Comic Title: Legends of the DC Universe:Carmine Infantino HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2023
On Sale Date: April 25, 2023 Direct Market Date March 28, 2023
Source: DC Connect, #31

Direct Market Date April 26, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 408
Editor: Reza Lokman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Mystery of the Elongated Man"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Flash #112 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #28; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #29)

Guest Star(s)

• Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny; origin revealed; next appearance in Flash #115)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris West (last appearance in Flash #111; next appearance in Flash #113)

Villain(s)

• The Veto Gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A new hero, the Elongated Man, is upstaging the Flash in Central City. Elongated Man is really Ralph Dibny. When Dibny was a child he was fascinated by an India rubber man. When Dibny reached adulthood, he set out to learn the secret behind the rubber men abilities. Dibny isolated an ingredient from Gingold, a soft drink, that he believed would give him stretching abilities. He also designed a costume that stretched with him.

Flash grows suspicious of the new hero when a series of robberies occur that point to the Elongated Man as the suspect. Flash arranges to guard a collection of Ming vases that he believes will be stolen. The vases are indeed stolen. Flash catches Dibny nearby, but Dibny explains that he was framed by the Veto gang. Together, Flash and Elongated Man defeat and capture the real crooks who committed the crimes with a helicopter. Flash and Dibny share honors as winners of the Man of the Year award.