PropertyValue
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  • Showcase Vol 1 8
Inker1
  • Frank Giacoia
  • Harry Lazarus
Inker1
  • Frank Giacoia
  • Harry Lazarus
Writer1
  • Gardner Fox
  • John Broome
  • Robert Kanigher
Penciler1
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Gil Kane
Writer1
  • Gardner Fox
  • John Broome
  • Robert Kanigher
StoryTitle
  • The Coldest Man on Earth!
  • The Race of Wheel and Kneel
  • The Secret of the Empty Box!
Editor1
  • Julius Schwartz
Penciler1
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Gil Kane
Appearing
  • Featured Characters: * Supporting Characters: * Adversaries: * Masked criminals Other Characters: * Locations: * Items: * * Giant Puzzle Box Vehicles: * None
  • Featured Characters: * Supporting Characters: * Adversaries: * Other Characters: * Stan Locations: * Items: * * Vehicles: * None
  • Featured Characters: * John Butterfield Supporting Characters: * Harrison Adversaries: * Indians Other Characters: * Locations: * Items: * None Vehicles: * Stagecoach * Ship
Editor1
  • Julius Schwartz
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CoverArtist
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Joe Giella
Country
  • USA
Executive Editor
  • Julius Schwartz
Issue
  • 8
Volume
  • 1
Title
  • Showcase
Month
  • 6
Synopsis
  • Story reprinted from
  • When a giant box appears mysteriously in the city, everyone is curious of it's origins, Iris is sent to cover the story. After being informed of the box's existence, Barry decides to search the city for clues of the boxes creator by traveling around the city at super-speed as the Flash. The Flash soon becomes aware of a number of masked criminals who are using the giant box to keep people distracted while they pull off heists. With each encounter, the masked crooks try to escape using various escape devices, but the Flash ultimately catches them all. Stopping the final crook and tying him up, the Flash leaves him to be found when the police find that inside all the boxes is a passage to the very bank vault that the crooks were looking to heist.
  • Len Snart was a down on his luck guy until one day, after reading a newspaper story that theorized that a cyclotron could possibly stop the Flash, Snart breaks into a science lab and uses the Cyclotron on a weapon of his own devising. Mostly by accident, Snart creates a freezing weapon that leads to the birth of his costumed identity: Captain Cold. As Cold, Snart hopes to use his cold gun against the Flash and defeat the worlds fastest man. Going up against the Flash, Captain Cold's weapon works at first disorientating the Flash. However, Flash figures out the truth behind Cold's powers and is able to stop him by spinning him around at super speed, and turns him over to the police.
Notes
  • 1950.0
Publisher
  • DC Comics
Year
  • 1957