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Last night I mentioned I would post a book or two. Well, er, I was able to narrow the list down to 5 books. lol I'm only including books that I currently own so many of the books that could/should make my list will not. With that said I will post the five, one per day, counting down from #5 to #1.

#5 Flash 145. The Flash is trapped in a mini storm whipped up by the Weather Wizard, as the Wizard retrieves jewels from a nearby jewelry store. Not too mention another great cover by Carmine Infantino with his characteristic city background.

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For those of you that missed it over in the contest thread, my copy of 111 arrived last night. It's rough but as you all know by now I seem to be running a rescue shelter for wayward and abused Flash comics so it fits right in. And with this issue it means that we now know which issue will be the last for me to complete the run and we now have a winner of our little contest, congratulations to @comicdonna!!! Guessing correctly that Flash 117 will be the last issue needed!

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11 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Not a Flash collector, but here's a few that ended up in my collection somehow...and I like the covers...

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Its a very nice little collection there! Especially since they just ended up in your collections somehow :insane: I wish some of these would have just ended up in my collection :roflmao:Thanks for sharing, always love seeing a Grodd cover! And of course 123! Very respectable copy of the annual and I'm especially jealous of that 117 and Superman 199!

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3 hours ago, flashlites said:

Its a very nice little collection there! Especially since they just ended up in your collections somehow :insane: I wish some of these would have just ended up in my collection :roflmao:Thanks for sharing, always love seeing a Grodd cover! And of course 123! Very respectable copy of the annual and I'm especially jealous of that 117 and Superman 199!

Thanks.  I lied a little...I know where they came from, but they weren't sought out.  Most were in a small collection I bought in the 70s (about 300 comics for $25 - those were the good old days), and a few were pick ups from others at sometime.  I think I bought the supes 199 off the stands (it looks brand new, so I imagine that was how I got it), and the Flash 123 was 25cents from an OO I was buying ECs from.  I have a few others if you want to see them...

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#4 Flash #146  Coincidentally next in sequence to my 5th favorite Flash. This book was an LCS acquisition of mine not long after I started collecting. Again there is the great cover by Infantino with the trademark buildings diminishing in the background. Most startling is the fact that the Mirror Master seems to be outrunning the Flash, no doubt thinking that the Flash will be tempted to grab some cash, thus slowing down his pursuit. Then again just how does one switch legs with another person. hm

 

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6 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

#4 Flash #146  Coincidentally next in sequence to my 5th favorite Flash. This book was an LCS acquisition of mine not long after I started collecting. Again there is the great cover by Infantino with the trademark buildings diminishing in the background. Most startling is the fact that the Mirror Master seems to be outrunning the Flash, no doubt thinking that the Flash will be tempted to grab some cash, thus slowing down his pursuit. Then again just how does one switch legs with another person. hm

 

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I have four issues in my tiny Flash collection and it’s quite a coincidence that 145 and 146 are two of them.

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30 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said:

#3 Flash 155

The cover of Flash 155 pretty much speaks for itself. It just might be the one S.A. Flash cover with all of the Flash's villains. The purple cover is a plus, and the teaser can you guess who the 7th villain is?

 

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Well with this group of six foes if you added a 7th that would certainly put Flash in a 'hairy' situation? :roflmao:Once again this famous villain eluded yet another cover. One which conventional thinking would normally have placed him there. He had several of these near misses and was denied. :pullhair:

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On 3/13/2021 at 9:33 AM, flashlites said:

I Love 125!!! 125 and 131 are probably my top 2 favorite Flash covers right now and have been for years!

I wish my 125 was in nicer shape.  AND, thanks to this thread I just spent some real money on a Flash comic.  I ordered a #131 from my favorite dealer after seeing it here. 

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Flash #125 & Flash 131 a tie for 2nd Place

#125  From the primeval past in a volcano ridden scene replete with a brontosaurus to a "missile command"  like future, this cover really stand out.

# 131 Features a guest app by Green Lantern as he and the Flash do battle against a flying saucer.

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54 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said:

Flash #125 & Flash 131 a tie for 2nd Place

#125  From the primeval past in a volcano ridden scene replete with a brontosaurus to a "missile command"  like future, this cover really stand out.

# 131 Features a guest app by Green Lantern as he and the Flash do battle against a flying saucer.

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Gotta love any comic with a flying saucer cover! Especially a Flash comic!!! :cloud9:

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On 3/12/2021 at 5:28 AM, mikeyc67 said:

Pink cover 106 also one of my favourites

Here is my The Flash UK Thorpe & Porter set and my low grade US copies (no # 105 unfortunately)

 

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Do you know when these were published ? At 1/- I am guessing it must have been very close to 1959. The artwork is slightly wider than the US version. Very unusual to see this cover published.

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