COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flash 110 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4392193002
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #I110 is a min-key, in that it introduces the world to Kid Flash, who became a founding member of the Teen Titans. As such, it is probably the fourth most valuable issue after Showcase #4, Flash #105 and Flash #123. It also features the first appearance of the Weather Wizard.
In “Meet Kid Flash”, Iris brings her nephew Wally to visit Barry. As soon as Barry learns Wally is a big fan of the Flash, he decides to introduce him. Left alone with the lad, Barry changes into the Flash and visits with young Wally. As the Flash is explaining how he got his powers, a lightning bolt bursts through the window and strikes chemicals on the cabinet, which land on Wally just as they did for the Flash two years prior, and much to their surprise, Wally has gained speed powers as well. Creating another Flash costume for Wally, Wally becomes Flash's sidekick Kid Flash. OK, it’s not the most original origin, but just go with it......
In the other story, “the Challenge of the Weather Wizard”, Flash tangles with Mark Mardon, a two-bit criminal who stumbled upon a scientific device, a wand that could localize weather, creating hail, lightning, and other destructive forms of weather. He used the wand countless times against the Flash as Weather Wizard, a member of the Rogues Gallery.
Our 9.6 is the single highest graded copy and replaced three 9.2s, which we owned during our collecting career. We acquired the book from the 6/20/2024 Heritage Auction. It was not cheap, as it was one of the Auction’s headliners and definitely one of our more frustrating wins, as it seemed like we had it on at least three occasions before a bid came in at the wire. We finally got it at $5,000 less than our max-yes, we had a max, even for this one LOL. I generally dislike the format of E-Bay or CL Auctions, but on that occasion, it would have undoubtedly saved us some money. Still, it really is a beautiful book and it gives us single highest graded copies of 13 of the first 21 issues in the Flash title (after the Showcases). Moreover, it raised the minimum grade of our Flash (#105-350) run to 9.4 and it gives us four straight books (#110-#113), which are single highest graded in the census as of June 2024. Sweet!
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