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Post by craigwashere on May 14, 2014 21:10:23 GMT
Has anyone read Barry's original Flash series? I've got about 30 or so issues that I bought in back issue bins. I also have the two volumes of "The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told" and the first four volumes of The Flash Chronicles (which collect Barry's appearances in chronological order starting with his first appearance in Showcase #4 from 1956). For those wondering, this was my first Flash comic book. It was during the now infamous "Trial of the Flash".  |
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Post by AweFlash on May 14, 2014 21:20:32 GMT
I have a big "DC Showcase" book that is apparently volume 2 of the Flash. What sucks about it is that there is no color.
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Post by craigwashere on May 14, 2014 21:37:19 GMT
Yeah, I'm not fond of the Showcase editions. They are cheap for the amount of issues included, but the black and white newsprint gives me headaches.  The Flash Chronicles are in full color and run about $20 (if I remember correctly, don't have my volumes at hand) and generally collect about 5-6 issues in each volume. You can also get (if you can find them) The Flash Archives, which are in full color and are huge volumes but they are pretty expensive. |
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Post by Inertia on May 14, 2014 22:53:49 GMT
Even though Barry is ma favorite character, I have yet to read his original run completely.
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Post by craigwashere on May 14, 2014 23:52:01 GMT
Even though Barry is ma favorite character, I have yet to read his original run completely. I'm not sure its actually available in reprints. The Flash Chronicles at this point only chronicle up to about #130 or so. I'm not sure how many issues The Flash Archives have collected. I really wish DC would do an omnibus collection or absolute edition of "The Trial of the Flash" because I'd love to read it in its entirety. Though I imagine that would be pretty expensive. |
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Post by Flash on May 15, 2014 3:23:18 GMT
I've always wanted to read the original volume 1 run, I've started collecting some issues now though. But lucky for us DC is coming out with the Flash Omnibus in September, which is going to collect Showcase 4, 8, 13, 14, and Flash 105-132. The Flash Omnibus Vol. 1 |
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Post by craigwashere on May 15, 2014 15:31:23 GMT
I've always wanted to read the original volume 1 run, I've started collecting some issues now though. But lucky for us DC is coming out with the Flash Omnibus in September, which is going to collect Showcase 4, 8, 13, 14, and Flash 105-132. The Flash Omnibus Vol. 1I can't remember how much the Flash Chronicles volumes are (I'll have to check when I get home in a couple of hours) but you can get them online for about $15 from Amazon and such. So I think it would be cheaper to just get the Chronicles, though I don't know when/if they'll publish a volume 5 or beyond. A lot of Barry's old issues you can find at your local comic book store in the back issue bins. They won't have all the issues, but you should be able to track quite a few of them, especially from the last 3-4 years of the series. |
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Post by Flash on May 16, 2014 1:31:23 GMT
I've always wanted to read the original volume 1 run, I've started collecting some issues now though. But lucky for us DC is coming out with the Flash Omnibus in September, which is going to collect Showcase 4, 8, 13, 14, and Flash 105-132. The Flash Omnibus Vol. 1I can't remember how much the Flash Chronicles volumes are (I'll have to check when I get home in a couple of hours) but you can get them online for about $15 from Amazon and such. So I think it would be cheaper to just get the Chronicles, though I don't know when/if they'll publish a volume 5 or beyond. A lot of Barry's old issues you can find at your local comic book store in the back issue bins. They won't have all the issues, but you should be able to track quite a few of them, especially from the last 3-4 years of the series. The only thing with the Chronicles, Archive HC editions and Showcase editions, are like you said is that I'm not sure if they'll keep printing those after a while. I prefer colored stories and this upcoming omnibus has more content than those three different variations so far anyway. Yeah checking my collection, I have about 80ish so far from volume one. I'd rather read it all from start to finish and we both know how much some of those early issues go for lol |
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