While most Flash comics from the Silver Age can still be found, some of the earlier ones are starting to get expensive. Fortunately, DC would occasionally reprint older stories during the 1960s and 1970s, and those are easier to find. For the collector on a budget who would like to read classic stories, here is a list of reprints of Silver-Age Flash stories (and a few Bronze-Age stories as well).
This page is a draft. So far it includes all stories reprinted in later issues of The Flash, in the Archives and Showcase series, and in the two Greatest Stories volumes. It does not yet include reprints in other series.
A story from Flash #127 will reportedly appear in DC Comics Goes Ape, to be released in September 2008.
See Also: Golden-Age Reprints
| Story | Original | Year | Reprinted In | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flash (Barry Allen) | ||||
| Showcase #4, #8, #13, #14 | 1956–1958 | The Flash Archives v.1 | 1996 | |
| Showcase Presents: The Flash v.1 | 2007 | |||
| Flash #105–108 | 1959 | The Flash Archives v.1 | 1996 | |
| Flash #109–116 | 1959–1960 | The Flash Archives v.2 | 2000 | |
| Flash #117–124 | 1960–1961 | The Flash Archives v.3 | 2002 | |
| Flash #125–132 | 1961–1962 | The Flash Archives v.4 | 2006 | |
| Flash #105–119 | 1959–1961 | Showcase Presents: The Flash v.1 | 2007 | |
| Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt | Showcase #4 | 1956 | Secret Origins v.1 | 1961 |
| Secret Origins v.2 #1 | 1973 | |||
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| The Essential Showcase: 1956–1959 | 1992?* | |||
| DC Silver Age Classics: Showcase 4 | 1992 | |||
| Secret Origins Replica Edition | 1998 | |||
| Showcase #4: Millenium Edition | 2000 | |||
| The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier | Showcase #4 | 1956 | Flash #215 | 1972 |
| The Essential Showcase: 1956–1959 | 1992?* | |||
| DC Silver Age Classics: Showcase 4 | 1992 | |||
| Showcase #4: Millenium Edition | 2000 | |||
| The Coldest Man on Earth | Showcase #8 | 1957 | Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-39: Secret Origins of Super-Villains | 1975 |
| Around the World in 80 Minutes | Showcase #13 | 1958 | 80-Page Giant #4 (Flash) | 1964 |
| The Essential Showcase: 1956–1959 | 1992?* | |||
| Master of the Elements | Showcase #13 | 1958 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| The Essential Showcase: 1956–1959 | 1992?* | |||
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Giants of the Time World! | Showcase #14 | 1958 | 80-Page Giant #4 (Flash) | 1964 |
| The Man Who Changed the Earth! | Showcase #14 | 1958 | 80-Page Giant #9 (Flash) | 1965 |
| Complete through Showcase #14. Below this point the list is incomplete. | ||||
| The Master of Mirrors! | Flash #105 | 1959 | 80-Page Giant #4 (Flash) | 1964 |
| Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-45: Secret Origins of Super-Villains | 1976 | |||
| Conqueror from 8 Million B.C.! | Flash #105 | 1959 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Menace of the Super-Gorilla! | Flash #106 | 1959 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| The Pied Piper of Peril! | Flash #106 | 1959 | 80-Page Giant #9 (Flash) | 1965 |
| Countdown Special: The Flash | 2007 | |||
| Return of the Super-Gorilla! | Flash #107 | 1959 | Flash #169 | 1967 |
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| The Amazing Race Against Time! | Flash #107 | 1959 | Flash #160 | 1966 |
| The Speed of Doom! | Flash #108 | 1959 | Flash #196 | 1970 |
| Return of the Mirror Master! | Flash #109 | 1959 | Flash #187 | 1969 |
| The Challenge of the Weather Wizard! | Flash #110 | 1959 | 80-Page Giant #4 (Flash) | 1964 |
| Meet Kid Flash! | Flash #110 | 1959 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Flash #344 (partial) | 1985 | |||
| The Invasion of the Cloud Creatures! | Flash #111 | 1960 | Flash #210 | 1971 |
| The Mystery of the Elongated Man! | Flash #112 | 1960 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Danger in the Air! | Flash #113 | 1960 | Flash #160 | 1966 |
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| Countdown Special: The Flash | 2007 | |||
| The Man Who Claimed the Earth! | Flash #113 | 1960 | Flash #169 | 1967 |
| The Day Flash Weighed 1000 Pounds! | Flash #115 | 1960 | 80-Page Giant #4 (Flash) | 1964 |
| The Man Who Stole Central City! | Flash #116 | 1960 | Flash #187 | 1969 |
| The Mirror Master’s Magic Bullet! | Flash #119 | 1961 | Flash #169 | 1967 |
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| Land of Golden Giants! | Flash #120 | 1961 | Flash #178 | 1968 |
| Beware the Atomic Grenade! | Flash #122 | 1961 | Flash #169 | 1967 |
| Flash of Two Worlds! | Flash #123 | 1961 | Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.1 | 2006 |
| Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told | 2007 | |||
| Space Boomerang Trap! | Flash #124 | 1961 | Flash #160 | 1966 |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 | |||
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| Vengeance Via Television! | Flash #124 | 1961 | Flash #232 | 1975 |
| The Conquerors of Time | Flash #125 | 1961 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| Snare of the Headline Huntress | Flash #126 | 1962 | Flash #212 | 1972 |
| Reign of the Super-Gorilla | Flash #127 | 1962 | DC Comics Goes Ape | (Sep 2008) |
| The Case of the Real-Gone Flash! | Flash #128 | 1962 | Flash #187 | 1969 |
| The Origin of Flash’s Masked Identity! | Flash #128 | 1962 | Flash #196 | 1970 |
| DC’s Greatest Imaginary Stories | 2005 | |||
| Double Danger on Earth! | Flash #129 | 1962 | Flash #178 | 1968 |
| Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.1 | 2006 | |||
| Captives of the Cosmic Ray | Flash #131 | 1962 | Flash #178 | 1968 |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 | |||
| The Plight of the Puppet-Flash | Flash #133 | 1962 | Flash #169 | 1967 |
| The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero | Flash #134 | 1963 | 100-Page Giant #22 (Flash) | 1973 |
| Secret of the Three Super-Weapons | Flash #135 | 1963 | 100-Page Giant #22 (Flash) | 1973 |
| The Mirror Master’s Invincible Bodyguards! | Flash #136 | 1963 | Flash #196 | 1970 |
| Vengeance of the Immortal Villain | Flash #137 | 1963 | Flash #213 | 1972 |
| The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 | |||
| Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.1 | 2006 | |||
| Menace of the Reverse-Flash! | Flash #139 | 1963 | Flash #205 | 1971 |
| The Mystery of Flash’s Third Identity | Flash #141 | 1963 | Flash #187 | 1969 |
| Trail of the False Green Lanterns | Flash #143 | 1964 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| The Girl from the Super-Fast Dimension! | Flash #145 | 1964 | Flash #229 | 1974 |
| The Weather Wizard Blows Up A Storm! | Flash #145 | 1964 | Flash #214 | 1972 |
| Fatal Fingers of the Flash! | Flash #146 | 1964 | Flash #213 | 1972 |
| The Doorway to the Unknown | Flash #148 | 1964 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| Robberies by Magic | Flash #149 | 1964 | DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 |
| The Flash’s Sensational Risk! | Flash #149 | 1964 | Flash #208 | 1971 |
| Flash #344 (partial) | 1985 | |||
| Invader from the Dark Dimension! | Flash #151 | 1965 | Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.1 | 2006 |
| The Mightiest Punch of All Time! | Flash #153 | 1965 | Flash #196 | 1970 |
| The Gauntlet of Super-Villains | Flash #155 | 1965 | Flash #214 | 1972 |
| Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told | 2007 | |||
| Countdown Special: The Flash | 2007 | |||
| The One-Man Justice League | Flash #158 | 1966 | DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 |
| One Bridegroom Too Many! | Flash #165 | 1966 | Flash #328 | 1983 |
| Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told | 2007 | |||
| The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra! | Flash #170 | 1967 | Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.2 | 2007 |
| Doomward Flight of the Flashes | Flash #173 | 1967 | DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 |
| Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.2 | 2007 | |||
| Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains! | Flash #174 | 1967 | Countdown Special: The Flash | 2007 |
| The Race to the End of the Universe | Flash #175 | 1967 | Superman vs. the Flash | 2005 |
| The Flash—Fact or Fiction? | Flash #179 | 1968 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told | 2007 | |||
| How to Prevent a Flash | DC Special Series #1 a.k.a. Five-Star Super-Hero Spectacular | 1977 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier | DC Special Series #11 a.k.a. Flash Spectacular 1978 | 1978 | Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told | 2007 |
| More coming soon... | ||||
| Kid Flash (Wally West) | ||||
| Meet Kid Flash! | Flash #110 | 1959 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Flash #344 (partial) | 1985 | |||
| King of the Beatniks! | Flash #114 | 1960 | Flash #160 | 1966 |
| The Race to Thunder Hill! | Flash #116 | 1960 | Flash #205 | 1971 |
| Land of Golden Giants! | Flash #120 | 1961 | Flash #178 | 1968 |
| The Face Behind the Mask! | Flash #122 | 1961 | Flash #214 | 1972 |
| The Conquerors of Time | Flash #125 | 1961 | The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told | 1991 |
| Kid Flash Meets the Elongated Man | Flash #130 | 1962 | Four Star Spectacular #2 | 1976 |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 | |||
| Secret of the Handicapped Boys! | Flash #133 | 1962 | Flash #229 | 1974 |
| Secret of the Three Super-Weapons | Flash #135 | 1963 | 100-Page Giant #22 (Flash) | 1973 |
| The Flash’s Sensational Risk! | Flash #149 | 1964 | Flash #208 | 1971 |
| Flash #344 (partial) | 1985 | |||
| One Bridegroom Too Many! | Flash #165 | 1966 | Flash #328 | 1983 |
| Elongated Man | ||||
| Flash #112, 115, 119, 124, 130, 134, 138 | 1960–1963 | Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man v.1 | 2006 | |
| Detective Comics #327–371 | 1964—1968 | Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man v.1 | 2006 | |
| The Mystery of the Elongated Man! | Flash #112 | 1960 | Flash Annual #1 | 1963 |
| Flash Annual 1963 Replica | 2001 | |||
| Elongated Man’s Undersea Trap | Flash #119 | 1960 | Flash #209 | 1971 |
| Space Boomerang Trap! | Flash #124 | 1961 | Flash #160 | 1966 |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 | |||
| Kid Flash Meets the Elongated Man | Flash #130 | 1962 | Four Star Spectacular #2 | 1976 |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 | 1980 | |||
| The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero | Flash #134 | 1963 | 100-Page Giant #22 (Flash) | 1973 |
Notes
* The GCD entry on Essential Showcase 1956–1959 lists both 1988 and 1992.
Additional information from The Comics Archives II and GCD. For more Silver Age appearances, see:
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