DC Super Stars # 5 The Flash 1976 VF-

DC Super Stars #5 The Flash, published by DC Comics in July/August 1976, is a giant-sized anthology issue themed around The Flash. This "Bicentennial" edition features several stories across different eras of the character, primarily as reprints of classic Silver Age and Golden Age adventures. 

Featured Stories and Plot Summaries

The issue contains five distinct entries focused on various "speedsters": 

• "The Day Flash Aged 100 Years!": A reprint from The Flash #157, featuring Barry Allen. The villain The Top uses an aging grenade to transform Flash into a spindly old man, forcing him to use clever disguises and futuristic technology to regain the upper hand.
• "The Midnight Peril": A reprint from The Flash #118 starring Kid Flash (Wally West). During a high school fraternity initiation in a haunted house, Wally discovers "ghosts" are actually criminals and rescues his friend from a landslide.
• "Deal Me from the Bottom!": A reprint of a Golden Age story from All-Flash #22 featuring the original Flash, Jay Garrick. He battles a criminal named Ace Wolfe who uses playing cards as deadly weapons.
• "A Zip of Super-Speedsters": A one-page historical feature outlining the various Flash characters and their first appearances.
• "The Speed of Light": A one-page educational feature illustrated by Mort Drucker that explains the history of measuring the speed of light. 

Creative Team

• Writers: Gardner Fox, John Broome, and others.
• Artists: Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Mort Drucker, and Rico Rival.
• Cover Artist: Dick Giordano.