THE FLASH #DC-22
November, 1973
Probably the second comic book I ever bought (the first was SUPERMAN #268), this 100-Page issue of FLASH had a profound effect. Instantaneously, the Flash became my favorite super hero, propelled by the streamlined imagery of Carmine Infantino, and the deft, friendly scripting of John Broome. It also ignited my love for big, thick, meaty comic books, which would be my format of choice in the coming months. The stories reprinted in this collection were a fine introduction to the Julie Schwartz editorial style of the time, and it was that style, more than anything else, that I fell in love with. Looking back, while I never noticed it at the time, all of the comics I enjoyed the most between 1973-1977 were Schwartz-edited.
This book also made me apparently the world’s only fan of E.E. Hibbard’s artwork on the Golden Age Flash..
2014 NOTE: I today own Jack Adler’s original color guides for this cover.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 
My favorite childhood Super-Spectacular. Superb Infantino art, and, yes, Hibbard’s work delights. From its photo-realistic splash page through all the twists and turns of the plot, “Campaign Against the Flash” was created in earnest, entertaining me at age 10 and again now at 60.
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My Stars & Garters! How sad that you thought you were alone with your admiration for Hibbard’s work on Jay-Flash! I wasn’t fond of his work on the JSA nor in most issues of FLASH COMICS, but he did seem to put a bit more oomph into the issue-long All-Flash stories. Of course, book-length All-Flash stories seem to have been all too rare… I’ll just go to my corner now.
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