Barry Allen, noted police scientist, gets coated with a very peculiar amount of chemicals when lightning mysteriously strikes them. It is only certain chemicals that are used. It is almost like the lightning chose what Barry needed to get his powers. He is unharmed, but starts to exhibit some super speed at times. He slowly realizes he is now the fastest man alive. He takes his name from an old comic book character he used to read, the Flash. He also starts running into a wide variety of super criminals, such as Grodd, the Mirror Master, Mr. Element and more. He also gets a sidekick in about 10 issues. He then visits at least three different dimensions and meets time travelers. And leave us not forget the Elongated Man makes his debut as well!
That is a lot for about 32 stories. Barry first appeared in 1956, in the 4th issue of DC's tryout magazine, Showcase. The art is by Carmine Infantino, with a few different inkers. The writers have no idea what they are doing, just writing fun stories. Which they do well. I really enjoy all of them, though they kind of overuse Grodd in these first sixteen issues. After four tryout issues, Barry starts in his own title- well, Jay Garrick's old title, numbered at 105.
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