover Gallery

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Credits
?
Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Jamison (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Vandal Savage; Professor Zoom [The Reverse-Flash]
Reprinting
FlagThe Flash #134 published February 1963
was The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Flash #135 published March 1963
was Secret of the Three Super-Weapons! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Flash #137 published June 1963
was Vengeance of the Immortal Villain! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Flash #139 published September 1963
was Menace of the Reverse-Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Back cover. Reprints covers from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #133, #135, #137 and #139.

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