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Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by Maria Laura Sanapo

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Prequel to the 2023 Flash movie

DC ⋅ 2011

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Premiere issue of volume 4

1st appearance of Dr. Elias

Inspired the 2023 Flash movie

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1st full appearance of Thomas Wayne as Batman in an alternate reality caused by the events of Flashpoint

1st appearance of Element Woman

1st appearance of Outsider, Michael Desai

📈 +163% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

DC ⋅ 1962

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Introduction of Mirror World

1st appearance of Henry and Nora Allen, parents of the Flash, Barry Allen

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1st appearance of Supergirl, Lara Lane-Kent, the daughter of Lois and Clark in an alternate reality based on the video game of the same name

[June 2021 - the version of Supergirl in this issue is nearly identical to the actress playing the character in The Flash movie including her costume]

DC ⋅ 1961

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1st appearance of the Golden Age Flash in the Silver Age

Key issue of the Mutliverse concept

2nd appearance of The Shade

First mention of Earth-2, home of the Golden Age superheroes

[March 2022 - rumor that Warner Bros. will incorporate a Crisis on Infinite Earths event (which was already adapted for TV) in The Flash movie in an effort to streamline their universe of live-action projects. If this is the scenario, a Multiverse concept will first have to be established as it did in this issue]

DC ⋅ 1956

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1st appearance and origin of the Flash, Barry Allen

1st appearance of Iris West, the wife of Barry Allen

This issue is credited for ushering in the Silver Age of comics

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1st appearance of Faora Hu-Ul, a serial killer targeting Kryptonian males

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1st appearance of General Zod

First mention of the Phantom Zone

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1st appearance of Supergirl

1st appearance of Metallo

1st appearance of Zor-El, the father of Supergirl

[December 2023 - Milly Alcock as Supergirl rumored to be introduced in Superman]

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Standard comic book edition of the 1989 Batman movie adaptation

DC ⋅ 1999

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1st full appearance of Dark Flash, cameo in Flash #150 and #151

[January 2022 - a character named Dark Flash is seen in toy merchandise for the Flash movie but does not resemble the comic design]

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