Why it's Hot:
- Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella
- 1st Silver Age Flash issue in his own self-titled series (numbering continued from Flash Comics)
- Origin of Barry Allen as the Flash retold from Showcase #4
- 1st appearance and origin of the classic rogues gallery villain, Mirror Master (Sam Scudder)
Synopsis:
MASTER OF MIRRORS! While working in his prison workshop, convict Sam Scudder accidentally mixes standard materials into a mirror that can project solid holograms. Escaping prison using his new mirror illusions, he adopts the moniker Mirror Master to pull off a string of baffling robberies, forcing the Flash to stretch his super-speed wits to track down the true criminal hidden among the reflections.