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The Flash Archives, Vol. 1 (The Flash Archives #1)
While working in his lab, police scientist Barry Allen was struck by lightning at the exact same time that he became doused in chemicals. But instead of scarring him or taking his life, this freak accident gave him a new one, as the Flash, the fastest man alive. This hardcover epic reprints the original 1950s tales that first introduced the Flash and his colorful assortmen...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
May 4th 1998
by DC Comics
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Assuming your library has fifty dollars to spend... This Archives edition reprints the first eight comic books featuring the silver-age Flash, and the last starring the golden-age Flash.
Comic book history is devided into several "ages." The first, the Golden Age, is from 1935ish to 1948ish, these are the comics w/the first generation of super-heroes ie Superman, Batman, Captain America, The Shield etc. By the late forties all the super-heroes except Batman, Superman and...more
Comic book history is devided into several "ages." The first, the Golden Age, is from 1935ish to 1948ish, these are the comics w/the first generation of super-heroes ie Superman, Batman, Captain America, The Shield etc. By the late forties all the super-heroes except Batman, Superman and...more
Barry Allen was my favorite super-hero as a kid because he fought crime with science. I knew, of course, that the earth wasn't really hollow and full of bird people, but I liked that Gorilla Grodd had an "evolution ray" and that Barry had to know things like the molecular density of materials to vibrate through them. Reading these stories as an adult has kind of killed a little portion of my childhood.
I mean, Mr. Element is so obsessed with pure elements that he made a s...more
I mean, Mr. Element is so obsessed with pure elements that he made a s...more
Showcase #4, 8, 13, 14
Flash #104-108
1956-59
In color, HB, OOP
Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen)
First appearance of Silver Age Flash = Showcase #4
Flash #104-108
1956-59
In color, HB, OOP
Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen)
First appearance of Silver Age Flash = Showcase #4
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