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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. |
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