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[Math Teacher]

1 hour ago, bocabill said:

I have to wonder what led to the strange typography of "KID FLASH."

 

Joe

[flashlites]

3 hours ago, Joe Ankenbauer said:

I have to wonder what led to the strange typography of "KID FLASH."

 

Joe

Another beauty of a book Bill!!! As for poor Kid Flash, advertising him on the cover was clearly an afterthought, pasted on the cover art at the last minute.

[flashlites]

Scanner still down, will have to settle for a crummy cellphone photo of my 118:

[flashlites]

5 hours ago, bocabill said:

I don't think I've ever seen a 118 in better condition than this! How many Flash covers show Flash chasing a bullet? I can think of at least one more...

[adampasz]

1 hour ago, flashlites said:

How many Flash covers show Flash chasing a bullet?

[Hepcat]

On 4/9/2019 at 9:57 PM, bocabill said:

My Flash #117 CGC 8.5 from the Marc Lasry collection.

 

Mmmmmm, that's a nice one!

[Hepcat]

Here's my #118:

 

[flashlites]

6 hours ago, Hepcat said:

Here's my #118:

 

Very nice looking copy!!! What would you grade it at?

[bocabill]

I am not a big fan of writing on the covers or anywhere inside of a comic book, but this book looks like it would grade at between a 7.0 and 8.0 provided that there is no restoration.

[flashlites]

On 4/10/2019 at 10:46 PM, adampasz said:

 Any more Flash chasing a bullet covers out there? This was one of the first Flash's I bought when I was a kid, (not this particular copy, I sold all those in the 80's)😀

Edited April 13, 2019 by flashlites
Addition

[flashlites]

A little more than half way through page 118. Any more 118's out there? I will take a closer look in the Flash vaults to see if there are any more bullet chasing Flash covers...lets hope my scanner issue is solved by the time we get to 119. 

[flashlites]

How many times did Flash race Superman? Looking at getting a 175 this year.

Edited April 19, 2019 by flashlites
Correction

[flashlites]

118 and 224 are the only bullet chasing Flash covers in my collection. But my collection is missing 68 issues so there may be others out there? It is a common Flash theme.

[JohnH19]

I was thrilled to find this book at my LCS a couple of weeks ago. No one means more to the Flash mythos than Mr. Infantino.

[flashlites]

1 hour ago, JohnH19 said:

I was thrilled to find this book at my LCS a couple of weeks ago. No one means more to the Flash mythos than Mr. Infantino.

I gotta get one too! Signed as well!!?? You are a fortunate Flash Fan indeed!!

Edited April 21, 2019 by flashlites

[flashlites]

How many Flash fans out there have Superman 199? First Flash/Supes race.

[Jaylam]

3 hours ago, flashlites said:

How many Flash fans out there have Superman 199? First Flash/Supes race.

I have one, this one, one of my prized books, extremely hard to find in high grade.

[Terry E. Gibbs]

On 4/19/2019 at 1:50 PM, flashlites said:

How many times did Flash race Superman? Looking at getting a 175 this year.

I think it is four, but the interest seems to be in the first two (this is the second)

 

[Terry E. Gibbs]

On 4/22/2019 at 6:26 AM, JohnH19 said:

I was thrilled to find this book at my LCS a couple of weeks ago. No one means more to the Flash mythos than Mr. Infantino.

I have not be fortunate yet to get a signed one. i have tried to read it a couple of times, but I get nostalgia overload and find my mind just drifting, enjoying the art anecdotes etc. So good that Spurlock got him to put down his memoirs before it was too late.

[bocabill]

They raced three times but there were four comics. The first race was Superman #199, the second was Flash #175, and the third race was split between World's Finest #'s 198 and 199.