THE FLASH COMPANION details the publication histories of the four heroes who have individually earned the right to be declared DC Comics'' Fastest Man Alive: Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen. With articles about legendary creators SHELLY MAYER, GARDNER FOX, E.E. HIBBARD, JULIUS SCHWARTZ, ROBERT KANIGHER, JOHN BROOME, ROSS ANDRU, IRV NOVICK and all new interviews of HARRY LAMPERT, CARMINE INFANTINO, CARY BATES, ALEX SAVIUK, MIKE W. BARR, MARV WOLFMAN, MIKE BARON, JACKSON GUICE, MARK WAID, SCOTT KOLINS, among others, THE FLASH COMPANION recounts the scarlet speedster''s evolution from the Golden Age to the 21st century. Also featured are lost covers, never before published commission pieces by Flash artists throughout the decades, a ROGUES GALLERY detailing The Flash''s most famous foes, a tribute to late artist MIKE WIERINGO by Mark Waid, a look at the speedster''s 1990s TV show, and Flash facts detailing pivotal moments in Flash history. Written by KEITH DALLAS, with a cover by DON KRAMER (Detective Comics, JSA) with colors by MOOSE BAUMANN (Green Lantern).