The first appearance of the Barry Allen Flash is one of the most important moments in comics, as it marks the birth of the Silver Age! Now another history-making milestone of the Silver Age can be seen in THE FLASH ARCHIVES Volume 3 - a 224-page hardcover reprinting THE FLASH (first series) #117-124, which includes the Flash of Two Worlds story (from #123) that reintroduced the Golden Age Flash and first mentioned the concept of an Earth-Two! Written by John Broome and Gardner Fox, and featuring art by Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella and Murphy Anderson, Volume 3 also features an introduction by DC Executive Vice President and Publisher (and longtime fan) Paul Levitz on the impact Flash of Two Worlds had on the fledgling world of organized comics fandom. No other story influenced the landscape of the DC line of comics over the next two decades more than THE FLASH #123, establishing the parallel-world concept that was prevalent in the DCU for decades - until the arrival of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS in 1985 which brought back a single universe. THE FLASH ARCHIVES Volume 3 is a 224-page hardcover