Tom versus the Flash number 129 or suck it, David Blaine.

Welcome back for the Flash number 128, the May 1962 issue featuring a cover,

Pencil by Carmen and Fantino and inked by Joe Giella. Both of our stories are by the same

creative team, writer John Broome Penciler, Carmen and Fantino, Inker Joe Giella, and editor

Julie Schwartz.

Our first story is the case of the real gone flash.

An introduction to another one of the more famous flash villains.

Not a rogue, though, but someone he faces quite often.

We see in the year, 63, 63, that things have gotten tough for a very specific group in society,

as John Broome lays out in the script.

Magicians.

Magicians are not doing so well in the 64th century.

We see one magician walking into the local magician's hall. Apparently, magicians

at some point were popular enough to the warrant the creation of a gigantic historical hall.

Now, we find out that this magician walking into the hall is none other than abracadabra,

the stage name of a 64th century magician. And in his head, he's bitching and moaning about how he wished he lived

in the 20th century, which was a golden, like to him a golden age of magicians.

Is he thinking of like David Blaine, Chris Angel?

Does he have like DVDs of like a mind freak everywhere?

I think historical records prior are very heavily damaged if he thinks the

20th century was famous for its love of magicians. Well, he's in the 64th century. And the

problem is that technology has gotten so advanced in the 64th century that magic tricks don't

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