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SHOWCASE #4
Cover Date: September-October 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Kubert
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Credits:
| Story | Robert Kanigher |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash (Barry Allen; first appearance; last in flashbacks in Life Story of the Flash; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Iris West (first appearance; a reporter for Picture News; last in flashbacks in Life Story of the Flash)
Villain(s):
- Turtle Man (first appearance; next in Flash Vol. 1 #220)
Other Character(s):
- Two military officers
- A waitress
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Flash (Jay Garrick; on the cover of Flash comic)
Comment(s):
- This story begins on April 23rd.
- As shown in Booster Gold Vol. 2 #3 and #4, Booster Gold and Rip Hunter are behind the scenes.
- Barry Allen appears in several other stories between pages of this story:
- Showcase #4 pages 1-7 pnl 3
- Flash Vol. 1 #267/2 flashback pg 2, pnls 2 and 3
- Flash Vol. 1 #309 flashback pg 11 pnl 4-pg 12 pnl 4
- Flash Vol. 1 #128/2
- Flash Vol. 1 #267/2 flashback pg 2 pnl 4-pg 5 pnl 6
- Showcase #4 pg 7 pnl 4-pg 12
- Flash Vol. 1 #267/2 flashback pg 6-8
Story Reprinted in:
- Secret Origins Giant #1 (Summer 1961)
- The Flash Archives Vol. 1 (1996)
- Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 1 (2007) (black and white)
Credits:
| Story | John Broome |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mazdan (first appearance; next in Flash #254)
Other Character(s):
- Henry Brown
- A television repairman
- Police officers
- Citizens of the future (Judge, law enforcement officer)
Story Reprinted in:
- Flash #215/2 (May 1972)
- The Flash Archives Vol. 1 (1996)
- Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 1 (2007) (black and white)