The Flash #123

(September 1961)

Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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Record Your Voice at Home (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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Flash of Two Worlds! [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen] (origin re-cap); Flash [Jay Garrick] (origin re-cap) (Earth-2); Iris West; Joan Garrick (Earth-2)

Synopsis

Barry Allen appears at the Community Center in Central City to perform for kids and during one of his amazing tricks is mysteriously transported to Keystone City...a place that he recalls that the original Flash once lived. The two meet and Barry surmises that Jay lives on a parallel Earth...one that evidently Earth-1 writer Gardner Fox tuned in on when he wrote the adventures of the Flash in the 1940's. Jay tells Barry that a crime wave has hit Keystone City and asks Barry for his help.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #176 (25 de julio de 1963)
• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] ([December] 1989)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([June] 1990)
• in Millennium Edition: The Flash Vol. 1, #123 (DC, 2000 series) (May 2000)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([December] 2005)
• in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
• in DC Comics Anthologie (Urban Comics, 2012 series) (février 2012)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([April] 2013)
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2. Vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade, revivals. Golden Age Flash also in 129, 137, 151, 170, 173, 215, 229. Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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Fastest Trips Around the World! (Table of Contents: 5)

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Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Nellie Bly; Wiley Post

Synopsis

Modern speed records by people for circling the earth.

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Flash of Two Worlds! Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 7)

The Flash / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Edward Jarvis (millionaire); un-named butler of Jarvis; The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (Earth-2 villain); The Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (Earth-2 villain); The Shade [Richard Swift] (Earth-2 villain)

Synopsis

Unknown to either Flash, three master criminals from the past of Jay Garrick are responsible for the crime wave in Keystone City: the Thinker, who vows to steal the Neptune Cup, the Fiddler, who seeks to steal the crown jewels on display at a museum, and the Shade wants to gain control of a collection of historical curios. However, both Flashes fall flat on their vase in their attempts to nab the Thinker and Shade.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #176 (25 de julio de 1963)
• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] ([December] 1989)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([June] 1990)
• in Millennium Edition: The Flash Vol. 1, #123 (DC, 2000 series) (May 2000)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([December] 2005)
• in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
• in DC Comics Anthologie (Urban Comics, 2012 series) (février 2012)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([April] 2013)
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Script

Julius Schwartz (editorial replies)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Editor: I'd like to ask you...

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Joe Garrett, James E. Brown, Jeffrey Strum (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 1), Ernest Rosenberg (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 2), Franklin Hillpot (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 3).

Flash of Two Worlds! Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 14)

The Flash / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Iris West; The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (Earth-2 villain); The Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (Earth-2 villain); The Shade [Richard Swift] (Earth-2 villain)

Synopsis

After comparing notes, Jay and Barry decide to work together to tackle the Fiddler. But the Shade and Thinker are comparing notes, too, and discover that their partner in crime is up against two Flashes, not one.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #176 (25 de julio de 1963)
• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] ([December] 1989)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([June] 1990)
• in Millennium Edition: The Flash Vol. 1, #123 (DC, 2000 series) (May 2000)
• in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([December] 2005)
• in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
• in DC Comics Anthologie (Urban Comics, 2012 series) (février 2012)
• in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #4 ([April] 2013)
• in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([September] 2014)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2017)

Keywords

Fiddle Car

Indexer Notes

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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