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The Flash #170

May 1967 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra!”

★ 1st appearance — Cicada

About this Issue

The Flash #170 is a key installment in the Silver Age's ongoing exploration of DC's two-Earth mythology, bringing Jay Garrick (the Earth-Two Flash), Doctor Fate, and Doctor Mid-Nite across the dimensional barrier to aid Silver Age hero Barry Allen against the futuristic sorcerer Abra Kadabra — one of the earliest instances of a solo Flash title hosting a multi-character Earth-Two rescue mission rather than a simple two-Flash team-up. By expanding the interdimensional crossover formula beyond the two Flashes and into full JSA-member guest appearances in a non-Justice League context, the issue demonstrated how elastic and commercially dependable the parallel-worlds concept that Gardner Fox had introduced in Flash #123 (1961) had become. It stands as a documented chapter in the serialized Pre-Crisis Multiverse crossover tradition that would, decades later, underpin Crisis on Infinite Earths and every DC multiverse story that followed.

writer Gardner Fox · artist Carmine Infantino · inker Sid Greene · cover Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson

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History

The issue was written by Gardner Fox, penciled by Carmine Infantino, and inked by Sid Greene, under the editorial stewardship of Julius Schwartz — the same core team responsible for many of the Silver Age Flash's defining multiverse stories. The cover was penciled by Infantino and inked by Murphy Anderson, a pairing Schwartz routinely deployed for the title's covers in this period. Credits for script, pencils, and inks have been confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, as documented by the Grand Comics Database.

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Published with a cover date of May 1967; actual on-sale date was March 7, 1967 (per DC Database / Fandom).
Story title: 'The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra!' — a 23-page tale structured in three parts (7.5, 7.5, and 6.5 pages per the GCD).
Script by Gardner Fox; interior pencils by Carmine Infantino; interior inks by Sid Greene; cover pencils by Carmine Infantino; cover inks by Murphy Anderson.
Guest stars from Earth-Two: Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Flash), Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), and Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) — one of the earliest multi-character Earth-Two team-up rescues to appear in the solo Flash title rather than Justice League of America.
Villain: Abra Kadabra, a recurring Flash rogue from the 64th century, whose scheme renders Barry Allen unable to perceive or act against evil.
The issue is categorized by DC Database as a Pre-Crisis Multiverse Crossover, placing it in the documented lineage of Earth-One/Earth-Two stories running from Flash #123 (1961) through Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–86).
Reprinted in: Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups Vol. 2 (DC, 2007); DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (DC, 2009); Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 4 (DC, 2012); The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (DC, 2018); and The Flash of Two Worlds Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020).