The Flash Chronicles #1

([November] 2009)

Presenting The Flash! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited); Robert Kanigher (sourced) (cover design)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's. And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive".

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flash / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Mazdan (villain)

Synopsis

The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)

Indexer Notes

Inks credited to Joe Giella in this volume.

The Secret of the Empty Box! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis

Under cover of fog, a giant mystery box appears in Central City. While the police have their attention on opening the box, a trio of burglars commits robberies around town.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)

The Coldest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha! Flash's speed can't help him on that coating of slick ice I've laid down with my cold-gun!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (first appearance, origin, villain)

Synopsis

Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages. But once Flash figures out what Captain Cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)

Around the World in 80 Minutes! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

Indexer Notes

Inks credited to Joe Giella in this volume.

Around the World in 80 Minutes! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How can I answer all these calls for help from all parts of the world--and still keep my...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Le Chat Noir (villain); El Claw (villain); Princess Tara

Synopsis

Flash must stop crimes around the globe and still return to Central City in time to make his lunch date with Iris.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

Master of the Elements! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

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)

Giants of the Time-World! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)

Giants of the Time-World! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West

Synopsis

Iris is kidnapped by a UFO and Flash follows her into the fourth dimension where he stops an attack on the Earth.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)

The Man Who Changed the Earth! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond] (villain, origin, formerly Mr. Element); Ben Sniper

Synopsis

Mr. Element breaks out of prison and locates the Philosophers Stone, which allows him to transform any element into another.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #14 (May-June 1958)

Master of Mirrors! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; The Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)

Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Flash / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

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)

The Master of Mirrors! (Table of Contents: 15)

The Flash / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Synopsis

Introducing the Mirror Master.

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)

The Pied Piper of Peril! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959)

Menace of the Super-Gorilla! (Table of Contents: 17)

The Flash / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Barry Allen's friend Fred Pearson, star of the Central City Theatre's "The Great Gorilla," has been having blackouts at the same time that a mysterious gorilla has been seen roaming the city. Flash must solve this mystery and that of a super-sonic vehicle that passes him like he's standing still. Its pilot, Gorilla Grodd, has come to find Solovar, who is being held at the Central City Zoo. Grodd steals Solovar's "force of mind," and begins his plan to take over Gorilla City. But Solovar finds Barry Allen, explains the situation, and the two of them head to Gorilla City to confront Grodd.

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959)

The Pied Piper of Peril! (Table of Contents: 18)

The Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Barry is on time for a dinner date with Iris for the first time, but he has to run out to deal with the Piper, the self-acclaimed Master of Sound.

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959)