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	The Flash (1939) - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
		The Flash sped onto the scene in the first issue of DC's Flash Comics, dated January, 1940 — but because then, as now, comic books tended to go on sale two or three months in advance of their cover dates, it's safe to say he made his first appearance in 1939.
		The new Flash also got his super speed in a chemical accident but, in a slight twist, was inspired to become a superhero by having read Flash Comics years earlier.
		He explained the fact that the original Flash was, in the context of the new version, merely a comic book character, by claiming the old stories had entered his subconscious in the form of vibrations from an alternate world, where the character's adventures were real.
	www.toonopedia.com /flash1.htm (667 words)

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		The second incarnation of the Flash is generally considered the first hero of the Silver Age of comic books and the superhero has remained one of DC‘s most popular ever since.
		On several occasions, the Flash has been shown in various races against Superman to determine which one is faster (or as part of a mutual effort to thwart some type of threat); these races, however, often resulted in ties (or indeterminate results).
		The importance of the Flash as the "heart" of the Justice League was shown in the episode "A Better World", when his death in an alternate timeline triggered a series of events which turned that alternate League (the "Justice Lords") into virtual dictators of Earth.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Flash_(comics) (3719 words)

	Flash (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flash first appeared in the Golden Age Flash Comics #1 (1940), from All-American Publications, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics.
		He is notable as the first super-speedster in comics, and one of the first to have a single super-power as opposed to the multi-powered Superman.
		The Flash also introduced a much-imitated plot device into superhero comics when it was revealed that Garrick and Allen existed on fictional parallel worlds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_(comics) (3762 words)

	The Flash: a 1940's Comic Book Super-Hero
		The Flash packs a big punch here, which is explained through the laws of physics, involving the velocity of his arm.
		Just as in the previous story, the Flash paid a whirlwind visit to the FBI to look up things in their files, here he is doing a similar search through the phone company's files.
		The Flash follows the same series of stages that Joe does, which is typical of Fox cycles: everyone always goes through the same steps in a Fox cycle.
	hometown.aol.com /mg4273/gflash.htm (5323 words)

	Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
		In addition, the Flash concept is one of the best examples of one of DC Comics’s strengths: a sense of legacy, as the tradition and title of the Flash is passed down from generation to generation through the decades.
		After all, it had been roughly five years since the last FLASH comic in 1951, and the general belief at the time was that kids only read comics for about five years, so therefore, there should be a whole new audience ready once more for the fastest man alive.
		Kid Flash was active throughout the next three decades (eventually changing from a copy of Barry’s uniform to his own unique and much cooler costume), appearing both in the pages of THE FLASH and with other teen sidekicks Robin, Wonder Girl, Aqualad and Speedy in various TEEN TITANS series.
	moviepoopshoot.com /comics101/15.html (2661 words)

	JSA Members: The Flash
		In late 1940, Flash was selected by U.S. Intelligence to join Batman and Green Lantern on an undercover operation in England, an act which resulted in their capture by Nazi forces and transport to Berlin.
		In 1945, the Flash rejoined the JSA full-time (All-Star Comics #25).
		The Flash was an active member of the Justice Society during its last case and was present at the HUAC meetings in 1951.
	my.execpc.com /~icicle/GAFLASH.html (2130 words)

	Flash - SCIFIPEDIA
		In 1956, when DC Comics decided to revive, recreate, and modernize their old 1940s heroes, the Flash was the first one up.
		Wally putting on the Flash costume was one of the signal events that The Modern Age of Comics was beginning.
		Understanding that the plan is for one of the Legionnaires to exchange his or her life for the Flash's, suicide being repugnant to them, The Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America try to stop them.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Flash (1612 words)

	NEWSARAMA.COM: DAN DIDIO ON THE NEW FLASH TEAM
		Didio said that, while his joking manner about the Flash’s fate in Infinite Crisis may have left some with the impression that his reverence toward the character wasless than what an Executive Editor’s should be, the Flash’s “death” in Infinite Crisis happened for a very clear reason.
		Wally West’s assumption of the mantle as the Flash kicked off the DCU after the original Crisis, with a new approach was taken with the character that was new and fresh.
		Here we were struggling to see where we were going with the Flash, and here were two people already working with DC who’d had a chance to really examine the strengths, examine the powers, the depth and interests of the character himself, and also figure out how to make him work.
	www.newsarama.com /dcnew/Flash/NewFlash.htm (1197 words)

	The Greatest Comics - Flash Comics #1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In his introductory caption to the first Flash story, editor Gardner Fox called him a "reincarnation of the winged Mercury," which probably explains the winged helmet.
		The Flash's early adventures tended to be on the humorous side, while later stories were a little more serious, and Flash Comics raced to the top of the sales charts until the title's cancellation in 1949.
		Although the names "Flash" and "Hawkman" have been used by different characters since those early days, both continued to fight evil for the rest of the century, and probably will for a long time to come.
	www.geocities.com /mbrown123/flash1.html (519 words)

	The Flash (1956) - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
		As the 1960s wore on, and Marvel Comics began to out-sell DC, the latter tended to adopt Marvel-like characteristics — sometimes to their detriment.
		The Flash, in particular, came to be treated like a soap opera, and the trend accelerated after Broome and Infantino left the series, in 1967.
		Today, there is a third Flash running around in DC comics — Kid Flash grew up; and when his mentor died, took the "Flash" name for himself.
	www.toonopedia.com /flash2.htm (823 words)

	Flash Gordon (Comics) - SCIFIPEDIA
		Flash Gordon remains one of the most recognizable names in science fiction, but the SF adventure character’s fame rests ultimately on just ten years of newspaper comic strips by the extraordinary artist Alex Raymond (1909-1956).
		Raymond left Flash Gordon to join the Marine Corps in 1944, where he became an inspiring patriotic artist, and the strip was turned over to his assistant Austin Briggs, who had been drawing the daily strip.
		Briggs was succeeded on Flash by Mac Raboy from 1948-1967, one of the few strip artists who had also worked in comic books, most famously on Fawcett’s Capt.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Flash_Gordon_(Comics) (539 words)

	Comic Book Profiles: Flash Comics - featuring The Whip
		Flash Comics was an important series for the number of characters that it introduced in the Golden Age.
		Jay Garrick, the original Flash starred in the first issue, and he later traded off on the cover spot with The Golden Age Hawkman (by Sheldon Moldoff).
		This page is created with the utmost respect for the characters and their creators, for the purpose of entertaining comic book fans and drawing more attention to these singular works.
	members.tripod.com /originalvigilante/flashcomics.htm (290 words)

	TwoMorrows Publishing - Alter Ego #10 - Who Created The Silver Age Flash?
		The Silver Age of Comics was born in July of 1956 when Showcase #4 went on sale, featuring two tales of a new/revived Flash written respectively by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, penciled by Carmine Infantino, inked by Joe Kubert, and edited by Julius Schwartz, technically under the direction of Whitney Ellsworth.
		Flash forward: With the revision going on now turning genuine creatorship into entangled spaghetti to include people whose head is an empty balloon as far as creativity is concerned, I glanced at a copy of the first Flash 2, which was published as a re-invention.
		The first time I did the "Flash" character (pencil and inks) was around the time I also did "Hawkman." I also did a number of covers (featuring both Hawkman and The Flash) to go with the stories I illustrated.
	www.twomorrows.com /alterego/articles/10flash.html (3644 words)

	The Thorn
		Shortly thereafter, the Flash again encountered the Thorn as the she tried to rob a large shipment of diamonds being brought into Keystone on a barge.
		As the Flash captured her assistant, the Thorn herself swam towards a departing ocean liner, intending to blend in among the passengers and disappear.
		As the Flash freed his future wife from the trap, it exploded, knocking the Thorn from her perch overlooking the river.
	my.execpc.com /~icicle/GATHORN.html (1700 words)

	Amazon.com: The Flash Archives, Vol. 2 (DC Archive Editions): Books: John Broome (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These Flash editions, along with the Green Lantern and some to be released Atom Archives are a welcome treat for all ages.
		These comics are beautifully reproduced, in their original sizes, and with better coloring and clarity than I remember from my youth.
		The Flash is among the best of DC's silver age and the second volume is truly important as you are introduced to not one but two silver age legends from the pages of the Flash; Kid Flash and the Elongated Man. They are worth the price of admission alone.
	www.amazon.com /Flash-Archives-Vol-Archive-Editions/dp/1563896060 (1100 words)

	The Comic Treadmill: The Flash Archives Volume One (1996)
		Barry Allen Flash was the hero of the scientific age, using reason and scientific knowledge to fight crime at a time when Superman and Batman were busy wasting most of their (and our) time in secret identity farces.
		Flash’s third appearance, Showcase 13, kicks off with Kanigher’s “Around The World In 80 Minutes”, a farce-like story showcasing Flash’s speed, wherein he circles the globe, defeating menaces and getting smooched by pretty foreign girls in each locale in his heroic effort to make a date with Iris in time.
		Flash was a title that had a very large share of covers that compelled you to buy them.
	www.comictreadmill.com /CTMBlogarchives/2004/2004_Individual/2004_11/000594.php (3640 words)

	Flash comics. Pictures, back issues and more about Flash
		This Flash was Jay Garrick, a college student who gained his speed through the inhalation of hard water vapors, and who wore a winged metal helmet.
		He is notable for being the first speedster in comics, and one of the first to have a singular super-power as opposed to the multi-talented Superman.
		Garrick's adventures in the Golden Age of comic books came to an end when Flash Comics was cancelled with the publication of issue #104 (1949), and the subsequent end of the Justice Society's adventures with All-Star Comics #57 (1951).
	www.comicshack.com /flash (1173 words)

	Flash - Comic Book Series
		Once again, DC used the Flash to explore new territory to examine exactly what it might be like for contemporary heroes to meet the Golden Age versions of themselves.
		In The Flash #123, DC opened up the concept of Earth-1 and Earth-2, two planets in two separate dimensions, one that was home to all of the Golden Age versions of their superheroes, another one with all of the contemporary versions.
		Flash was tried for murder in the criminal justice system, but in true comicbook form, time anomalies and futuristic science were able to not only reunite Barry and Iris, his one true love, but also allow him to be seen as a vindicated hero in the eyes of the world.
	comics.wikia.com /wiki/Flash (3574 words)

	UGO.com COMICS - Flash Creator Dies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lampert created The Flash for DC Comics (then known as National Periodicals) in 1940, with the character first appearing in Flash Comics #1.
		The Flash, known as the "Fastest Man Alive," started with Lampert's original Jay Garrick, a college student who gained super-speed after inhaling gas fumes in a laboratory.
		Along with being featured in multiple Flash series, the character has also appeared as a member of the Justice League of America, and also received his own short-lived live-action television show.
	www.ugo.com /channels/Comics/article.asp?articleID=13114 (216 words)

	The Flash: a 1940's Comic Book Super-Hero
		In "Baseball" (1941), the Flash himself will be subject to threats to his athletic performance, while in "Winky Turns Wrestler" (1943), the Flash himself is the villain who interferes with Winky's wrestling abilities.
		The Flash packs a big punch here, which is explained through the laws of physics, involving the velocity of his arm.
		Just as in the previous story, the Flash paid a whirlwind visit to the FBI to look up things in their files, here he is doing a similar search through the phone company's files.
	members.aol.com /MG4273/gflash.htm (5323 words)

	Pacific Comics Club: Flash Gordon
		His artwork influenced countless strip and comic book illustrators; his visions of other worlds and his cast of characters became part of the American culture.
		When Briggs moved on to become one of the premiere magazine illustrators of the 1950's, his place was taken by the talented Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy, who drew the Sunday strip until his death in 1967.
		Pacific Comics Club is proud to offer two series of Raymond's work, one of Briggs', and one of Mac Raboy's.
	www.pacificcomics.com /flash.html (231 words)

	Comic-Book Superstore: Super-Heroes: DC Comics: Page 1 of 3
		The covers (even if they include someone other than the Flash) and comics are reproduced in their original size, and in a simply fantastic clarity.
		Included are stories from Showcase #4 (10/1956)--the comic that initiated the Silver Age, Showcase #8 (6/57), Showcase #13 (4/58), Showcase #14 (6/58), The Flash #105 (2/59--the first Silver Age issue), The Flash #106 (5/59), The Flash #107 (7/59), and the Flash #108 (9/59).
		These comics are beautifully reproduced, in their original sizes, and with better coloring and clarity than when originally printed.
	www.zianet.com /comic-booksuperstore/dc/flash.html (454 words)

	Reading Room Index: Flash
		The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or topic.
		Flash Gordon in the Ice Kingdom of Mongo.
		59-64 in The Comics Journal, no. 141 (Apr. 1991) -- A review/survey of 38 current strips, and of reprint collections of Flash Gordon, Krazy Kat, Polly and Her Pals, and Terry and the Pirates from Kitchen Sink.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/frri/flash.htm (4082 words)

	Midtowncomics.com :: Online Comics Store, Spiderman, Superman, Batman Comic Books and Toys (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The second of Checker’s re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond.
		Brilliantly illustrated by the legendary Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon epitomizes the golden age of the newspaper comic strip.
		Flash & Green Lantern The Brave & The Bold TP
	www.midtowncomics.com /eshop/searchresult.asp?skey=Flash (791 words)

	DC Comics Presents: Flash # 1
		The two stories take off from a classic Schwartz comic cover of the 1960s showing the Flash asking the reader not to miss this issue as his life depends upon it.
		Basically, it is a clever tale with Barry Allen using his super-speed to complement his skills as a police detective in order to trick a baddie into revealing himself.
		Some nice cameos by classic villains and charming art to go along with it but no real attempt to match the outrageous concept of a comic character telling the fans his life depends on reading his book.
	www.comicbookbin.com /reviews139.html (324 words)

	Flash (Indice) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flash (Jay Garrick) aparece por vez primera en Flash Comics #1, personaje inspirado en el antiguo dios mitologico Mercurio/Hermes (sombrero y botas con alas).
		Luego de algún tiempo, este Flash y la versión original se encontrarian en el celebre comic Flash de dos mundos, donde se explica que cada uno vive en una versión diferente de la misma Tierra y se da así inicio al concepto de multiverso.
		Este segundo Flash muere durante un evento mayor de DC conocido como Crisis en las Tierras Infinitas, y su lugar es ocupado por el que fuera su pupilo (Wally West), quien hace su debut como Flash en Crisis #12, y quien toma posesión completa del nombre en The New Flash #1, en 1987.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/6760/comics/flash.html (301 words)

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