flashlites

That house ad canvas really ties the room together! Don't you think?

Here's how I have mine displayed! I don't have a comic book room yet. But as you can tell Flash does have his own walk in closet at the Flashlites house. Did I say its my favorite part of the house?

This house ad canvas is awesome! Just imagine it hanging up next to your Flash collection! History next to history!

I gotta go back and see how many have submitted now. It will be fun to tally up the most mentioned books when this is over. Maybe we can do an awards ceremony or something at the end?

This is an awesome group of 5! I love them all! (Even the Jay Leno Superman) All great and important issues and worthy of a top 5 list in my book!

These are awesome Comic Jack! Thanks for sharing! Have you already shared your top 5 Flash covers with the thread?

This is a strange one! "do not encapsulate" I've never heard of that either. It seems like they are asking a lot too? I do like the Infantino autograph though!

Very nice group there! Which are your 5 favorite Flash covers? (You need not own it to list it)

Wow! It will be interesting to see what an incomplete 105 will bring. Mine is incomplete (missing the centerfold) but missing the cover? Very interesting.

Well then I think we will have to upgrade that 130 to a solid 3 dancing bananas then!!!

It would be really cool if we had some more entries on the 5 favorite covers and really get a good sample size so we could really see which covers 'true Flash fans' really consider the best of the bunch!

Such an awesome copy! And with the black cover, still an 8.5??!! That gets at least 2 dancing bananas?? Congratulations! Tell me a little bit about the Mohawk pedigree. I am not familiar with that one.

Awesome choices!!! All great covers!

AWESOME! I can't wait to see who wins!

This house ad we've been talking about, appearing in so may of their books shows how much they were betting on the Flash. It really needed to be a success. The whole industry was really on shaky ground at the time.

Very nice copies there! Even with resto, you are truly a very fortunate Flash fan indeed! To be a Flash fan and have any of the Showcase issues is amazing in my book! I may go after a SC14 this year, it will pair nicely with my SC13. But I'm afraid I may never own a SC 8. And as far as SC 4 goes....well I can dream...

The importance of Flash 105 is often overlooked. As Terry has said before, the success of this run would jump-start the whole comic book industry! Superman may have created the industry but in the late 1950's, with the comics code, mystery, Sci-Fi, westerns and romance sales waning, there was the real chance that comics may have just fizzled out. Neil Adams once said about his first attempts showing his portfolio in late 1958/59: "The guy told me look you've got some great stuff here. I'm going to give you some advice kid. Try your hand at something else because this time next year they wont be printing comic books anymore." (paraphrased) Flash 105 was a real gamble, sure the Showcase issues sold well but could a stand alone new superhero title really make it? Sales of course were amazing! Then came Green Lantern and the Justice League. And then the flood gates to the Silver Age were opened. And for those that know the famous story about Marvel, well of course none of it would have happened if not for the success of the Flash run. One documentary I've been watching 'Superheroes The Never Ending Battle' - when they get to the Silver Age, somehow they start with Marvel?? Then they mention Flash after??? Makes me so mad!

Nice choices!!! Love them all! I may have to change my mind on a few of mine

grades in ---but I'm playing from home....

This is Awesome!!!

Carl Burgos ...I meant to say Burgos

Great Saucer there! And I think you said it was by Biro?

Nice group of 5 there!!! That 139 is just awesome!!!

Any more top 5 covers out there? You need not have to have a copy to play, just tell us your favorite 5 SA Flash covers

Oooooo! Sweeeeet 106 there!!!