The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- 1991
- Page count
- 288
- Cover price
- 14.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/49010
Credits
- Editing
- Mike Gold
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Flash)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- John Nyberg
- Editing
- Mike Gold
1Credits
- Script
- Carmine Infantino
- Letters
- Typeset
2Featuring
- Feature
- Introduction
Credits
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
various panels used as illoes
3Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Harry Lampert
- Colours
- Bob Le Rose
Notes
origin & 1st appearance of Flash
4Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bloch
- Art
- Everett Hibbard
- Colours
- Greg Theakston
5Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher +
- Art
- Joe Kubert
- Colours
- Greg Theakston
6Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher +
- Pencils
- Lee Elias
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
7Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colours
- Brian Augustyn
Reprint history
- Based on
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Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([December 1956?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Flash (KG Murray, 1975 series) #131 ([June 1976?]) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
- Also printed
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown, 1976 series) (1976) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
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The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#8 (May 1981) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) ([November] 1992) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 1 ([June] 1996) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
-
Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt
-
Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) (January 2000) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
- Printed in
-
Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
- Also printed
-
Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([September] 2012) — Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Notes
origin & 1st appearance of Silver Age Flash
8Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
Notes
vs. Gorilla Grodd
9Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Bob Le Rose
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #113 (June-July 1960) — Danger in the Air!
- Also printed
-
The Hundred Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #49 ([September 1960?])
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The Hundred Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #49 ([September 1960?]) — Danger in the Air!
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The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 (April 1966) — Danger in the Air
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The Flash Archives (DC, 1994 series) #Volume 2 ([March] 2000) — Danger in the Air!
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Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (May 2007) — Danger in the Air!
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Countdown Special: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007) — Danger in the Air!
Notes
vs. Trickster 1st
10Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colours
- Katie Main
11Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Tom McCraw
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 (April 1966) — The Space Boomerang Trap
- Also printed
-
Giant Flash Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #4 ([January 1967?]) — 'The Space Boomerang Trap
-
Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #Vol. One ([July] 2006) — Space-Boomerang Trap!
Notes
with Elongated Man
12Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Glenn Whitmore
Notes
with Kid Flash
13Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
Notes
with Golden Age Flash vs. Vandal Savage
14Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Glenn Whitmore
Notes
with Green Lantern
15Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colours
- Tom McCraw
16Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Julius Schwartz
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colours
- Tom McCraw
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Irv Novick
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colours
- Rick Taylor
18Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- various illustrations
- Colours
- Rick Taylor
Notes
Adapted from Flash #275-350.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Mike Baron
- Pencils
- Jackson Guice
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt
- Colours
- Katie Main
- Letters
- Steve Haynie
Indicia
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