Cover: Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella

The Flash #119

Mar 1961 · DC · 0.10 USD

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★ 1st appearance — Sue Dibny

About this Issue

The Flash #119 is the debut of Sue Dearbon — who would become Sue Dibny — one of the Silver Age's most enduring supporting characters and, decades later, the tragic catalyst for Brad Meltzer's 2004 miniseries Identity Crisis. The issue also presents the first married chapter of Ralph and Sue Dibny's relationship, establishing what would become one of DC's rare genuinely happy superhero partnerships and a template for the 'detective couple' dynamic that ran through Ralph's entire career. Both developments — Sue's introduction and the public announcement of the Dibnys' marriage — occur inside a single backup story, making this a quietly landmark issue in Silver Age character-building. The Mirror Master lead story, meanwhile, belongs to the sustained Broome–Infantino Rogues Gallery that was then actively defining Flash's villainous roster during one of the most creatively fertile stretches in the character's history.

Contains 2 stories

The Mirror-Master's Magic Bullet!

10.67 pp · Superhero

Flash [Barry Allen]Iris WestDuke of FerrandDaughter BettinaMirror Master [Sam Scudder] (villain)

The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!

14 pp · Superhero

Flash [Barry Allen]Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]Sue Dibny (formerly Sue Dearbon)Bredans [GrstadKimbraKota] (villains)

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History

The Flash #119 was produced by the tight-knit editorial unit that Julius Schwartz had assembled at DC: writer John Broome supplied both stories, while Carmine Infantino penciled the entire book — a collaboration that had been running continuously since The Flash's series launch at #105 in 1959. The cover was inked by Sid Greene, while Murphy Anderson handled inks on the Mirror Master lead story and Joe Giella inked the Elongated Man backup; the Grand Comics Database notes that editorial records incorrectly attributed the backup's inks to Greene, with Giella confirmed as the actual inker. Schwartz had introduced the Elongated Man himself just seven issues earlier in #112, and the marriage of Ralph and Sue in #119 followed the compressed, serial storytelling rhythm typical of Schwartz's Flash — world-building through backup slots rather than dedicated event issues.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of Sue Dearbon (later Sue Dibny), created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino — Flash vol. 1 #119, March 1961.
The issue depicts the Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny) and Sue Dearbon's marriage via a newspaper headline, with the couple already departing on their honeymoon in the story itself.
Contains two stories: 'The Mirror-Master's Magic Bullet!' (lead, Flash vs. Sam Scudder) and 'The Elongated Man's Undersea Trap!' (backup, Ralph and Sue's honeymoon disrupted by the alien Bredans).
Both stories scripted by John Broome; pencils throughout by Carmine Infantino; cover inked by Sid Greene; Murphy Anderson inked the Mirror Master lead; Joe Giella inked the Elongated Man backup.
Edited by Julius Schwartz, who had introduced the Elongated Man only seven issues prior in The Flash #112 (May 1960).
'The Mirror-Master's Magic Bullet!' was selected for reprinting in The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told (1991/1992 DC collection), indicating editorial regard for the story's quality within the Rogues canon.
The issue has been reprinted in numerous collected editions including The Flash Archives #3, Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man Vol. 1, Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 1, The Flash Chronicles #4, The Flash Omnibus Vol. 1, The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 2, and DC Finest: The Flash: The Human Thunderbolt (2024).
Sue Dibny's character, introduced here, became the focus of DC's 2004 Identity Crisis miniseries, in which her murder and a revealed past assault drove a reexamination of Silver Age heroism — giving this debut issue lasting narrative weight across six decades of continuity.