Once you get past that rather boring splash page,
this story from Showcase #13 (You
can tell I like that issue a lot) is a nifty little thriller. It also
introduced my favorite Silver Age Flash villain; Mr. Element/Dr. Alchemy! Sure
he’s your typical pun-spouting villain with costumed henchmen and a lair which
must have cost a fortune to establish in and of itself, and sure his debut
story is filled with ass-pulls like him randomly discovering new elements and
The Flash being saved by a coincidence, but you’ve got to admire how he’s
prepared for everything, and his “inert elements” joke is a pretty sophisticated
one by comic book standards.
But the real star here is Infantino’s art of
course. His elegant renderings of people in suits at the jewelry store and the
restaurant somehow manage to be just as impressive as all of the sci-fi derring
do on display, and he’s no slouch in that department either! All © DC
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