Flash #114

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Synopsis

The Big Freeze!Reporter Iris West and her boyfriend, police forensics scientist, Barry Allen, are en route to a parole board hearing. Allen waits out in the car, giving him the chance to change into his Flash costume. Moving at super-speed, the Flash reaches the parole board, before West. The Flash, and West, are both there to offer testimony to bar the release of inmate Leonard Snart, the notorious Captain Cold. The Flash's testimony sways the board, who deny Snart an early release. The Flash tells West that he has business with a few other inmates, then quickly doffs his costume and returns to the car, where West finds Allen waiting for her. His parole denied, Snart moves forward with his plan for escape.Using a tiny refrigeration device, cobbled together during his long months of incarceration, Snart freezes the bars on the window. Brittle from the cold, the bars are easily shattered. Snart is spotted crossing the prison yard, but quickly freezes the two penal officers solid. Luring the Flash out of state with a phony report of his whereabouts, Snart, as Captain Cold, calls on West. Captain Cold professes his love for West, then proposes marriage. When West refuses, Captain Cold activates a pulse device on his belt that freezes every living thing in Central City. West is given an ultimatum. Marry Captain Cold, or else Central City will stay frozen forever.The Flash returns, and manages to gain entry through the ice sheaf covering Central City, by vibrating like a drill. Captain Cold ices up the road in front of the Flash, to buy himself time to mount a better offensive. Suddenly, the Flash sees a giant insect looming before him. Remembering Captain Cold's ability to cast illusions, the Flash races right through the horrific mirage. A massive flow of ice closes on the Flash. Believing it to be another illusory attack, the Flash runs right into it, encasing himself in ice. Vibrating at super-speed, the Flash is able to dig a channel out in the ice, and escape. Before...