The Flash #112

(April-May 1960)

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Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Elongated Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

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Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (first appearance, origin); Iris West; Police Chief; Perry Veto (villain); Perry Veto Gang (villains)

Synopsis

Elongated Man comes to Central City and Flash suspects him of commiting a string of robberies.

Reprints

• in Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963)
• in Flash Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #1 ([1965])
• in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 - Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (Fall 1979)
• in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #11/1980 (November 1980)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([May] 2000)
• in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([November] 2010)
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
• in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #100

Indexer Notes

Elongated Man is a frequent guest star with Flash in his early strips. He graduates to his own strip in Detective Comics starting in #327.

Galactic Speeds! (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-48 (October-November 1976)

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.

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Pyro Plastics Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Aloha... Hawaii! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

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Flash Grams / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Flash Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

During lightning storms, it is dangerous...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Danger on Wheels! (Table of Contents: 8)

Kid Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Kid Flash [Wally West]; Miss Linda Grant; Ralph Parker; The Big Ace Company [Thug Doby; 2nd Thug] (villains)

Reprints

• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([May] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([November] 2010)
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
• in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #20

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Amazing Speeds / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a Major League Baseball game...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #158 (February 1966)
• in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #13 (July-August 1971) [bottom-left panel only, reconfigured]

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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)