Comic Title: Flash #184
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1968
On Sale Date: October 17, 1968 Copyright Date October 17, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date October 17, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #69

Newsstand Date October 17, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #9

Frequency: Monthly, (with the exception of Jan., July and Oct.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Executioner of Central City"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:The Flash Vol. 4 TPB (2012)
Flash:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash #183; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #81)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iris Allen (last appearance in Flash #183; next appearance in Flash #185)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Yom (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Zoral (a time traveler; no further appearances)
• Dr. Clark and his assistants (scientists; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Scientists at the Mt. Vista Ionospheric Observatory identify a burst of destructive energy headed for Central City. Iris Allen is able to contact her husband to warn him of the impending danger. Flash then tries to save the city by circling it at tremendous speed and setting up a repulsive shield. The energy burst is successfully deflected at the exact moment Flash's endurance gives out.

When Flash recovers from his exhaustive effort, he discovers that Central City is gone. A giant crater is all that remains. Flash believes his actions caused the destruction of the city, but he finds one survivor stuck in the mud. The survivor is a woman named Zoral, and she is actually from the future. She explains that she works for Dr. Yom, a future anthropologist who was conducting an experiment to bring a civilization from the past to his own time.

When Zoral returns to her time period, Flash hitches a ride. They discover that Central City has been transported intact into the future as a result of the freak circumstances involved with the energy burst. Dr. Yom wants sole credit for successfully bringing the city into the future and tries to eliminate Zoral and Flash when they learn the truth. Flash is able to defeat Dr. Yom and return Central City to its rightful place in time and space.