The Flash 123 (Facsimile Edition)

([April] 2020)

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

Matched Set of Luggage / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Home Voice Recorder / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Barry Allen] (mainstream) (origin recap); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)) (origin recap); Joan Garrick (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Iris West (mainstream)

Universe

DC : mainstream; DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

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

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

Indexer Notes

Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2. Vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade, revivals.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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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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Colors

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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.

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman... (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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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

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

Universe

DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

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

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

There's More Than Meets the Eye..... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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The Inside Story of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets in This Giant Special (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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Free! World-Wide Stamps... (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz (editorial replies)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

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

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

Universe

DC : mainstream; DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

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

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

Keywords

Fiddle Car

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If You Know Just 20 People... (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Zodiac Ring (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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