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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published [January] 2002
Cover Price 49.99 USD; 82.95 CAD
Pages 232
Editing Dale Crain (senior editor - collected edition); Nick J. Napolitano (associate editor - collected edition); Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Notes THE FLASH ARCHIVES VOL. 3 features the Scarlet Speedster in his earliest 1960s adventures as he patrols and protects the streets of Central City against a menagerie of colorful and deadly enemies. In this book of classic tales, the Flash's speedy sidekick, Kid Flash, his pliable partner, the Elongated Man, and his inspiration and predecessor Jay Garrick-the original Flash-join the fastest man alive as he takes on the villainy of Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, and the Trickster. Series design by Alex Jay / Studio J. Publication design by Louis Prandi. Black and white reconstruction on by Rob Leigh. Black and white reconstruction on some interior pages by Rick Keene. Color reconstruction by Digital Chameleon.

Cover Details

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Notes THE FLASH ARCHIVES VOL. 3 features the Scarlet Speedster in his earliest 1960s adventures as he patrols and protects the streets of Central City against a menagerie of colorful and deadly enemies. In this book of classic tales, the Flash's speedy sidekick, Kid Flash, his pliable partner, the Elongated Man, and his inspiration and predecessor Jay Garrick-the original Flash-join the fastest man alive as he takes on the villainy of Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, and the Trickster. Series design by Alex Jay / Studio J. Publication design by Louis Prandi. Black and white reconstruction on by Rob Leigh. Black and white reconstruction on some interior pages by Rick Keene. Color reconstruction by Digital Chameleon.

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset

3 page Flash foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction by Paul Levitz

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #117"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #117 (December 1960)

13 page Flash story "Here Comes Captain Boomerang!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness](first appearance; origin; villain)
Synopsis The first appearance and origin of Captain Boomerang.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #117 (December 1960)

13 page Flash story "The Madcap Inventors of Central City!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; Toughy Boraz (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes revival of the Three Idiots, Winky, Blinky and Noddy.
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #117 (December 1960)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #118"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #118 (February 1961)

14 page Flash story "The Doomed Scarecrow!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Steve Palmer (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #118 (February 1961)

11 page Kid Flash story "The Midnight Peril!"

Characters Kid Flash [Wally West]; Peter Willard; Cal (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #118 (February 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #119"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #119 (March 1961)

11 page Flash story "The Mirror-Master's Magic Bullet!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Bettina; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder](villain)
Synopsis Flash battles Mirror Master.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #119 (March 1961)

14 page Flash; Elongated Man story "The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny (formerly Sue Dearbon); Bredans (villains)
Synopsis Elongated Man goes on a honeymoon with his new bride, debutante Sue Dearbon.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #119 (March 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #120"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #120 (May 1961)

25 page Flash story "Land of the Golden Giants!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Iris West; Dr. Manners; Gail Manners; Grodan (villain); Golden Giants (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes with Kid Flash; 1st book-length story.
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #120 (May 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #121"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Trickster
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #121 (June 1961)

12 page Flash story "The Trickster Strikes Back!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Trickster [James Jesse](villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #121 (June 1961)

13 page Flash story "Secret of the Stolen Blueprint!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Pete Forester; Doris Hunt; "Beefy" Lawson; foreign agents (villains)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #121 (June 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #122"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #122 (August 1961)

15 page Flash story "Beware the Atomic Grenade!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Anton Previn; The Top [Roscoe Dillon](first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Flash battles a new villain - The Top
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #122 (August 1961)

10 page Kid Flash story "The Face Behind the Mask!"

Characters Kid Flash [Wally West]; Silver Mask; Mrs. Carter Wright; Harry (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #122 (August 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #123"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

25 page Flash story "Flash of Two Worlds!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick; Earth-2]; Iris West; Joan Garrick (Earth-2); Fiddler [Isaac Bowin](Earth-2 villain); Thinker [Clifford Devoe](Earth-2 villain); Shade [Richard Swift](Earth-2 villain)
Synopsis Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2 vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade.
Genre Superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #124"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang; Elongated Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #124 (November 1961)

16 page Flash; Elongated Man story "Space-Boomerang Trap!"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness](villain)
Synopsis Flash and Elongated Man versus Captain Boomerang.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #124 (November 1961)

9 page Flash story "Vengeance Via Television"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; James Lawton (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #124 (November 1961)

2 page biography (nonfictional) "Biographies"

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset
Notes Biographies for Murphy Anderson, John Broome, Gardner Fox, Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino and Julius Schwartz.

1 page Flash (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Backcover"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mirror Master
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella; Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Reprints covers from THE FLASH (DC, 1959 series) #118, 119, 122 & 123.
Reprinted from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #118; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #119; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #122; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #123