Showcase Presents: The Flash, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Robert Kanigher (Author), Carmine Infantino (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 2007

Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! The Fastest Man Alive stars in these fantastic tales from late 1950s and into the 1960s -- the Silver Age of Comics!

A strange accident transformed police scientist Barry Allen into the super-speedster known as The Flash -- but it was no accident that made him a hero! This value-priced title features The Flash in battle against the Mirror Master, the Trickster, Captain Cold and many other villains.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics; First Printing edition (May 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401213278
• ISBN-13: 978-1401213275
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 1.2 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must purchase if..., July 24, 2007

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C. Wagner "cecilkunkle" (On the banks of the Wabash far away) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Flash, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

A must purchase for any DC collector...if he does not already own the Flash Archives 1 - 3. If so, this title is redundant. Still for non-Archives owners, we have here a bargain book reprinting from Showcase and Flash 105 - 111. Enjoy. Volume 2 will be a keeper going beyond Archives #4. The Showcase Presents series is well worth looking at!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Flash: the Scarlet speedster of Central City!, February 5, 2011

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agalli83 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Flash, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This one, in my opinion, is the best one I have read so far. I have seven of the showcases and one of the essentials, and this one is the best one so far that I have read. The stories of Barry Allen, aka The Flash, display all the excitement and fun of the comics. From the love story with Iris West to the origin of Wally West aka Kid Flash, the excitement never ends. It is 500 pages plus of awesome comics!

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for Flash fans, August 25, 2007

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Harry Young (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Flash, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I realized this collection of Flash stories are the earliest, and which means it was first intended for kids, instead of adults. This is my feeling, since there are some Kid Flash tales who is exactly like Flash except is a kid. And the bad guys always seem to rob banks and jewelry stores. The plots are simple. But being a Flash fan, I wasn't concern of the storytelling as much as seeing how the first issues of Flash is like. So I guess this collection is no different than DC Archives except in black and white. I enjoy the first appearances of some of the Rogue's Gallery. We even get to see origin of Elongated Man who makes appearances.