| 0 | - | cover | 0 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert | Barry Allen, The Flash |
| 1 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Everett E. Hibbard; inks: Everett E. Hibbard | |
| 2 | Part I 1940-1956 - The Fastest Man Alive | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Mark Waid | |
| 3 | Introducing The Flash... Fastest Man Alive! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Johnny Thunder (inset); The Whip [Rodney Gaynor] (inset); Cliff Cornwall (inset) |
| 4 | Origin of the Flash | comic story | 15 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert | The Flash [Jay Garrick] (introduction, origin); Joan Williams (introduction); Professor Hughes (introduction); Major Williams (introduction, Joan's father); Bull Tryon (introduction); The Faultless Four [Sieur Satan (villain, introduction, death); Serge Orloff (villain, introduction, surgeon, death) |
| 5 | The Planet of Sport | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Everett E. Hibbard; inks: Everett E. Hibbard | The Flash [Jay Garrick] |
| 6 | The Secret City | comic story | 12 | script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank Giacoia | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dale Thomas (newspaper publisher); Dr. Maria Flura; Graves (press man); Jim Ronson (newspaper reporter); Mr. Browne (sailor) |
| 7 | The Planet of Sport! | comic story | 13 | script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Everett E. Hibbard; inks: Everett E. Hibbard | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; two unnamed Olympic champions; Jaxo (villain); the people of Strobos (villains) |
| 8 | The Rival Flash! | comic story | 12 | script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs | |
| 9 | Part II 1956-1970 - The Human Thunderbolt | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Mike Gold | |
| 10 | Presenting The Flash! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira Schnapp | The Flash [Barry Allen] |
| 11 | Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt! | comic story | 12 | script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino | The Flash [Barry Allen] (introduction, scientist, origin); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (image only); Iris West (introduction); The Turtle Man [aka later as The Turtle] (villain, introduction) |
| 12 | Meet Kid Flash! | comic story | 11.67 | script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella | The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] (introduction, Iris' nephew, origin); Iris West |
| 13 | Flash of Two Worlds! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | |
| 14 | Flash of Two Worlds! | comic story | 10.67 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | |
| 15 | Flash of Two Worlds! Chapter 2 | comic story | 7.67 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Edward Jarvis (millionaire); unnamed butler of Jarvis |
| 16 | Flash of Two Worlds! Chapter 3 | comic story | 5.67 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | |
| 17 | Conquerors of Time! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp | The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West] |
| 18 | The Conquerors of Time! | comic story | 24 | script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella | The Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mynher (villain); The Dokris (villains); Iris West |
| 19 | The Race Between Superman & Flash! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman; Green Arrow; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Wonder Woman; Robin |
| 20 | Superman's Race with the Flash! | comic story | 12 | script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe Letterese | Superman [Clark Kent]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Perry White; Iris Allen; American Gambling Syndicate (villains); Continental Crime Syndicate (villains); Mr. Vincent; Dr. Werner Von Broder; Monsieur DePaul; Dr. Robert Carson; Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; |
| 21 | Part II: "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet" | comic story | 12 | script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe Letterese | Superman [Clark Kent]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Bret Bradley; Justice League of America [Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; American Gambling Syndicate (villains); Continental Crime Syndicate (villains); |
| 22 | Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory] |
| 23 | Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains! | comic story | 22 | script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory] |
| 24 | Part III 1970-1986 - The Scarlet Speedster | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 25 | Death of an Immortal! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Vandal Savage |
| 26 | Death of an Immortal! | comic story | 25 | script: Len Wein; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin, Dick Giordano; letters: Ben Oda | Flash [Barry Allen]; Vandal Savage; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Garrick; Tempus, Guardian of the Time Stream |
| 27 | Deadly Secret of the Flash! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Flash [Barry Allen]; Reverse-Flash; Iris Allen |
| 28 | The Deadly Secret of the Flash | comic story | 11 | script: Cary Bates; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Tex Blaisdell | Flash [Barry Allen]; Reverse Flash [Professor Zoom]; Iris Allen |
| 29 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood | Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen (in Batgirl costume) |
| 30 | The Last Dance! | comic story | 17 | script: Cary Bates; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Todd Klein | Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Iris Allen |
| 31 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; colors: Anthony Tollin | Flash [Barry Allen]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Anti-Monitor (legs only) |
| 32 | A Flash of the Lightning! | comic story | 25 | script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: John Costanza | Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Tomar-Re]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; White Witch; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shri |
| 33 | Part IV 1986-2011 - Those Who Ride the Lightning | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 34 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Larry Mahlstedt; colors: Anthony Tollin | Flash [Wally West] |
| 35 | Happy Birthday Wally | comic story | 22 | script: Mike Baron; pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Larry Mahlstedt; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Steve Haynie | Flash [Wally West]; Vandal Savage; Magenta [Francis Kane]; Teen Titans [Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Jericho [Joseph Wilson]] (cameo) |
| 36 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carmine Infantino, Mike Collins; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Todd Klein | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Wally West] |
| 37 | The Unforgiving Minute | comic story | 24 | script: William Messner-Loebs; pencils: Mike Collins; inks: Frank McLaughlin, Donald Simpson; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Albert De Guzman | Flash [Wally West]; Dr. Slade; Rudolph West (flashback); Mary West (flashback); Iris West Allen (flashback); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson; Nightwing] (cameo flashback); Wonder Girl [Donna Troy] (cameo flashback); Aqualad (cameo flashback); Speedy [Roy Harper] (cameo flashback |
| 38 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Mike Wieringo; inks: José Marzán Jr. | Flash [Wally West, also as Kid Flash]; Linda Park (obscured); Max Mercury (obscured); Flash [Barry Allen]; Impulse [Bart Allen] |
| 39 | Flashing Back | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Mike Wieringo; inks: José Marzán Jr.; colors: Gina Going; letters: Gaspar | Flash [Wally West, also as Kid Flash]; Waverider; Team Turmoil [Rumble; Miasma; Caliber; Wildside]; Linda Park; Max Mercury; Teen Titans [Aqualad; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Robin [Dick Grayson]]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Mary West; Rudolph West |
| 40 | The Final Run Against the Rogues! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Howard Porter; inks: John Livesay; colors: James Sinclair | Flash [Wally West]; Background - 1st row: Shade [?]; Doctor Polaris; Blacksmith; Folded Man; Rival; Professor Zoom [Eobard Thawne]; Background - 2nd row: Mister Frost; Screaming Skull; Inertia; Paul Gambi; Background - 3rd row: Brother Grimm; Eradicator [Creed Phillips]; Replicant; Background - 4th |
| 41 | Rogue War, Conclusion | comic story | 22 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Howard Porter; inks: John Livesay; colors: James Sinclair; letters: Rob Leigh | Flash [Wally West]; Ashley Zolomon; Detective Fred Chyre; Detective Jared Morillo; Linda Park-West; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Owen Harkness]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Professor Zoom [Eobard Thawne]; Weather Wizard [Mark Ma |
| 42 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ken Lashley; inks: Greg Parkin; colors: Marvin Mariano | Flash [Bart Allen] |
| 43 | Lightning in a Bottle, Part One: Flashback | comic story | 22 | script: Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo; pencils: Ken Lashley; inks: Norm Rapmund, Marlo Alquiza, Jay Leisten, KWL Studio; colors: Carrie Strachan; letters: Pat Brosseau | Bart Allen [Kid Flash]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Griffin Grey (introduction); Tina McGee; Valerie Perez (introduction); Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness] (cameo); Captain Cold [Len Snart] (cameo); Don Allen (cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Flash [Wally West] (cameo); Grodd (cameo); Heatwave [Mick |
| 44 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ethan Van Sciver; inks: Ethan Van Sciver; colors: Moose Baumann | Flash [Barry Allen] |
| 45 | Lightning Strikes Twice | comic story | 30 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Ethan Van Sciver; inks: Ethan Van Sciver; colors: Alex Sinclair; letters: Rob Leigh | Flash [Barry Allen]; Justice Society of America [Citizen Steel [Nathan Haywood]; Cyclone [Maxine Hunkel]; Damage [Grant Emerson]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Liberty Belle [Jesse Chambers]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Stargirl |
| 46 | Part V 2011-Beyond - Lightning Fast Action | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Geoff Johns | |
| 47 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Sandra Hope; colors: Alex Sinclair | Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Thomas Wayne]; Reverse-Flash [Professor Zoom; Eobard Thawne] |
| 48 | Flashpoint, Part Five of Five | comic story | 32 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Sandra Hope, Jesse Delperdang; colors: Alex Sinclair; letters: Nick J. Napolitano | Flash; Reverse-Flash; Batman [Thomas Wayne]; Element Woman; Cyborg; Enchantress; Mary Batson; Freddy Freeman; Eugene Choi; Pedro Peña; Darla Dudley; Grifter; Etrigan; Godiva; Canterbury Cricket; Kal-El; Aquaman; Wonder Woman; Nora Allen; Forrest; Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 49 | What Grodd Wants... ...He Takes! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Francis Manapul; inks: Francis Manapul; colors: Brian Buccellato | Flash [Barry Allen]; King Grodd |
| 50 | Fear | comic story | 20 | script: Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato; pencils: Francis Manapul; inks: Francis Manapul; colors: Brian Buccellato; letters: Wes Abbott | Flash [Barry Allen]; Albert; David Singh; Dr. Darwin Elias; Hartley Rathaway; Iris West; Marissa; Nora Allen (flashback); Patty Spivot; General Silverback; King Grodd (villain); Marco Mardon (villain) |