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SHOWCASE #8

Cover Date: May-June 1957
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Frank Giacoia


Story: "The Secret of the Empty Box!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksFrank Giacoia
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; last in issue #4/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Iris West

Villain(s):

"The Brains" (first appearance; three identical criminals who use many inventions to rob Central City)

Location(s):

Central City

Story Reprinted in:

The Flash Archives Vol. 1 (1996)
Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 1 (2007) (black and white)


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Second Story: "The Coldest Man on Earth!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksFrank Giacoia
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; next in issue #13)

Villain(s):

Captain Cold (Leonard "Len" Snart; first appearance; last in flashbacks in Flash Vol. 2 #182; next in Flash Vol. 1 #114; also in flashback to a few weeks before this story)

Other Character(s):

Stan (first appearance; Barry's co-worker at Police Labs)

Location(s):

Central City

Comment(s):

This story takes place in July.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told
The Flash Archives Vol. 1 (1996)
Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 1 (2007) (black and white)
Flash Rogues: Captain Cold (August 2018)


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