"Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!"
Our story starts off with a full page panel showing Flash running straight out of the comic book (Even though all the panels are out of order.) That means he's so fast he's allowed to break the Fourth Wall. The next panel shows a completely unrelated scene in which 2 guys from a Radar Station notice a super fast object which has broken the sound barrier and is still gaining speed. (Nowadays some jets do that all the time, but back then it was probably incredible.) The two men wonder what the strange object could be. Obviously they have not looked at the previous page, but anyways the comic turns back the clock to a Lightning storm over (The fictional) Central City. In a police laboratory we see a man reading an old Flash Comics issue. This comic shows the old Jay Garrick Flash who is just about to be replaced with. . . Barry Allen! Barry basically wonders if the Flash could exist in real life and then proceeds to a entire cabinet full of dangerous chemicals. As Allen messes with the bottles a flash (Get it?) of lightning crashes through a open window straight into the chemicals and Barry. Barry is completely unharmed which I doubt would happen in real life. (Of course I don't think people with Super Speed exist in real life either so I'll just ignore this minor technicality.) Barry decides to go home and he goes outside and starts to chase after a taxi. It doesn't stop but Barry keeps running and before you know it hes across town at a diner. He ignores what has just happened and goes in to eat. A clumsy waitress spills her food as Barry is sitting and it suddenly freezes in mid-air. This is the result of Barry vibrating extremely fast or something and he catches all the food and puts it back on the tray the waitress was carrying. Barry decides everything that happened was a fluke and goes back home. The next day he meets his girlfriend Iris West who says he's the slowest man alive. Suddenly everything slows down again as Barry sees a bullet heading towards Iris. He pushes her out of the way and later finds out this was the work of the dreaded. . . Turtle Man! The scourge of the Flash! The bane of men! The. . . The. . . Oh wait no one knows who the Turtle Man is. Well I guess I'll take it in stride. Barry decides to go after the Turtle Man and he creates a costume based on the old Flash and heads out after him. Barry chases to a crime scene where the Turtle Man has struck but none of the money has been taken. He realizes later that the Turtle Man has gone back after everything's cooled down and taken the money (Wait, what? How does that even work?) Anyways Flash sees Turtle Man's Shadow and chases it. He runs straight into a wall though since the Turtle Man has simply painted a fake shadow on it. Okayyy Turtle Man. I'm not sure why you would do that. No one knows who Flash is yet! Anyway, Flash recovers and chases after Turtle Man who escapes via Boat. Flash attempts to go after him in another boat, but Turtle Man has cut a hole in it Well who cares Flash can run on water anyway. He captures Turtle Man and everyone knows who The Flash is because he's interviewed by about 6 reporters right after he turns in Turtle Man. Yeah Barry why don't you give away your identity well your at it?
"The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!"
We start off with a very derpy looking guy shaving (Um. . . What?) He says something about not taking too long to shave and then the shaver flies straight out of his hands. The same thing happens to a television tube and a car generator. But then the force goes too far and takes Barry Allen's test tube beaker. Barry sees someone leave the station at super fast speed and chases after him as the Flash. The strange bald guy that's been doing this stuff gets away though by shooting Flash with rings of FIRE! He then goes to a field where he recounts his origin story. His name is Mazdan and he's from the future (I really doubt people from the future will have stupid names like Mazdan though.) He was a criminal and was supposed to be sent to the future when Earth is desolate but the rocket malfunctioned and he ended up in the 20th century.Now hes going around stealing gold to repair his Time Machine and get back to the Future (No pun intended.) Flash catches him on his next robbery though and hes sent to jail. Somehow Mazdan gets out using a contact lens. A Contact Lens. Really? Anway Flash captures him about 30 seconds later and makes Mazdan tell him what he is up to. Barry realizes this will kill thousands of people and thinks up a different way to get Mazdan to the future. He runs really fast and breaks the Time Barrier. He gives Mazdan to the authorities and goes back to the present satisfied. A police officer remarks that there's been no more robberies and this is literally Barry's response: "I guess the thief was caught--and is serving TIME... Somewhere!" Oh Barry your so funny making inside jokes to yourself. Ha ha ha.
Anyways this has been my thoughts on the First ever Silver Age appearance of the Flash. Leave comments to tell me what you think and also suggest what comic I should review next!
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