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This is a selection of Flash comics extending from his debut until the present day (with GEMs highlighted).  The list includes links for the following: (a) Wiki page (from the Grand Comics Database, or GCD), (b) e-book (available upon request), and (c) More info on each comic (via optional posts by various contributors).

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The Flash was one of several DC super-heroes who made their debut early in the Golden Age of Comics but were reinvented at the beginning of the Silver Age.  In fact, the debut of the new Flash incarnation in Showcase #4 is universally regarded as marking the start of the Silver Age of Comics.  The key person responsible for the reinvention of the Flash as well as several other Golden-Age superheroes (Green Lantern, Hawkman and the Atom) in the mid-1950s was editor Julius Schwartz, the man who was also responsible for two successful Batman reboots in the 1960s.

The Silver-Age Flash (Barry Allen) lasted for three decades, until the DC crossover event in 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths.  After that, we had the second version of the Flash: Wally West, who had appeared as the Kid Flash when younger in many Silver-Age Flash comics.  This version lasted for a couple of decades, before giving way to a third version in 2006.  The Flash v3 was introduced in the new title The Flash: the Fastest Man Alive, and the person donning the suit was Barry Allen’s grandson Bart Allen.  That Flash incarnation did not last very long, and the Flash v2 (Wally West) came back for a few years before the wheel came full circle in 2009 and Barry Allen returned as the Flash v4 in the 5-issue comic series Flash: Rebirth.

The definitive artist for the Flash during the Silver Age was Carmine Infantino, in conjunction with inkers Joe Giella and Murphy Anderson.  During this period, the main story writers were John Broome and Gardner Fox.  Although Julius Schwartz was the editor, he often played an important role in shaping the storyline.  Often, Infantino designed a spectacular cover in advance without any story in mind and then Schwartz came up with an idea to fit the cover.  One of the best examples of this is the comic-book Flash of Two Worlds, where Schwartz came up with the concept of multiple universes to allow for the simultaneous existence (and frequent partnership) of the Silver-Age Flash (Earth-One) with the Golden-Age Flash (Earth-Two).  This idea really took off and led to the concept of the multiverse, which is widely prevalent in DC comics to this day.

The Flash has been one of DC’s most enduring comic-book characters and has often teamed up with other DC characters such as Green Lantern and Superman, as well as with less well-known super-heroes like the Elongated Man.  The Flash is also a founding member of the Justice League of America.  For more details on the different comic-book eras of the Flash, please see this link.

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