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2nd Superman vs Flash Race; Professor Zoom app. & JLA app; Comic Book Impact rating of 7 (CBI)


The historical second race between Superman and the Flash has the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance! A pair of intergalactic gamblers take the Justice League hostage and force the two heroes to compete in a speed contest across the entire universe. Also, the aliens decide to lay out a variety of deadly traps just to make things interesting. Superman and Flash finally decide to team up and rescue their compatriots. Also, with a little help from Martian Manhunter, it's revealed that the entire race was secretly a set-up engineered by Reverse-Flash and Abra Kadabra. This is a popular and iconic issue with a classic cover by Carmine Infantino and Mike Esposito, as inked by Al Plastino.



Artists Information

High School of Art & Design alum Carmine Infantino got his start in the industry working Timely, a precursor to Marvel Comics, where he would do spot work on anthology features, in his first work at DC he helped create Black Canary and began his long-running involvement with the Flash during his Golden Age era, as well as illustrating the original Green Lantern. After the post-war comic book slump Infantino collaborated with writer Robert Kanigher and editor Julius Schwartz to help bring back superheroes and launch the Silver Age by updating the Flash in the pages of Showcase, the reboot was a huge success and led to the superhero rebirth that has continued into the modern day, Infantino's ability to capture speed and movement on a page made his Flash believable and engaging. Carmine was promoted to Art Director and then Publisher at DC over the course of his illustrious career,

Ross Andru was an American comics artist and editor. He is best known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and The Metal Men, and for having co-created The Punisher. During Andru's long career he also worked on Sgt. Rock, the Suicide Squad features in the Brave and the Bold, Rip Hunter, Time Master and Sea Devils at DC. At Marvel Andru contributed to Marvel Feature (where he drew the 1st appearance of The Defenders) and Marvel Team-Up among others.