(May-June 1957)
- 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
2nd Flash appearance.
[no title indexed]
Flash / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992) - in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Greg Fischer, July 2008).
The Secret of the Empty Box!
Flash / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
-
The Coldest Man on Earth!
Flash / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- 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.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975)
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] ([October] 1990)
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([June] 1996)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
-
The Race of Wheel and Keel
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Harry Lazarus
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- historical; western-frontier
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #53 (June-July 1950)
-
in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #19 ([August 1957] ?) - in Showcase Presents: Showcase (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([July] 2012)
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Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Flash -
1.
The Secret of the Empty Box!
Flash -
2.
The Coldest Man on Earth!
Flash -
3.
The Race of Wheel and Keel
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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