Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	[April] 2006
Cover Price	49.99 USD; 69.99 CAD
Pages	224
Editing	Scott Nybakken (collected editions); Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Notes	THE FLASH ARCHIVES VOL. 4 reprints issues #125-132 of THE FLASH (1961-1962), faithfully recolored and restored to their original glory. This volume follows the Fastest Man Alive as he zips through adventures around the world, and features an introduction by longtime comics writer and former FLASH editor Mike W. Barr. [per solicitation] Series design by Alex Jay / Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi. Black and white cover reconstruction by Rob Leigh. Color reconstruction on cover and interior pages and black and white reconstruction on interior covers by Jamison.

Cover Details

Characters	Flash; Kid Flash
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Notes	THE FLASH ARCHIVES VOL. 4 reprints issues #125-132 of THE FLASH (1961-1962), faithfully recolored and restored to their original glory. This volume follows the Fastest Man Alive as he zips through adventures around the world, and features an introduction by longtime comics writer and former FLASH editor Mike W. Barr. [per solicitation] Series design by Alex Jay / Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi. Black and white cover reconstruction by Rob Leigh. Color reconstruction on cover and interior pages and black and white reconstruction on interior covers by Jamison.

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

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

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

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Introduction by Mike W. Barr

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #125"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #125 (December 1961)

25 page Flash story "The Conquerors of Time!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mynher (villain); The Dokris (villains); Iris West
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #125 (December 1961)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #126"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #126 (February 1962)

13 page Flash story "The Doom of the Mirror Flash!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Orinocas; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder] (villain)
Synopsis	Flash must once again stop the Mirror Master.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #126 (February 1962)

12 page Flash story "Snare of the Headline Huntress!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Daphne Dean (first appearance); Mr. Fowler; Dr. Henry Allen; Nora Allen
Synopsis	Daphne Dean's agent wants her to pretend to rekindle her romance with Barry Allen.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #126 (February 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #127"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #127 (March 1962)

15 page Flash story "The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd (villain); Boka
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #127 (March 1962)

10 page Kid Flash story "The Mystery of the Troubled Boy!"

Characters	Kid Flash [Wally West]; Tommy Elkin; James Moon; Mr. Elkin; an international spy ring (villains)
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #127 (March 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #128"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #128 (May 1962)

18 page Flash story "The Case of the Real-Gone Flash!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	A magician from the 64th century travels back in time and gives the Flash fits.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #128 (May 1962)

7 page Flash story "The Origin of the Flash's Masked Identity!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen] (origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a Golden Age cover that Barry Allen is holding)
Synopsis	Origin of Flash's masked identity.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #128 (May 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #129"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Captain Cold; The Trickster
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #129 (June 1962)

25 page Flash story "Double Danger on Earth!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Garrick; Iris West; Villains: Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; The Trickster [James Jesse]; Flashbacks: Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]]; The Key
Synopsis	Jay Garrick comes to Earth 1 to get help from Barry Allen.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #129 (June 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #130"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; The Trickster; Captain Cold; The Top; Captain Boomerang; Mirror Master
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)

14 page Flash story "Who Doomed the Flash?"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Villains: Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart; The Trickster [James Jesse]
Synopsis	Flash vs Mirror Master, with cameo of 4 other villains.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)

11 page Kid Flash; Elongated Man story "Kid Flash Meets the Elongated Man"

Characters	Kid Flash [Wally West]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon](villain)
Synopsis	Kid Flash teams up with the Elongated Man to capture the Weather Wizard.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #131"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #131 (September 1962)

25 page Flash story "Captives of the Cosmic Ray!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; The Myrmitons (villains)
Synopsis	Flash teams up with Green Lantern to stop some aliens.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #131 (September 1962)

1 page Flash cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - The Flash #132"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)

15 page Flash story "The Heaviest Man Alive!"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Elider; Dro Dorno (villain); Gobdorans
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Continuation of story line from THE FLASH #116
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)

10 page Flash story "The Farewell Appearance of Daphne Dean"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]; Daphne Dean; Iris West
Synopsis	Daphne Dean believes she is now in love with the Flash and not Barry Allen.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)

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]; Mirror Master; Gorilla Grodd; Abra Kadabra
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella; Murphy Anderson
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Reprints covers from THE FLASH (DC, 1959 series) #126, 127, 128 & 132.
Reprinted	from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #126; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #127; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #128; from Flash, The (DC, 1959 series) #132