(December 1959-January 1960)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1959-10-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Mystery in Space #56.
Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
Flash / cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints:
-
in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([March] 2000) - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([September] 2010)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
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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 May 2008)
Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Leterese ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon](first appearance; villain)
- Synopsis:
- The origin of the Weather Wizard.
- Reprints:
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 (October 1964)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([March] 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([September] 2010)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
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Meet Kid Flash!
The Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] (introduction, Iris' nephew, origin); Iris West
- Synopsis:
- Wally West visits his Aunt Iris and meets the Flash, but during the meeting a freak accident with chemicals in Barry's lab gives Wally super speed, and he becomes Kid Flash. His first adventure centers around some escaped animals from the zoo.
- Reprints:
- in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963)
-
in Flash Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #1 ([1965]) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1969 (11 Januar 1969) - in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #344 (April 1985) [select pages] which is reprinted
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([March] 2000)
- in Flash Annual Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([October] 2001)
- in Even More Secret Origins (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] (June 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([September] 2010)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
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- Keywords:
- Central City
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Table of Contents
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0.
Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
Flash -
1.
Challenge of the Weather Wizard!
Flash -
2.
Meet Kid Flash!
The Flash
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- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Craig Delich
- Dwayne Best
- Matthew Head
- Peter Croome
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- David Southwood
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
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