Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Flash #202

Flash #202 (On Sale: October 20, 1970), has a cover by Dick Giordano. 

We begin with the Flash in "The Satan Circle" by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick and Murphy Anderson. Iris is sent to Hollywood to write a series of articles about missing persons and cults. Shortly after she arrives, Barry Allen gets a phone call alerting him that Iris is in trouble. The Flash runs to Hollywood where he encounters members of a satanic cult. They have captured Iris and dose the Flash with hallucinogenic drugs. The Flash is able to overcome the effects of the drugs, rescue Iris, and defeat the cult and its leader, Lucifer.

Our backup story is Kid Flash in "The Accusation" by Steve Skeates,
Dick Dillin and Murphy Anderson. Carson has a recurring nightmare in which Kid Flash accuses him of killing Walter Savin. Carson has no memory of killing anyone, but he recognizes the name from a news report. Savin was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Plagued by feelings he doesn't understand, Carson gets into his car and begins remembering hitting the boy. He tries to leave town. On the road he passes Kid Flash, who has just rounded up a gang of street thieves. The sight of Kid Flash causes Carson to swerve. He crashes his car and is killed upon impact.

Edited by Julius Schwartz.

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