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Flash (1959 1st Series DC) 110 FR/GD 1.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Spine taped. Writing on interior page. Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. First appearance of Kid Flash in Meet Kid Flash, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Wally West visits his aunt Iris and meets the Flash. During the meeting a freak accident gives Wally super speed and he becomes the Kid Flash. Challenge of the Weather Wizard!, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson; the origin of the Weather Wizard. Flash Facts filler page. The Atom: Servant of Man fact page. Amazing Speeds fact page. Weather Forecast! fact page. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash (1959 1st Series DC) 207 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4438196007

Last 15-cent issue. Cover art by Neal Adams. The Evil Sound of Music!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Murphy Anderson; Barry and Iris attend a rock concert that goes awry; Sargon manipulates his niece and the Flash in order to get his mystic ruby, The Ruby of Life, back. The Weird World of Aurora ad for Dr. Deadly, Frankenstein, and Vampirella model kits. Phantom of the Cafeteria, script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; Food disappears off kids' plates; Kid Flash rescues a member of a subterranean race. Unexpected and Star Spangled War ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Flash (1959 1st Series DC) 225 VG- 3.5

Cover art by Nick Cardy. Green Lantern...Master Criminal of the 25th Century, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; When a weird alien horse from the future starts to destroy the Earth in the present, Flash and Green Lantern travel to the future to team up with Professor Zoom to try to stop it. Short essay about the Comicmobile, created by Sol Harrison to deliver comics. Letter from noted letter hack Guy Lillian III. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer tabloid ad. 100 Page Batman and Witching Hour ad. See-Action Football Game ad in strip form. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Flash (2016 5th Series) 800BTC.PLATINUM CGC 9.9

Paper: White

Big Time Collectibles Platinum Edition.

Label #4280618013

Big Time Collectibles Exclusive "Platinum Edition" Variant Cover. Written by Jeremy Adams, Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, and Simon Spurrier. Art by Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert, Todd Nauck, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Scott Kolins, and Mike Deodato Jr. An oversize anniversary issue concludes writer Jeremy Adams's acclaimed tenure, with special guests Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, and Geoff Johns joining the celebration! As the Adams run races to the finish line, get a prelude to the new Dawn of DC chapter of the Fastest Man Alive's adventures from the dream team of Simon Spurrier (Coda, Detective Comics) and Mike Deodato Jr. (Avengers)! 48 pages, full color. Rated T+

Flash Comics (1940 DC) 83 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Tape on Cover and Interior Cover.

Label #0361497009

Flash stars in "Twelve Jurors on Trial," written by Robert Kanigher, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Three Brothers in Crime" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Can Opener" by John B. Wentworth, art by Irwin Hasen; Atom in "The Atom's Rest Cure" by Joseph Greene and Jon Chester Kolzak; A Fish Story text story by Cliff Rhodes; and Hawkman in "Destined for Disaster" by Kanigher and Kozlak. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim HC (2011-2014 IDW) By Alex Raymond 1-1ST VF- 7.5

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. IDW's Library of American Comics is producing The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim as part of the Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection. The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim will present every Sunday by Raymond from both classic strips together for the first time, in the oversized 12" x 16" champagne edition format. The artist's post-war modernist detective series, Rip Kirby, is currently being collected. Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney is editing and designing the deluxe editions. "Although Flash Gordon has been previously reprinted, this-finally-is the first meticulously remastered and restored edition that prints the strip in a large size and in Raymond's original format that includes the Jungle Jim topper. We believe this will be the definitive edition for the ages." Created by Raymond in 1934, Flash Gordon is arguably the most famous science fiction comic strip of all time. It follows adventures of the title character and his companions-Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov-as they leave Earth to discover the source of meteors that are threatening the planet, and gets waylaid on the planet Mongo, where they battle the evil Ming the Merciless. The three Earthlings encounter one strange race after another, from the water-breathing Shark-Men of the Undersea Kingdom, to the winged Hawkmen, to the ferocious Tusk-Men. All the while, Flash finds himself in the arms of one beautiful woman after another-much to Dale Arden's chagrin. Jungle Jim was created as a strip topper for Flash Gordon, and followed the life of Jim Bradley, who fought pirates, slave traders, and assorted villains in the exotic Southeast Asia of the 1930s. This neglected Raymond classic also features Jim's native cohort Kolu and femme fatale Lille DeVrille. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $75.00.

Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim HC (2011-2014 IDW) By Alex Raymond 2-1ST NM 9.4

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. IDW's Library of American Comics is producing The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim as part of the Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection. The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim will present every Sunday by Raymond from both classic strips together for the first time, in the oversized 12" x 16" champagne edition format! Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $75.00.

Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim HC (2011-2014 IDW) By Alex Raymond 3-1ST NM 9.4

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. IDW's Library of American Comics is producing The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim as part of the Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection. The third volume of the Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim includes every Alex Raymond Sunday from March 12, 1939 through the end of 1941. Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov have a lengthy adventure with Fria, the stunning Snow Queen of Frigia; Dale is captured by Ming's secret service, culminating in a fight to the finish between Flash and the merciless tyrant. Meanwhile, when radio signals from Earth find their way to Mongo, Flash and company must decide-do they stay on Mongo or return home to help overthrow "The Dictator"?! In the introduction by Bruce Canwell, Joe Kubert tells of being a 12-year-old making his first-ever trip out of Brooklyn to visit Alex Raymond at his Connecticut home! Plus, Howard Chaykin discusses the influences on Raymond's drawing style. Edited by Dean Mullaney, and designed by Lorraine Turner. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $75.00.

Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim HC (2011-2014 IDW) By Alex Raymond 4-1ST VF 8.0

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. Edited by Dean Mullaney. Designed by Lorraine Turner. Introduction by Bruce Canwell. The grand conclusion to the multiple Eisner Award-nominated editions of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim! Reproduced in the over-sized Champagne Edition format are Raymond's spectacular Sunday pages from 1942-1944; also included is the first storyline by Austin Briggs, who followed Raymond's tenure.Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $75.00.