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| The Flash Archives | |
| Title: | "The Flash" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Cover price: | $49.99 |
| Cover date: | March, 2009 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Ex. Ed: | Dan DiDio |
| Writers: | John Broome |
| Pencilers: | Carmine Infantino |
| Inkers: | Joe Giella |
| Cover artists: | Carmine Infantino |
| Cover inker: | Murphy Anderson |
| Cover colorist: | Allen Jamison |
| Colorists: | Allen Jamison |
| Editors: | Julius Schwartz; Scott Nybakken |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Volume Four |
| Next: | Volume Six |
Volume 5 of the Flash Archives is a hardcover collection that reprints stories originally presented in classic issues of The Flash and features the character of Barry Allen as the eponymous super-speedster, the Flash. This volume reprints issues #133-141 of the series. It features color restoration by Allen Jamison and is edited by Scott Nybakken. This volume shipped in March, 2009 and carries a cover price of $49.99 per copy (US).
Issues[]
- The Flash, Volume 1 #133
- The Flash, Volume 1 #134
- The Flash, Volume 1 #135
- The Flash, Volume 1 #136
- The Flash, Volume 1 #137
- he Flash, Volume 1 #138
- The Flash, Volume 1 #139
- The Flash, Volume 1 #140
- The Flash, Volume 1 #141
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Dexter Myles
- Elongated Man, Ralph Dibny
- Flash, Jay Garrick
- Ira West
- Iris West
- Joan Garrick
- Mary West
- Rudy West
- Sue Dibny
Villains
- Abra Kadabra
- Captain Cold, Leonard Snart
- Heat Wave, Mick Rory
- Mirror Master, Sam Scudder
- Pied Piper, Hartley Rathaway
- Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne
- The Top, Roscoe Dillon
- Vandal Savage
Minor characters
- Atom, Al Pratt
- Doctor Mid-Nite, Charles McNider
- Green Lantern, Alan Scott
- Hawkman, Carter Hall
- Johnny Thunder
- Paul Gambi
- Wonder Woman, Princess Diana
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
- Cosmic Treadmill
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Flash was created by writers Robert Kanigher & John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. Often regarded as the first of the DC Comics Silver Age super-hero, he first appeared in Showcase #4 in October, 1956. He headlined his own The Flash ongoing comic series, which continued the numbering sequence from Flash Comics, and ran from 1959 to 1985, ending with issue #350.
- This volume shipped to retailers on March 25th, 2009.
- The cover art illustration is taken from the cover to The Flash #135.
- Includes an introduction by Tom Peyer with spot illustrations by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.