(September-October 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Superserien spesialnummer (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #[nn] ([1967]) -
in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-11 (April 1972)
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[untitled]
Flash / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961) [Flash vignette] which is reprinted
- in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963)
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in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #16/1968 (10.August 1968) [ [USA, leicht verändert mit Comic-Motiven im Hinergrund]] - in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-11 (April 1972)
- in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 4 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (January 2000)
- in Flash Annual Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([October] 2001) [0.25 page]
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
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Indexer Notes
Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (9 January 2008)
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Flash / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- 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)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #3 ([Circa1956-1960]) - in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #16/1968 (10.August 1968)
- in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
- in The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (DC, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 4 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] ([April] 1992)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (January 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
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Indexer Notes
First appearance of Barry Allen as the Flash.
The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!
Flash / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #215 (May 1972)
- in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 4 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 4 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (January 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[untitled]
Flash -
1.
Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!
Flash -
2.
Wonders of Speed!
-
3.
The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!
Flash
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Peter Croome
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Stangas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Donald Dale Milne
- Clayton Emery
- Mike Nielsen
- Ed Boner
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