| Unofficial Life Story of the Flash Index |
LIFE STORY OF THE FLASH
Cover Date: December 1997
Cover Price: $19.95
Cover Credits:
Art: Glen Orbik
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"Chapter Two: Thunderstruck"
"Chapter Three: A Bolt from the Blue"
"Chapter Four: Life in the Fast Lane"
"Chapter Five: Lightning Stikes Twice"
"Chapter Six: Rogues Gallery"
"Chapter Seven: Stolen Thunder"
"Chapter Eight: 'Til Death Do Us Part"
"Chapter Nine: Flash Forward"
"Chapter Ten: Sudden Death"
"Chapter Eleven: Faster Than Light"
"Chapter Twelve: Running From the Past"
"Chapter Thirteen: Swift Justice"
"Chapter Fourteen: The Trial of the Flash"
"Chapter Fifteen: The Speed of Life"
"Chapter Sixteen: Race to Save the Universe"
"Chapter Seventeen: Carrying the Torch"
"Epilogue"
Credits:
| Story | Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn |
| Pencils | Gil Kane, Joe Staton |
| Inks | Tom Palmer |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Lovern Kindzierski, Digital Chameleon |
| Editing | Paul Kupperberg, Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt |
Feature Character(s):
- Flash II (see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Iris Allen ("writer" of the The Life Story of the Flash; see Comments)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Barney Sands
- Charlie Conwell
- Daphne Dean
- Dexter Myles
- Eric Russell
- Fiona Webb
- Fran Russell
- Ira West
- Joan Garrick
- Mack Nathan
- Patty Spivot
- Pete
- Rudolph West
- Stacy Conwell
- Troy Nathan
- Aquaman
- Black Canary
- Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Martian Manhunter
- Flash III
- Flash (John Fox; Flash of the 853rd Century)
- Flash (Thondor Allen)
- Flash of the 21st Century (Iris West)
- Flash of the 28th Century (Blaine Allen)
- various future Flashes
- Impulse
- Jesse Quick
- Max Mercury
- Tornado Twins
- XS
- Abra Kadabra
- Anti-Monitor
- Captain Boomerang
- Captain Cold
- Fiddler
- Golden Glider
- Gorilla Grodd
- Heat Wave
- Mirror Master
- Pied Piper
- Psycho-Pirate
- Reverse-Flash
- Shade
- Thinker
- Top
- Trickster
- Turtle Man
- Paul Gambi
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The Life Story of the Flash first appeared in Flash Vol. 2 #75 and was (in-universe) written by Iris Allen as the biography of her (at the time) late husband, Barry Allen AKA the Flash. For the purpose of this index, all characters with the exception of Barry and Iris are listed as Guest Appearances.
- Barry Allen's flashbacks are:
- Receiving a college scholarship (following his flashback in Flash Vol. 1 #195/2)
- Inventing a "cold-cast polyester" and showing it to his college roommate.
- Barry Allen meets Iris West.
- Barry and Iris' first date (July 4th)
- Barry proposes to Iris (October)
- Barry Allen is struck by lightning and becomes The Flash (April 23rd) - Showcase #4
- Barry creates his Flash costume. - Flash Vol. 1 #267/2
- In Barry's home lab, Wally West is hit by lightning and becomes Kid Flash. - Flash Vol. 1 #110/2
- Barry discovers Keystone City and Jay Garrick. Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50
- Barry weds Iris (September) - Flash Vol. 1 #165
- On their anniversary, Barry reveals his secret identity to Iris (July or September) - Flash Vol. 1 #174
- Iris discovers that she is from the future. - Flash Vol. 1 #203
- Iris killed by Professor Zoom. - Flash Vol. 1 #275
- Flash kills Professor Zoom. - Flash Vol. 1 #324
- The death of the Flash. - Crisis on Infinite Earths #8
Story Reprinted in:
- DC Comics Presents: Life Story of the Flash #1 (January 2012)
Solicitation:
- This striking tale combines comic-book illustration and prose to follow Barry Allen from his humble childhood to his noble death, detailing his transformation from police scientist to one of the DC Universe's most dynamic heroes.