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Issue: The Flash Archives #1
Publication Date: August 1996
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues (8 Printings)
Title:
Variant: First Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/12/1996
Volume: 1
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563891395
UPC/EAN: 76194120505200111
Price: $70.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 31 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This hardcover epic reprints the original 1950s tales that first introduced the Flash and his colorful assortment of villains.

Series design by Alex Jay / Studio J. Publication design by Eddie Ortiz. Black and white reconstruction on some interior pages by Rick Keene. Color reconstruction by Rick Taylor and Tom McCraw.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 30 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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Pages: 1
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The Flash Archives, Volume 1

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Title page. Illustrated with a detail from "The Secret of the Empty Box!" from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957).
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Table of Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Illustrated with a detail from "The Secret of the Empty Box!" from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957).
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Illustrated with a detail from "Giants of the Time-World!" from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958) [flipped and modified].
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The Rival Flash!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams
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From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #104 published February 1949
was The Rival Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Showcase #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #4 published September 1956
was Presenting The Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen] (first appearance, origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (first appearance); The Turtle Man (villain, later The Turtle)
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #4 published September 1956
was Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Barry Allen as the Flash.
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The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #4 published September 1956
was The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Cover - Showcase #8

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #8 published May 1957
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Empty Box!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #8 published May 1957
was The Secret of the Empty Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Coldest Man on Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (first appearance, origin, villain)
Synopsis: Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages. But once Flash figures out what Captain cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #8 published May 1957
was The Coldest Man on Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover - Showcase #13

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #13 published March 1958
was Around the World in 80 Minutes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Around the World in 80 Minutes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Le Chat Noir (villain); El Claw (villain); Princess Tara
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #13 published March 1958
was Around the World in 80 Minutes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Master of the Elements!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond] (first appearance, origin, villain, later called Dr. Alchemy); Argon (villain); Radon (villain); Krypton (villain); Xenon (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #13 published March 1958
was Master of the Elements! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Showcase #14

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #14 published May 1958
was Giants of the Time-World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Giants of the Time-World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #14 published May 1958
was Giants of the Time-World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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The Man Who Changed the Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond] (villain, origin, formerly Mr. Element)
Synopsis: The origin of Dr. Alchemy.
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was The Man Who Changed the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover - The Flash #105

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; The Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #105 published February 1959
was Master of Mirrors! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen] (origin recap); Iris West; Katmos (villain); John Haines
Synopsis: John Haines frees Katmos from his suspended animation and he begins his plans to take over the world.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #105 published February 1959
was Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Master of Mirrors!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder](first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: Introducing the Mirror Master.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #105 published February 1959
was The Master of Mirrors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Cover - The Flash #106

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; The Pied Piper
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #106 published April 1959
was The Pied Piper of Peril! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Menace of the Super-Gorilla!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (first appearance; villain); Fred Pearson; Solovar; Gorilla City
Synopsis: Grodd tavels to Central City to steal Solovar's mind control power.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #106 published April 1959
was Menace of the Super-Gorilla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #106 published April 1959
was The Menace of the Super-Gorilla - Conclusion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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The Pied Piper of Peril!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (first appearance, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #106 published April 1959
was The Pied Piper of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Cover - The Flash #107

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #107 published June 1959
was Amazing Race Against Time! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Return of the Super Gorilla!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Solovar; Gorilla Grodd (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #107 published June 1959
was Return of the Super Gorilla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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The Amazing Race Against Time!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Kyri
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #107 published June 1959
was The Amazing Race Against Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Cover - The Flash #108

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #108 published August 1959
was The Speed of Doom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Speed of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Kee Feleg (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #108 published August 1959
was The Speed of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Super Gorilla's Secret Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #108 published August 1959
was The Super Gorilla's Secret Identity! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Biographies for John Broome, Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino, Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert and Julius Schwartz.
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Backcover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #4 published September 1956
was Presenting The Flash! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #14 published May 1958
was Giants of the Time-World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #105 published February 1959
was Master of Mirrors! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #107 published June 1959
was Amazing Race Against Time! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprints covers from SHOWCASE (DC, 1956 series) #4 & 14 and THE FLASH (DC, 1959 series) #105 & 107.

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