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FLASH #123
Cover Date: September 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (Barry Allen; between Justice League of America Vol. 1 #6 and #7)
Guest Star(s):
- Flash (Jay Garrick; revealed to have retired in 1949; last in Flash Vol. 2 #233/2; next in Flash 80-Page Giant #2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Iris West (next in Justice League of America Vol. 1 #7)
Villain(s):
- Thinker (last in DC 100-Page Super-Spectacular #11; next in Atom #29)
- Fiddler (last in Starman Vol. 2 #46; next in Justice League of America Vol. 1 #21)
- Shade (last in Shade #3; next in Flash 80-Page Giant #1/2)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Joan Garrick (last in Shade #3; next in issue #129)
Other Character(s):
- Orphans at the Central City Community Center (see Comments)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on June 14th (the year 1961 is topical).
- Jay and Joan Garrick live at 5252 78th Street.
- The Post-Crisis version of this story is told in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990). In that story, a very young Gar (pre-Beast Boy) Logan is in attendance.
Solicitation:
- The first Silver Age appearance of Golden Age Flash and the first mention of an Earth-2 where Golden Age heroes live! Barry Allen appears at the Community Center in Central City to perform for kids, and during one of his amazing tricks is mysteriously transported to Keystone City, a place that he recalls that the original Flash once lived. Prepare for the meeting of the Flash of two worlds!