Issue Description

Right outside the Allen Residence, Golden Glider just shot at Iris for she figured out that Iris was indeed the Flash's Lover. Still trapped within a type of Energy top type force-field, Flash does some quick thinking and vibrates through and heads towards Iris with the intention to save her from the blast. At first, it looks like he was too late...

But Flash is and saves Iris by taking the blast. Iris is grateful to be rescue but notices that he isn't moving and goes to turn him over. Taking the full blunt of the blast for her, got him basically freeze-dried and not moving. During this, Golden Glider skates off while not believing how she missed for she had Iris RIGHT there in her sights--and hopes that he's alive for he has to suffer like she has.

Neighbors come about, not believing their eyes seeing the Flash there--also thinking he's a goner while Iris weeps. Being lead away from the body, the on-lookers are then shocked to see The Flash starting to becoming a type of blur on the ground. Somehow, he reconstructs and restores every atom in his body and stands. Iris, very happy but also stressed faints against a fellow neighbor. The Flash suggests he take her home so her husband can take care of her.

Getting home, Iris and Barry discuss over why Golden Glider would want to kill her and not him in which Barry says he has some ideas but no firm answers.

Somewhere within the city, Golden Glider is taking apart the gun to discover that it can only be programmed to a certain person's molecular structure at a time and goes to start re-programming it for a certain Iris Allen.

Around the same time within the State Penitentiary, Captain Cold is ranting in his cell over the fact his sister left him defenseless where the Flash could get him. Continuing on, he goes on about how She and the Flash better watch for him and after a final yell, tenses up and drops to the floor where a few moments later? He is confirmed dead and confuses the staff and the doctor for he stated the man was in perfect health.

Next Day, Barry and Iris are seen walking downtown, talking about the Rogues and how Golden Glider is different for she has a driven look that reminds him of Batman. He has two clues which are her Top Gimmicks and Captain Cold's gun and before he could continue, Barry turns to see Iris being abducted into a light ray that's connected to a Fly Top. Changing into Flash, he rushes after her to tackle Iris from the beam and lands with her safely to the ground. Having thought to himself during this whole situation, He's convinced that this all must connect to The Top--but why is Golden Glider apart of it as well?

While asking Iris to speak to him, She does speak but as Golden Glider speaking through her, saying how she knows this woman is his love and that she will not last much longer for he ended The Top's life thus bringing it down to 'A love for a love!'

Later that day, Barry goes though the official files of Roscoe 'The Top' Dillon in which there is no record of him having a lover but series of events that connects her to him as well as Captain Cold to her also. His research is disrupted as he gets a call from Daphne (for he promised to see her plane off). Covering his mouth, he pretends that he's a fellow co-worker and then zips over to be right beside her. Daphne and Barry talk and he ask a Favor (that would clear her name in the eyes of He and Iris) in which she takes him up on it.

That night within the Central City Morgue, Two guards are playing cards and a certain drawer with a body within starts to ice over. The drawer slams out upon the floor with the iced over body in which an 'ice-man' slowly starts to stand. It shoots at the Two men with an ice blast and knocks them out. The ice man starts melting to reveal its Len Snart, having learned to go into a Sub-zero Metabolic Trance to simulate Death. Taking one of the man's clothes, he sneaks out to go get his Captain Cold gear on and 'settle some debts with his darling sister and the Flash.'

A new day, and Barry received tickets to see an ice show that night but he's certain its a trap. Figuring out the connection between Top, Golden Glider and Captain Cold, He decides to go to this show and bringing Iris as well. At the Central City Palace, Lisa Star takes the ice with her baton as Barry and Iris watch from front row box seats. The ice skater tosses her baton into the air, catches, aims and shoots Iris. She falls and its known that Lisa Star is Golden Glider. But, 'Iris' doesn't parish for it wasn't Iris at all, It was Daphne looking like Iris thus the cold gun technology wouldn't work on her.

On ice skates, The Flash goes out to take on Golden Glider but she goes to take to her air and skate. Almost away, Captain Cold comes to the scene to trap her. She gets free and it turns into a slight sibling battle on ice. Grabbing the tail of his hood, Glider drags Cold about the ice while all forgetting about The Flash. Taking this opportunity, He zips about the siblings to spray ice over them continuously.  After a few more moments, The siblings are now trapped within ice, Daphne takes off her Iris disguise and the crowd goes wild due to the show they witness--wanting an encore.

The Flash (1959)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

The Flash Volume 1, (continued from Flash Comics).

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Starring Barry Allen as the Flash and Wally West as Kid Flash. After 4 try-out issues of "Show case" - the first being #4, which is widely accepted as being the comic that launched the Silver Age - the Flash returned to star in his own title with #105 in 1959. The numbering of the title continued from the Golden Age "Flash Comics," which had come to an end as Super Heroes went out of fashion in the early 1950's. When Police scientist Barry Allen was doused with a variety of chemicals along with a bolt of lightning, the accident endowed him with Super Speed, and he donned the famous red Flash uniform we are all familiar with. Barry was seeing reporter Iris Allen, and to ensure he kept his identity as the Flash a secret from his girlfriend, he always turned up late for their dates. During his Showcase appearances, the Flash had battled the first of what was to become his rogues gallery when he clashed with Captain Cold, and his range of costumed opponents was about expand almost as rapidly as his uniform expanded from his ring when it came into contact with air. In his opening issue, the Flash battled the Mirror Master, and in the following issue, readers were introduced to Gorilla Grodd, Solovar, and the inhabitants of Gorilla City in a trilogy of tales that ran through issues #106 - 108. Also starring in #106 was another costumed villain, the Pied Piper. The Mirror Master obviously proved a hit with fans as he was back in #109 for a re-match and in #110 the Flash encountered the Weather Wizard for the first time. The Trickster brought his tricks to Central City in Flash #113, while Captain Cold returned in #114 and another Captain - this time Captain Boomerang debuted in #117.

However, it wasn't just super villains the Flash was encountering in the early issues of his own series. In #110, Kid Flash made his debut, when Wally West was caught in a freak duplicate of the accident that had given Barry his super speed. Wally's original costume was a duplicate of Barry's (only smaller of course) but sidekicks were "in" at the time and Wally would often feature in back up stories in the Flash as well as sometimes teaming up with his mentor - such as in #120. Later (#135) Wally would receive his more familiar yellow and red costume, which would serve him for the best part of two decades. Shortly after the introduction of Kid Flash, the Flash encountered Ralph Dibny, the Elongated Man in #112. At first, Barry thought the Elongated Man was a criminal, but by the end of the lead story in this issue, Ralph was exonerated, and the two men became firm friends. Editor Julius Schwartz was developing a number of friendships across the books he edited and chief among them was a friendship between Green Lantern and the Flash. The two first teamed up in Green Lantern #13 and the friendship was cemented during several shared adventures including the ones in Flash #131 and #143.

The most far reaching team -up of Barry's career was to come about in the classic Flash #123, "Flash of Two Worlds" in which the Scarlet Speedster met his "hero" Jay Garrick, the original Flash from the Golden Age of comics, and the concept of Earth Two was launched. Subsequent team ups between the two Flashes included the reintroduction of the Justice Society of America in #137's "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain," as the heroes pitted their wits against Vandal Savage. In the meantime, the villains just kept coming, as Abra Kadabra - a magician from the future made his debut in #128, Heat Wave made things hot for the Flash in #140, and the Top put him in a spin in # 141. However, it was the introduction of Eobard Thawne - the Reverse Flash (or Professor Zoom) in #140 that would have the most far reaching and long lasting effect upon Barry Allen's future.

When Barry and Iris finally got around to tying the knot, (#165), the Reverse Flash tried to take his place at the altar. Although Barry foiled his arch -foe on this occasion, history would repeat itself later in the series. After the death of Iris (accidentally shot at a costume ball), Barry was about to get re-married. Thawne was about to kill his fiance, but in order to prevent that happening, Barry snapped the neck of his enemy - an event which led to the two-year plus "Trial of the Flash," which concluded the series and led to the seeming demise of Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

With science-based stories by the likes of Gardner Fox, John Broome, and Robert Kanigher, and the sleek angular artistic lines provided by Carmine Infantino, the Flash became one of the most popular and attractive books in the DC line throughout the Silver Age and indeed its impressive 246 issue run. The series ended with issue 350 and was continued a little more over a year into The Flash Volume 2.

Collected EditionsFlash Archives Vol. 1 (#105-108)Flash Omnibus (#105-132)Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 1 (#105-111)Flash Archives Vol. 2 (#109-116)Flash Archives Vol. 3 (#117-124)Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 2 (#120-140)Flash Archives Vol. 4 (#125-132)Flash Archives Vol. 5 (#133-141)Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 3 (#141-161)Flash Archives Vol. 6 (#142-150)Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 4 (#162-184)Absolute Green Lantern/Green Arrow (#217-219 & 226)Showcase Presents: The Trial of the Flash (#323-7, 329-336, 340-350)

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