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origin retold; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 CBI)
Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. The Real Origin of the Flash!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sid Greene; The Real Origin of the Flash; Sheds new light on the origin of the Flash by showing that a goofy angel (?) was behind the whole thing(??); this is the famous Mopee issue that was quickly rejected from Flash continuity. Batman 189 ad. Caps Hobby Hints strip by Henry Boltinoff. The Hypnotic Super-Speedster starring Kid Flash, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sid Greene; a hypnotist at Wallys school orders a kid to run around the world.


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,

Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.