Today in Comics History, March 19: Happy birthday, Flash!

Born on this day (in the Pre-Crisis DC Universe)...Barry Allen, the second Flash! (Post-Crisis, it's May 15, and even I can't figger out how that works.)


from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letrters by Ben Oda



The only Barry Allen birthday story I could find is in The Flash (2016 series) #23, and that's so far beyond pre-Crisis it might as well be at another comic company. So I won't show off those panels until May 13.

Until then, enjoy Barry posing for the pages of Who's Who in the DC Universe!

"The Flash" from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985 series) #8 (DC, October 1985), by these fine creators
(Click picture to Gorilla Grodd-size)

from "The Flash" in Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990 series) #2 (DC, September 1990), text by Mark Waid, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Karl Kesel, colors by Anthony Tollin
(Click picture to no, we mean it, really big-ass Gorilla Grodd-size)


"The Flash: Barry Allen" from Silver Age Secret Files #1 one-shot (DC, July 2000), text by Scott Beatty, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Paul Neary, colors by Tom McCraw, color separations by Digital Chameleon


from "The Flash (Barry Allen)" in JLA-Z #1 (DC, November 2003), text by Mike McAvennie, pencils by Pat Quinn, inks by Walden Wong, colors by Tom McCraw, color separations by Wildstorm FX


"The Scarlet Speedster" from The Flash Secret Files #1 (DC, November 1997), text by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Phil Jimenez, colors by Tom McCraw
Flash! Ahh-ahh! He'll save every one of us! Literally.


from Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985 series) #8 (DC, November 1985), XXX
Happy birthday, Barry, you Pre-Crisis nut, ya goofball, you!