([May] 2019)

DC, 2016 Series
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Volume
4
Price
24.99 USD; 33.99 CAD
Pages
388
On-sale Date
2019-03-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [circle and serifs]
ISBN
978-1-4012-8823-5 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401288235 52499
Editing
Julius Schwartz (original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions); Tyler-Marie Evans (editor - collected edition)

Issue Notes

Collects The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #148-163.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Evan Shaner [as Evan "Doc" Shaner]
Inks
Evan Shaner [as Evan "Doc" Shaner]
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]

Indexer Notes

Original cover art by Evan "Doc" Shaner, emulating the cover of the Flash #155.

Cover Thumbnail for The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #4
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[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Evan Shaner [as Evan "Doc" Shaner]
Inks
Evan Shaner [as Evan "Doc" Shaner]
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]

Indexer Notes

Title page with illustration from cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Indicia listing publisher credits.

[Creator Credits] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[The Flash #148] (Table of Contents: 5)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang
Reprints

The Day Flash Went Into Orbit (Table of Contents: 6)

Flash / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

vs Capt Boomerang as he tries to send Flash off into space on a giant boomerang...again.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 5.67 pages.

The Doorway to the Unknown (Table of Contents: 7)

Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

An off-beat story involving a call from beyond death.

[The Flash #149] (Table of Contents: 8)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Wally West [Kid Flash]
Reprints

Flash's Sensational Risk (Table of Contents: 9)

Flash / comic story / 13.33 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; K-10 Gang; Rudy West; Mary West
Synopsis
When Kid Flash traces a mysterious explosion to another dimension he finds that they are being caused by the K-10 gang.
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Indexer Notes

with Kid Flash

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

Robberies by Magic (Table of Contents: 10)

Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

vs Abra Kadabra

[The Flash #150] (Table of Contents: 11)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash; Captain Cold
Reprints

Captain Cold's Polar Perils (Table of Contents: 12)

Flash / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Ayesha (Maharanee of Jodapur, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 5.67 pages.

Captain Cold also appears in 155, 166, 174, 193, 226.

The Touch-and-Steal Bandits (Table of Contents: 13)

Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Danny Ralston (crooked brother, introduction); Joey Ralston (crooked brother, introduction)
Reprints

[The Flash #151] (Table of Contents: 14)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Shade
Reprints

Invader From the Dark Dimension (Table of Contents: 15)

Flash / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Shade [Richard Swift]; Iris West; Joan Garrick
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages, 9.67 pages, and 6.67 pages.

[The Flash #152] (Table of Contents: 16)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster
Reprints

The Trickster's Toy Thefts (Table of Contents: 17)

Flash / comic story / 12.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster [James Jesse]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages.

Case of the Explosive Vegetables (Table of Contents: 18)

Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Reprints

[The Flash #153] (Table of Contents: 19)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Professor Zoom [Reverse-Flash; Eobard Thawne]
Reprints

The Mightiest Punch of All Time (Table of Contents: 20)

Flash / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Rita; Professor Zoom [Reverse-Flash; Eobard Thawne] (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 9.67 pages, 8.67 pages, and 5.67 pages.

[The Flash #154] (Table of Contents: 21)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

The Day Flash Ran Away With Himself (Table of Contents: 22)

Flash / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.

Gangster Masquerade (Table of Contents: 23)

Flash / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

[The Flash #155] (Table of Contents: 24)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold; Mirror Master; Captain Boomerang
Reprints

The Gauntlet of Super-Villains (Table of Contents: 25)

Flash / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Gorilla Grodd; The Top; Captain Boomerang; Heat Wave; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Flash [Barry Allen]; J. M. Leach (tailor); Solovar; Pola
Synopsis
Gorilla Grodd uses his powers to switch bodies with a gorilla in the Central City zoo and from there he uses Flash's greatest foes to battle Flash until he can take control of Barry Allen's mind.
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Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 10.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 6.67 pages.

[The Flash #156] (Table of Contents: 26)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen] (on poster); Kid Flash [Wally West]; Iris West
Reprints

The Super-Hero Who Betrayed the World! (Table of Contents: 27)

Flash / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Klkan (Alien from Gyr); Kid Flash [Wally West]; Iris West; Mrmol (Alien from Gyr)
Synopsis
Aliens from the planet Gyr come to Earth to capture Flash to power their time machine.
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Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 10.67 pages, 8.67 pages, and 3.67 pages.

[The Flash #157] (Table of Contents: 28)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Top
Reprints

Who Stole the Flash's Super Speed? (Table of Contents: 29)

Flash / comic story / 13.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

The Day Flash Aged 100 Years (Table of Contents: 30)

Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Dexter Myles
Reprints

[The Flash #158] (Table of Contents: 31)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

Battle Against the Break-Away Bandit (Table of Contents: 32)

Flash / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

The One-Man Justice League! (Table of Contents: 33)

Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; the Land-Sea-Air Gang (villains); Professor Ivo (villain); Aquaman (cameo); Ray Palmer (cameo); Hal Jordan (cameo); Carter Hall (cameo)
Synopsis
Professor Ivo's latest attempt to steal the powers of the Justice League malfunctions when the process transfers the powers and likenesses of the League to Barry Allen, one at a time.
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[The Flash #159] (Table of Contents: 34)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Barry Allen [Flash]
Reprints
Keywords
go-go checks

The Flash's Final Fling (Table of Contents: 35)

Flash / comic story / 11.34 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story includes two pages that are only 2/3 pages.

Big Blast in Rocket City! (Table of Contents: 36)

Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

[The Flash #160] (Table of Contents: 37)

The Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick; The Fiddler; Antelope Boy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Issue #160 was an 80 Page Giant all-reprint issue. Only the cover is included in this collection.

[The Flash #161] (Table of Contents: 38)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes cover repro of Flash # 159.

Case of the Curious Costume (Table of Contents: 39)

Flash / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story based on the cover of 159.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.

Mirror with the 20-20 Vision (Table of Contents: 40)

Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Reprints

[The Flash #162] (Table of Contents: 41)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

Who Haunts the Corridor of Chills? (Table of Contents: 42)

Flash / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 5.67, 9.67, and 7.67 pages.

[The Flash #163] (Table of Contents: 43)

Flash / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

The Flash Stakes His Life-- On-- YOU! (Table of Contents: 44)

Flash / comic story / 14.34 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (signed)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mrs. Prentiss (Housekeeper); David Gulch; Ben Haddon (Villain); Alice (homeless girl)
Synopsis
Ben Haddon invents a device that makes everyone in Central City forget about the Flash, except for one homelss girl that Flash helped earlier that day.
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Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.

The Day Magic Exposed Flash's Secret Identity! (Table of Contents: 45)

Flash / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (signed)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra; Slor Disi (64th Century Policeman)
Synopsis
Flash learns that Abra Kadabra comes from the future when a 64th Century Policeman come to the past to return Abra Kadabra to jail in his own time.
Reprints

The Fastest Man Alive! (Table of Contents: 46)

The Flash / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella; Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Abra Kadabra; Trickster [James Jesse]; Reverse-Flash [aka Professor Zoom, Eobard Thawne]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]

Indexer Notes

Back cover illustrations with text on the contents of this issue.

Source of illustrations: The Flash #148 (Captain Boomerang), #149 (The Flash, Abra Kadabra), #150 (Captain Cold), #151 (Jay Garrick), #152 (Trickster), #153 (Reverse-Flash), and #159 (Kid Flash).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Flash
  2. 1. [Title Page]
    The Flash
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [Creator Credits]
  5. 4. [Table of Contents]
  6. 5. [The Flash #148]
    Flash
  7. 6. The Day Flash Went Into Orbit
    Flash
  8. 7. The Doorway to the Unknown
    Flash
  9. 8. [The Flash #149]
    Flash
  10. 9. Flash's Sensational Risk
    Flash
  11. 10. Robberies by Magic
    Flash
  12. 11. [The Flash #150]
    Flash
  13. 12. Captain Cold's Polar Perils
    Flash
  14. 13. The Touch-and-Steal Bandits
    Flash
  15. 14. [The Flash #151]
    Flash
  16. 15. Invader From the Dark Dimension
    Flash
  17. 16. [The Flash #152]
    Flash
  18. 17. The Trickster's Toy Thefts
    Flash
  19. 18. Case of the Explosive Vegetables
    Flash
  20. 19. [The Flash #153]
    Flash
  21. 20. The Mightiest Punch of All Time
    Flash
  22. 21. [The Flash #154]
    Flash
  23. 22. The Day Flash Ran Away With Himself
    Flash
  24. 23. Gangster Masquerade
    Flash
  25. 24. [The Flash #155]
    Flash
  26. 25. The Gauntlet of Super-Villains
    Flash
  27. 26. [The Flash #156]
    Flash
  28. 27. The Super-Hero Who Betrayed the World!
    Flash
  29. 28. [The Flash #157]
    Flash
  30. 29. Who Stole the Flash's Super Speed?
    Flash
  31. 30. The Day Flash Aged 100 Years
    Flash
  32. 31. [The Flash #158]
    Flash
  33. 32. Battle Against the Break-Away Bandit
    Flash
  34. 33. The One-Man Justice League!
    Flash
  35. 34. [The Flash #159]
    Flash
  36. 35. The Flash's Final Fling
    Flash
  37. 36. Big Blast in Rocket City!
    Flash
  38. 37. [The Flash #160]
    The Flash
  39. 38. [The Flash #161]
    Flash
  40. 39. Case of the Curious Costume
    Flash
  41. 40. Mirror with the 20-20 Vision
    Flash
  42. 41. [The Flash #162]
    Flash
  43. 42. Who Haunts the Corridor of Chills?
    Flash
  44. 43. [The Flash #163]
    Flash
  45. 44. The Flash Stakes His Life-- On-- YOU!
    Flash
  46. 45. The Day Magic Exposed Flash's Secret Identity!
    Flash
  47. 46. The Fastest Man Alive!
    The Flash
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