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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 (to the best of my knowledge) all stories from The Flash vol.1 that have been reprinted in the following series:

  • Later issues of The Flash
  • The Archives and Showcase series
  • The two Greatest Stories volumes
  • DC Special and DC Blue Ribbon Special (1970s)
  • Limited Collectors’ Edition
  • Trade Paperback and Hardcover collections released since 2000

I'm still working on identifying reprints in other series.

Several books whose contents have not been announced are coming out in 2009:

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 Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)
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 #133–141 1962–1963 The Flash Archives v.5 (March 2009)
Flash #105–119 1959–1961 Showcase Presents: The Flash v.1 2007
Flash #120–140 1961–1963 Showcase Presents: The Flash v.2 2008
Flash #141–161 1963–1966 Showcase Presents: The Flash v.3 (2009)
Flash #105–106 1959 Flash Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)
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 Big Freeze Flash #114 1960 Wanted: The World’s Most Dangerous Villains #8 1973
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
The Trickster Strikes Back Flash #121 1961 Wanted: The World’s Most Dangerous Villains #2 1972
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
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (July 2009)
Space Boomerang Trap! Flash #124 1961 Flash #160 1966
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 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 Special #16: Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas 1975
DC Comics Goes Ape 2008
The Case of the Real-Gone Flash! Flash #128 1962 Flash #187 1969
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #15: Secret Origins of Super-Villains 1981
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
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (July 2009)
Who Doomed the Flash? Flash #130 1962 DC Special #8: Wanted: The World’s Most Dangerous Villains 1970
Captives of the Cosmic Ray Flash #131 1962 Flash #178 1968
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 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
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (July 2009)
The Pied Piper’s Double Doom Flash #138 1963 DC Special Series #24: Flash and his Friends 1981
Menace of the Reverse-Flash! Flash #139 1963 Flash #205 1971
The Heat is on for Captain Cold Flash #140 1963 DC Special #14: Wanted: The World’s Most Dangerous Villains 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
DC Special Series #24: Flash and his Friends 1981
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 DC Special #1 1968
Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-52: The Best of DC 1977
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told 1991
Robberies by Magic Flash #149 1964 DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 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
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (July 2009)
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 1966DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 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 1967DC Special Series #24: Flash and his Friends 1981
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.2 2007
Doomward Flight of the Flashes Flash #173 1967 DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 1980
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol.2 2007
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds (July 2009)
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 Limited Collectors Edition #C-48: Superman vs. the Flash** 1976
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: 5 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: Flash and his Friends 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
DC Special Series #19: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes 1979
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: Flash and his Friends 1980
Kid Flash Meets the Elongated Man Flash #130 1962 Four Star Spectacular #2 1976
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2: Flash and his Friends 1980
The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero Flash #134 1963 100-Page Giant #22 (Flash) 1973

Top of Page Notes

* The GCD entry on Essential Showcase 1956–1959 lists both 1988 and 1992.

** According to Comic Book DB, Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-48 reprints both Flash #175 and Superman #199.

Additional information from The Comics Archives and GCD. For more Silver Age appearances, see:

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