Showcase Presents: The Flash #1

DC Comics

United States.

Published
May 2007
Page count
516
Cover price
16.99 USD; 20.99 CAD
Colour
Black & white
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/360090

Credits

Editing
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Peter Hamboussi (editor collected edition)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (The Flash) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Flash (Barry Allen)

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colours
Alex Sinclair
Letters
typeset
Editing
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Peter Hamboussi (editor collected edition)

Reprint history

Printed in
from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #111, with alterations.
Show/hide 1. Table of Contents Credits, 4 pages

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 2. The Rival Flash! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 3. Showcase #4 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Kubert
Show/hide 4. Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Kubert

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
 
United States
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)
Printed in
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([December 1956?])
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
Also printed
United States
Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown, 1976 series) (1976)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Printed in
Australia
The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #131 ([June 1976?])
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
Also printed
United Kingdom
The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#8 (May 1981)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (DC, 1991 series) (1991)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
 
United States
Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
 
United States
Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) (January 2000)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
 
United States
Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Show/hide 5. The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! (Flash) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Kubert
Show/hide 6. Showcase #8 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 7. The Secret of the Empty Box! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 8. The Coldest Man on Earth! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 9. Showcase #13 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 10. Around the World in 80 Minutes! (Flash) Comic story, 14 pages
Show/hide 11. Master of the Elements! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 12. Showcase #14 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 13. Giants of the Time-World! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 14. The Man Who Changed the Earth! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Show/hide 15. Flash #105 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 16. Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 17. The Master of Mirrors! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 18. Flash #106 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 19. Menace of the Super-Gorilla! (Flash) Comic story, 15 pages
Show/hide 20. The Pied Piper of Peril! (Flash) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 21. Flash #107 (Flash) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 22. Return of the Super-Gorilla! (Flash) Comic story, 15 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd; Solovar

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 23. The Amazing Race Against Time! (Flash) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Kyri

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 24. Flash #108 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 25. The Speed of Doom! (Flash) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Show/hide 26. The Super-Gorilla's Secret Identity! (Flash) Comic story, 14 pages
Show/hide 27. Flash #109 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #109 (October-November 1959)
Return of the Mirror Master!
Also printed
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000)
Cover - The Flash #109
 
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000)
Backcover
Show/hide 28. Return of the Mirror-Master! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #109 (October-November 1959)
Return of the Mirror-Master!
Also printed
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000)
Return of the Mirror Master!
Show/hide 29. Secret of the Sunken Satellite! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Fred Jansen

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #109 (October-November 1959)
Secret of the Sunken Satellite!
Also printed
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000)
Secret of the Sunken Satellite!
Show/hide 30. Flash #110 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 31. The Challenge of the Weather Wizard! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 32. Meet Kid Flash! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 33. Flash #111 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 34. The Invasion of the Cloud Creatures! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 35. The Challenge of the Crimson Crows! (Kid Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Kid Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 36. Flash #112 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 37. The Mystery of the Elongated Man! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 38. Danger on Wheels! (Kid Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Kid Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #112 (April-May 1960)
Danger on Wheels!
Also printed
United States
The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000)
Danger on Wheels!
Show/hide 39. Flash #113 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster [James Jesse]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 40. Danger in the Air! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 41. The Man Who Claimed the Earth! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Zus; Boryas; Po-Sidon

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 42. Flash #114 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 43. The Big Freeze! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 44. King of the Beatniks! (Kid Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Kid Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 45. Flash #115 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; William Dawson [Gorilla Grodd]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 46. The Day Flash Weighed 1000 Pounds! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 47. The Elongated Man's Secret Weapon! (Flash) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 48. Flash #116 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 49. The Man Who Stole Central City! (Flash) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 50. The Race to Thunder Hill! (Kid Flash) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Kid Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 51. Flash #117 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang ["Digger" Harkness]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 52. Here Comes Captain Boomerang! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang ["Digger" Harkness]; W.W. Wiggins; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 53. The Madcap Inventors of Central City! (Flash) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 54. Flash #118 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 55. The Doomed Scarecrow! (Flash) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 56. The Midnight Peril! (Kid Flash) Comic story, 11 pages
Show/hide 57. Flash #119 (Flash) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror-Master [Sam Scudder]

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Show/hide 58. The Mirror-Master's Magic Bullet! (Flash) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror-Master [Sam Scudder]; Iris West

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 59. The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap! (Flas) Comic story, 14 pages

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 31687

Entry created

  • 29/05/2007

Cover added

  • 20/02/2010

Index completed

  • 08/04/2011

Last updated

  • 05/09/2019