Stories in this issue include Secret Origin (script by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, pencils by Kenny Martinez, inks by Anibal Rodriquez) and Lost Pages: Jay Garrick Meets Max Mercury (script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Craig Rousseau, inks by Jose Marzan, Jr.).
The issue also includes: an "interview with Max Mercury; a guided tour of the Flash Museum; a Flash timeline; a Flash family tree; and profiles of Linda Park, Impulse, Pied Piper, Barry Allen, Wally West, Jay Garrick, and others. Cover art by Steve Lightle.
Cover price $4.95.
2 tales starring the tv version of the The Flash: Our hero must protect Tina from a ghost from the past in "The Quick and the Dead." Script by John Byrne, art by Javier Saltares. And the second tale finds a street punk gaining The Flash's powers in "Meet Kid Flash."
Script by Mark Waid, art by David Williams, Darick Robertson & Gary Martin. Pin-ups by Tom Lyle, Joe Kubert, Eduardo Barreto. Also: Behind the scenes of the Flash tv series, and a complete episode guide.
Photo cover. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Geoff Johns and Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams. Art by Xermanico. Cover by Mitch Gerads.
The Clockwork Killers identity is finally revealed as the dust settles after the showdown at Arkham Asylum. But as we learn the truth behind how the Clockwork Killer came to be, Thomas is faced with a reality-altering choice!
32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
Written by STERLING GATES Art by OLIVER NOME Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
FLASH FACT! Where is he? Or should we say when?
32 pg, FC,RATED T Cover price $2.99.
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Written by PETER MILLIGAN. Pencils by GEORGE PEREZ (15 pages), layouts by FERNANDO BLANCO (5 pages), inks & finishes by SCOTT KOBLISH. Cover by GEORGE PEREZ.
FLASH FACT! One among them will betray them all!
32 pg, FC, RATED T Cover price $2.99.
Flash The Road to Flashpoint TPB (2012 DC)Collects Flash (2010 3rd Series DC) #8-12.
Flashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman TPB (2012) #1Collects Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance (2011) #1-3, Deadman and The Flying Graysons (2011) #1- 3, Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager (2011) #1-3 and Secret Seven (2011) #1-3.
Flashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern TPB (2012) #1Collects Flashpoint: Hal Jordan (2011) #1-3, Abin Sur the Green Lantern (2011) #1-3, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown (2011) #1-3 and Green Arrow Industries (2011) #1.
Flashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman TPB (2012) #1 Collects Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011)#1-3, Booster Gold (2007-2011 DC 2nd Series) #44-47, Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket (2011) #1 and Flashpoint: Project Superman (2011) #1-3.
Flashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring The Flash TPB (2012) #1 Collects Flashpoint: Grodd of War (2011) #1, Kid Flash Lost (2011) #1-3, Legion of Doom (2011) #1-3, The Reverse Flash (2011) #1 and Citizen Cold (2011) #1-3.
Flashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman TPB (2012 #1-Collects Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman (2011) #1- 3, The Outsider (2011) #1-3, Lois Lane and the Resistance (2011) #1-3 and Wonder Woman and the Furies (2011) #1-3.
Flashpoint TPB (2012 DC) 1st Edition #1 Collects Flashpoint (2011 DC) #1-5.
Cover by Frank Quitely. After the Fact, Part Three: Dig the Vacuum, script by Grant Morrison, art by Frank Quitely
Flex Mentallo's quest enters a dark, violent, sexually twisted phase, echoed in the recollections of a mysterious, suicidal young man; Is it the end of everything, or simply the onset of a depraved spandex bacchanal?
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Written by Mark Russell. Art by Steve Pugh. Cover by Amanda Conner.
Bone Depot, Tarpit, and other big box stores get Bedrock whipped into a buying frenzy while Fred gets trapped in a vitamin pill scam. Plus, Fred and Wilma experience a crisis of faith when they discover the bird god they worship also makes a great record player needle.
32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.
Interview with Steve Englehart on Millennium; article by Mark Waid on The Wanderers; interview with Del Close on Wasteland; 1-page profiles of Kevin Maguire, Andy Helfer, George Perez, Pat Broderick, John Ostrander. Millennium cover by Joe Staton & Bruce Patterson.
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Cover by David Finch, Richard Friend (W) Geoff Johns (A) David Finch, Richard Friend
The first universe-wide event of The New 52 begins as FOREVER EVIL launches! The Justice League is DEAD! And the villains shall INHERIT the Earth! An epic tale of the world's greatest super-villains starts here!
Cover price $3.99.
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Cover by Brett Booth, Mark Irwin. Forever Evil Tie-In - (W) Sterling Gates. (A) Philip Tan, Neil Edwards, Javier Pina, Jason Paz, Jay Leisten.
The villains have killed the Justice League and decimated A.R.G.U.S.'s headquarters. Only Steve Trevor and the surviving A.R.G.U.S. agents can pick up the pieces and save the civilian populace from unthinkable evil!
Cover price $2.99.
An Avatar Story! Part 1 of 4. "Fallen Idols!" Story by Jeff Grubb. Art by Rags Morales and Dave Simons.
It is "The Time of Troubles." This is the omen Vartan was warned about (see Forgotten Realms (1989) #9). Gods now walk among the mortals of the Forgotten Realms. Magic is out of control, and strange creatures roam the land. This is the tale that rocked the Realms to its very foundation. Things turn upside down for the crew of the Realms Master when the elven god Labelas usurps Vartan, body and soul, and uses the cleric as his earthly avatar.
NOTE: The whole story of "The Time of Troubles" is chronicled in the Avatar Trilogy: Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep, novels written by Richard Awlinson and published by TSR. The affects of this story are still felt in the Forgotten Realms to this day and are explored in the computer games Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
Cover price $1.50.
"Cannibal Girls (Won't You come Out Tonight)!" Part 3 of 4. Story by Jeff Grubb. Art by Rags Morales and Dave Simons.
Still reeling from their battle with the elf deity Labelas, the crew of the destroyed Realms Master is in no shape to fight a clan of lycanthrope felines. This is a fact that may prove fatal for the fallen paladin, Priam Agrivar.
Cover price $1.75.
"Waterdhavian Nights!" Guest-starring the Heroes of the Advance Dungeons & Dragons (1988) comic series. Story by Jeff Grubb. Cover by Gil Kane.
Priam and his friends dock in Waterdeep, the greatest city in all the Realms (and a prominent location in the Forgotten Realms), in search of another powerful artifact of power. Priam takes this opportunity to visit his half-sister, the elf mage Kyriani. A series of misfortunate misunderstandings set the crew of the Realms Master and Heroes of AD&D on a series of misadventures, and on a collision course with a cadre of their deadliest enemies.
Cover price $2.95.
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68-page giant; all reprints. "The Stolen Identities," script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp
Two Xelthunians secretly replace Ma and Pa Kent to perform a secret mission, not knowing that the Kents are Superboy's foster parents; After Ma Kent unwisely mentions Superboy's vulnerability to kryptonite, the Xelthunians power the transporter ray they plan to use to send Superboy to their planet with red kryptonite and it turns him into a fat Boy of Steel, a bullet-sized Boy of Steel, and a giant Boy of Steel (from Adventure 270 in 1960).
Wonder Woman stars in "The Talking Lion" (from Sensation Comics 17 in 1943), script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Frank Godwin ; Wonder Woman takes Bobby to the zoo, where they meet Steve Trevor and his niece; The two kids discover that one of the lions can talk. "Attack of the Crocodile-Men, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson (from Hawkman 7 in 1965); When Shiera is teleported out of the museum, Hawkman traces the radiation to Egypt and the secret lair of the Criminal Alliance of the World.
The Golden Age Flash stars in "The City of Shifting Sand" (from All-Flash Comics 22 in 1946 with new 1976 art by Edgar Bercasio), script by John Broome, art by Edgar Bercasio; At the annual meeting of the Liar's Club , Jay Garrick relates a strange tale of the Flash and his battle against deadly sand...sand that hates human beings! Captain Marvel stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Cup Cake Caper." Superman stars in a one-page public service announceement, "Justice For All Includes Children" (art by Neal Adams). New Ernie Chan cover.
Cover price $0.50.
Cover art by Walter Simonson. Species Paratwa: Part One, script by Christopher Hinz, art by Tommy Lee Edwards
A Gemini-blooded assassin, Rolk, attacks the projects of Flikker-Wixon Construction. Gemini bloods are paratwa in which one mind controls two bodies; Nick and the others are a human team hired to stop Rolk.
36 pgs. Cover price $2.25.
Species Paratwa: Part 2 of 6 - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards. Cover by Walt Simonson.
The saga of a mercenary team's struggle against a terrifying new breed of humanity continues: Rolk, one of the Paratwa -- genetically engineered assassins who exist simultaneously in two bodies -- sends a deadly warning to the Flikker-Wixon corporation. But as Nick's commandos prepare to hunt for Rolk, tensions between Nick and Gillian threaten to tear the team apart.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
Species Paratwa: Part 3 of 6 - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards, Richard Case and John Paul Leon. Cover by Walt Simonson.
The saga of a mercenary team's struggle against a terrifying new breed of humanity continues: As Nick is initiated into the bizarre rituals of Nu San Francisco's upper classes, Rolk receives orders from the Royal Caste, secret rulers of the gemini-blooded Paratwa assassins. And Gillian's team begins a deadly mission high above the streets of Old San Francisco.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
Species Paratwa: Part 4 of 6 - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards & Richard Case. Cover by Walt Simonson.
The saga of a mercenary team's struggle against a terrifying new breed of humanity continues: Nick and Gillian's commando team must defeat a band of marauding Shraddhan, but the team's real test comes at a high-society party at Melody's estate -- where a gemini-blooded assassin moves secretly among the guests, waiting to strike.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
Species Paratwa: Part 5 of 6 - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards. Cover by Walt Simonson.
As Rolk, the gemini-blooded assassin, runs wild at a high-society party, Nick comes closer to putting together the clues to Rolk's true identity. But Rolk's masters kick their plans into high gear as Nick's team closes in.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
Species Paratwa: Part 6 of 6 - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards. Cover by Walt Simonson.
The first story arc concludes with a spectacular battle high above the streets of Old San Francisco, as the true identity of Rolk, the gemini-blooded assassin, is revealed, and the mercenary team must prove itself in combat...or die.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
Infrangibility - Written by Christopher Hinz. Art by Tommy Lee Edwards & Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Tommy Lee Edwards.
Gillian's secret is revealed when he's abducted by a UFO and forced to endure a strange, surreal odyssey through himself and his world. This issue features guest inker Bill Sienkiewicz.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
