Flash Annual
#1
(Summer 1963)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- On-sale Date
- 1963-08-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 15 in ad in The Adventures of Bob Hope #83.
Famous Flash Firsts
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (on main figure)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Katmos; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond]; Gorilla Grodd; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Star Sapphire
- Reprints
-
in Batman Número Extraordinario (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #01-jul-64 [6] (Julio 1964) [cover] -
in Flash Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #1 ([1965]) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #16/1968 (10. August 1968) -
in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
-
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.!
The Flash / comic story / 11.33 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen] (origin recap); Iris West; Katmos (villain); John Haines
- Synopsis
- John Haines frees Katmos from his suspended animation and he begins his plans to take over the world.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)
-
Master of the Elements!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mr. Element [Albert Desmond] (first appearance, origin, villain, later called Dr. Alchemy); Argon (villain); Radon (villain); Krypton (villain); Xenon (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Element and his henchmen shoot Flash into space in an attempt to get rid of him.
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
1st appearance of Mr. Element
The Mystery of the Elongated Man!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (first appearance, origin); Iris West; Perry Veto (villain)
- Synopsis
- Elongated Man comes to Central City and Flash suspects him of committing a string of robberies.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #112 (April-May 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
origin & 1st appearance of Elongated Man
How I Draw the Flash
The Flash / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #169 (April 1967) which is reprinted
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([December] 2012)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2018)
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-48 (October-November 1976) which is reprinted
- in Superman Sonderausgabe (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #[2] - Superman gegen Roter Blitz (1977)
-
in Superman contre Flash (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) (1er trimestre 1979) - in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
-
The Amazing Star Sapphire!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Maria Flura; Star Sapphire (1st appearance, villain)
- Synopsis
- The Flash and Dr. Flura are seeming found dead in the streets, but later are discovered to be in a state of suspended animation. Suddenly, Star Sapphire appears to challenge the Flash [in a dream state] to a battle royale, with the preservation of the Earth as the stakes. Unfortunately for the Fastest Man Alive, he has only two minutes to beat her before he dies!
- Reprints
- from All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #32 (December 1947-January 1948)
-
Menace of the Super-Gorilla!
The Flash / comic story / 14.33 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (first appearance, villain); Fred Pearson; Solovar
- Synopsis
- Grodd travels to Central City to steal Solovar's mind control power.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959)
-
- Keywords
- Gorilla City
Indexer Notes
origin & 1st appearance of Gorilla Grodd
Famous Flash-Cover Firsts!
The Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff; E. E. Hibbard; Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff; E. E. Hibbard; Joe Kubert; Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Whip (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset); The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Mirror Master
- Reprints
- from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)
- from All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #1 (Summer 1941)
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)
-
Meet Kid Flash!
The Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] (first appearance, origin); Iris West
- Synopsis
- Wally West visits his aunt Iris and meets the Flash. During the meeting a freak accident gives Wally super speed and he becomes Kid Flash.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #110 (December 1959-January 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
origin & 1st appearance of Kid Flash
A Complete Index of All The Flash Stories Published to Date
text article / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Contains story titles and art credits for each issue.
- Reprints
- in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
The Flash / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Best wishes from Barry Allen (The Flash)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 (April 1966)
- in Flash Annual No. 1 Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Famous Flash Firsts
The Flash -
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.!
The Flash -
3.
Just Imagine!
Justice League -
4.
["Green Lantern's amazing power ring..."]
Green Lantern -
5.
Master of the Elements!
The Flash -
6.
The Mystery of the Elongated Man!
The Flash -
7.
How I Draw the Flash
The Flash -
8.
The Amazing Star Sapphire!
The Flash -
9.
Menace of the Super-Gorilla!
The Flash -
10.
["There's danger in the air..."]
The Atom -
11.
["Wheet! Wheet!"]
Mystery in Space -
12.
Famous Flash-Cover Firsts!
The Flash -
13.
Meet Kid Flash!
The Flash -
14.
["Now that you've read this Flash Annual..."]
The Flash -
15.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
DC Comics -
16.
A Complete Index of All The Flash Stories Published to Date
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17.
["Best wishes from Barry Allen (The Flash)"]
The Flash
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