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Informationen zum Autor John Broome scripted the majority of the Silver Age Flash tales, beginning with the second story in SHOWCASE #4 (the issue that launched the character's new incarnation) and continuing on THE FLASH until 1970. Prior to the Flash, Broome had accumulated a lively résumé of comic book credits, including Captain Marvel and the rest of the Marvel Family, the Golden Age Green Lantern, the Justice Society of America, Captain Comet, the Silver Age revival of Green Lantern, the Atomic Knights, Batman, Star Hawkins, Rex the Wonder Dog, Detective Chimp and a variety of science fiction tales. Broome retired from comics in the 1970s and passed away in 1999. Klappentext Police scientist Barry Allen always enjoyed the exploits of his favorite comic book crime-fighter, the Flash. But before lightning struck his lab and infused his body with the power of super-speed, he never dreamed he would follow in his hero's footsteps! Fortunately for comics fans everywhere, that's exactly what happened--and when DC's revitalized Flash burst onto newsstands in 1956, he opened the door to a new age of excitement--a Silver Age of superheroes, spearheaded by DC editor Julius Schwartz and his team of creative collaborators. Now, six decades after his debut, Barry Allen's Flash continues to blaze trails faster than the eye can see! Featuring tales from Silver Age legends John Broome, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino and more, The Flash: The Silver Age Volume 4 collects the era-defining adventures of the Scarlet Speedster from The Flash #148-163. Zusammenfassung DC collects the earliest stories of the modern Flash from the early 1960s in this newest graphic novel of Silver Age material!
