The Flash Secret Files

    (DC, 1997-2001)
™ and ©1997 DC Comics

By 1997 the editors at DC Comics realized what complicated and elaborate histories some of their more venerable titles had accumulated. One of the characters most in need of this treatment was the Flash, who has existed in one form or another since the 1940s, and whose existence is the lynch pin on which much of the history of the DC Universe turns.

The Flash Secrets Files relates the definitive origins of the three men who were known as the Flash: Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West. It also spotlights articles on attendant characters like Impulse, Max Mercury, Jesse Quick, and Professor Zoom. As related in this title, Barry Allen’s personal sacrifice of his life in Crisis on Infinite Earths was not the final contribution he made to the legend of The Flash.

— George Haberberger
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1997
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Scott Beatty  ·  A: Anthony Castrillo, Craig Rousseau, Humberto Ramos, J.H. Williams III, John Byrne, John Cassaday, Kenny Martinez, Oscar Jimenez, Paul Ryan, Phil Jimenez, Randy DuBurke, Ron Wagner, Todd Nauck
    Origin of Flash (Barry Allen); Origin of Flash (Jay Garrick); Origin of Flash (Wally West); Bios on major cast members and villains; Includes Timeline
    13 copies from $1.50
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Steve Lightle
    Nov 1997
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Scott Beatty  ·  A: Anthony Castrillo, Craig Rousseau, Humberto Ramos, J.H. Williams III, John Byrne, John Cassaday, Kenny Martinez, Oscar Jimenez, Paul Ryan, Phil Jimenez, Randy DuBurke, Ron Wagner, Todd Nauck
    Origin of Flash (Barry Allen); Origin of Flash (Jay Garrick); Origin of Flash (Wally West); Bios on major cast members and villains; Includes Timeline
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Nov 1999
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Tom Peyer, Eliot Brown  ·  A: Ron Lim, Paul Pelletier, Stephen DeStefano, Phil Jimenez, Steve Lightle, Hilary Barta, Mark Pajarillo, Humberto Ramos, Tom Morgan, Eliot Brown
    Origin of Replicant; Versus Captain Boomerang; Versus Captain Cold; Updates on cast
    3 copies from $7.50
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Steve Lightle
    Nov 1999
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Tom Peyer, Eliot Brown  ·  A: Ron Lim, Paul Pelletier, Stephen DeStefano, Phil Jimenez, Steve Lightle, Hilary Barta, Mark Pajarillo, Humberto Ramos, Tom Morgan, Eliot Brown
    Origin of Replicant; Versus Captain Boomerang; Versus Captain Cold; Updates on cast
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 2001
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Geoff Johns, Ian Edginton, Dan Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams III  ·  A: Bryan Talbot, Diego Barreto, Jason Johnson, Liam Sharp, Pascal Alixe, Paul Rivoche, Scott Kolins, Scott McDaniel, Sean Phillips
    Versus Girder; Versus Magenta; Versus Murmur
    No copies available
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Scott Kolins
    Nov 2001
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Geoff Johns, Ian Edginton, Dan Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams III  ·  A: Bryan Talbot, Diego Barreto, Jason Johnson, Liam Sharp, Pascal Alixe, Paul Rivoche, Scott Kolins, Scott McDaniel, Sean Phillips
    Versus Girder; Versus Magenta; Versus Murmur
    No copies available