Comic Title: Flash Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1996
On Sale Date: June 12, 1996 Direct Market Date June 12, 1996
Source: Previews, Vol. 6 #4 (#88)

Direct Market Date June 12, 1996
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 12, 1996

Copyright Date June 7, 1996
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1996

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Secret of the Empty Box"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Frank Giacoia

Reprinted From:
Showcase #8 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Showcase #4; next appearance in Showcase #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris West (last appearance in Showcase #4; next appearance in Showcase #13)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed triplets (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A police captain and a little girl (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A dense fog that has blanketed Central City for two days lifts. In the center of the town square, a three story box has been suspiciously left under the cover of the fog. The police investigate the box and attempt to open it. The whole city flocks to the site to learn the secret of the box.

Flash suspects that whoever left the box wanted to divert attention from another area of the city. He searches the city and finds a jewelry store being robbed. He captures the criminal and returns to the square. The police have opened the box, only to find another box inside.