American Update: DC Debuts – First Appearances of Kid Flash and the Weather Wizard in Flash #110
*DC: This issue has a double-feature of debuts, of one of Barry Allen’s closest allies and one of his most relentless nemeses. The cover devotes itself to the meteorological shenanigans of the Weather Wizard, making the first of many appearances, but lurking unheralded within is the debut and origin of Wally West, aka Kid Flash, who shared Barry’s adventures (and became an integral part of the Teen Titans) for decades before assuming the mantle of the Flash himself. This early issue of the Silver Age Flash (which relaunched with #105, following the numbering of the Golden Age Flash Comics) is a reasonable pence stamped copy, with a bright, colourful and glossy unmarked cover, which is flat apart from a small soft crease across the Comics Code Box which just breaks colour and a similar smaller crease at the bottom right cover. The back cover has two or three small tears and a corner crease. Page quality is an excellent off-white to white, and the staples are tight throughout, if a little rusty. The grade is brought down by what appears to be some historic water damage at the spine, barely noticeable on the cover and just a little bit more so on the inside cover spine and splash page. There is no rippling effect caused by this. All in all a copy which looks much better than its technical grade would suggest and would sit well in a nice collection of Silver Age Flash.
PICTURED: FLASH #110 GD/VG p £400 SOLD