The Flash #111 for Sale - First Appearance of Wiley Summers - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Flash (DC, 1959 series)
Issue: #111
Publication date: February-March 1960
Key date: 1960-02-00
On-sale date: 1959-12-22
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Wiley Summers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Invasion of the Cloud Creatures!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, The Flash
3	The Invasion of the Cloud Creatures!	comic story	12.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Flash, Wiley Summers First, Iris West Allen
4	Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy
5	The Speed of Sound!	illustration	0.5	script: Julius Schwartz
7	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
8	Volcanoes	text article	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
9	Introducing the Justice League of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz
11	The Challenge of the Crimson Crows!	comic story	12	script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, The Flash, Kid Flash, Wally West

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Flash #197	1970	On eBay ›
The Flash #210	1971	On eBay ›
The Flash Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-606-0	2000	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Flash #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1327-5; 1-4012-1327-8	2007	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #1107 of 246#112 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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