The Flash Archives #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis fourth volume of DC's Archive Editions series reprints classic Silver Age Flash stories from the early 1960s, showcasing the Scarlet Speedster's adventures as written by John Broome and illustrated by Carmine Infantino. Collecting issues from The Flash #132-147, the book features the debut of the villainous Top and the return of the original Flash, Jay Garrick, in team-ups that explore the multiverse concept. A must-have for fans of the Silver Age and Barry Allen's early exploits.
In "The Conquerors of Time!", Flash [Barry Allen] takes Kid Flash [Wally West] on a high-stakes journey through history, using the secrets of time travel to uncover the truth behind the global collapse of atomic power. With Iris West watching from the present and the mysterious forces of Mynher and The Dokris looming in the shadows, the two speedsters race across eras to piece together a mystery that could change the future.
In "The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!", Gorilla Grodd, masquerading as William Dawson, escapes prison and returns to Gorilla City, where he transforms and uses neo-magnetic radiation to make everyone fall in love with him. With his newfound influence, he sets his sights on Central City, aiming to win the governor's race through charm and mind control. Flash must find a way to stop him before the city falls under Grodd’s hypnotic rule.
In "Double Danger on Earth!", the arrival of a deadly comet on Earth-2 sends Jay Garrick racing to Earth-1 in a desperate bid to save his world. With Barry Allen by his side, the two Flashes use Jay’s urgent mission as a trap to draw out Captain Cold and the Trickster, hoping to end their reign of chaos once and for all. As the threat of radiation looms and old allies from the Justice Society of America are called into action, the race to save Earth-2 becomes a high-stakes game of strategy and speed.
In "Who Doomed the Flash?", the Flash finds himself racing against time as five of his most notorious foes—Mirror Master, Captain Boomerang, The Top, Captain Cold, and the Trickster—each seemingly active in Central City at once. But when alibis prove each villain was locked away during the crimes, Barry Allen must unravel a devious puzzle before one of them traps him in a deadly scheme.
In "Captives of the Cosmic Ray!", Flash and Green Lantern are snatched from Earth by an alien vessel and hurled into a dangerous, other-dimensional realm where they must survive strange perils and test their limits. As they fight to return home, they discover their abduction was part of a larger scheme—alien invaders, the Myrmitons, had planned to seize control of Earth while they were gone. With courage and quick thinking, the two heroes must find a way to stop the invasion before it’s too late.
In the surreal realm of Gobdor, where Earth's chaos is entertainment, a cunning producer manipulates reality to keep viewers hooked—until the Flash arrives, threatening to expose the spectacle. With the help of a mysterious figure named Elider, Barry Allen must navigate a world where danger is staged and the line between performance and peril blurs.
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