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'''''Captain Flash''''' (sometimes shortened to ''Capt. Flash'') is a {{Superhero}} from UsefulNotes/TheInterregnum, MediaNotes/TheInterregnum, created by Martin Smith and published by Sterling in ''Captain Flash'' #1-4.
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* AdvertisedExtra: A group of dinosaurs randomly show up in "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" to attack our heroes. Despite being the title characters, they only show up for a quick action scene before being killed.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: A group of dinosaurs randomly show up in "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" to attack our heroes. Despite being the title characters, they only show up for a quick action scene before being killed.
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The character was revived in ''ComicBook/FemForce''. Tropes for that version go there.
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'''''Captain Flash''''' (sometimes shortened to ''Capt. Flash'') is a {{Superhero}} from UsefulNotes/TheInterregnum, published by Sterling in ''Captain Flash'' #1-4.
Keith Spencer is a science teacher in Atom City, where many nuclear tests are conducted. One day, a test goes horribly wrong and Keith has to shield his students from a radioactive blast. Preparing for his seemingly-inevitable demise, Spencer soon discovers that he has no ill effects. In fact, he has gotten superpowers. Spencer decides to use his abilities for good, becoming Captain Flash!
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!!This comic contains examples of:
* TheAdjectivalMan: Recurring antagonist the Mirror Man, a mysterious dimension-hopping monster who eat people.
* AlienAbduction: Captain Flash and Ricky are kidnapped by stereotypical '50's HumanAliens, complete with a FlyingSaucer, in "The Invaders."
* ArchEnemy: The Mirror Man, a monstrous dimensional traveler who serves as our hero's most hated foe, and the only one he desires to kill.
* ArtisticLicenceMedicine: In "The Black Knight," the titular antagonist's megalomaniacal ambitions of world domination are described as a phobia, which is an irrational fear as opposed to an irrational ambition.
* AttackAnimal: The titular antagonists of "Sharkmen" keep several marine animals half-starved to be used as weapons at will.
* BadassNormal: Ricky, Captain Flash's sidekick, manages to keep up with his partner despite lacking atomic abilities.
* BeastMan: The antagonists of "Sharkmen" disguise themselves as shark people.
* CaptainSuperhero
* CriminalMindGames: The titular villain of "The Iron Mask" challenges the scientists of Atom City to solve his riddles and find a hydrogen bomb he planted before it destroys the city.
* CyberCyclops: Captain Flash battles one in "The Iron Mask," though unlike traditional examples of this trope, it was built to resemble the cyclops of myth.
* DisneyVillainDeath:
** [[spoiler:The Iron Mask is seemingly thrown out a multi-story window at the end of his titular story.]]
** [[spoiler:In "The Black Knight," Dr. Konrad Krueger, the titular medieval-themed robber, is thrown off his helicopter down a dam. However, he survives and returns in the final issue.]]
* DragonInChief: While an unnamed crime boss may be the BigBad of "The Fight of the Century," the story explicitly notes that his super-strong henchman Muscles is the only reason his gang has a chance against Captain Flash.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: A group of dinosaurs randomly show up in "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" to attack our heroes. Despite being the title characters, they only show up for a quick action scene before being killed.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The baddies of "Man or Myth?" try to gaslight the whole city into thinking Captain Flash doesn't exist.
* GlamourFailure: The Imagons, antagonists of "The Invaders," are aliens who can shape shift into human form perfectly except for their palms, which are green.
* HenshinHero: Keith Spencer becomes Captain Flash by clapping his hands, which gives him his powers and red-and-blue costume.
* {{Hotline}}: The FBI regularly requests the help of Captain Flash via public radio broadcast.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: Dr. Konrad Krueger, the Black Knight is a megalomaniac who can only bring himself to commit crimes using a medieval theme due to his particular mental illnesses. This leads to his downfall when Captain Flash challenges him to TrialByCombat, which [[HonorBeforeReason his chivalry code makes him unable to refuse]]. He gets better in his second appearance, abandoning his medieval theme for a robot army and an underground city.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The Mirror Man is never punished for all his murdering of scientists.]]
* LatexPerfection: Handsome Harry Sullivan, BigBad of "The Actor," uses a special chemical to reform his face to resemble anybody else's to the smallest detail. [[CutLexLuthorACheck Despite this being a tool with many practical uses, Sullivan uses it to rob banks.]]
* MightyWhitey: "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" has Captain Flash saving an African tribe from usurpation while battling dinosaurs freed from being frozen and curing a rare disease exclusive to the area.
* MirrorMonster: The Mirror Man, a recurring antagonist, is a creature summoned from a AnotherDimension by a science experiment. He's a tentacled creature who can pass through mirrors and eats silicon, his favourite source being [[ImAHumanitarian genius scientists]].
* NoAntagonist: "The Beginning" has no villain, with the focus being placed on how Keith Spencer discovered his powers.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Mirago, BigBad of "The Invaders," is an alien king who is invading Earth for his people to flee their dying world, but explicitly states that he's mostly doing it for his own power as opposed to his people.
* PredecessorVillain: The BigBad of "The Actor" got his LatexPerfection chemical from a scientist who had used it for crime prior to the story.
* ProtagonistTitle
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In "The Invaders," our heroes work around aliens shapeshifting to look like Captain Flash by communicating in baseball trivia, as the sport doesn't exist on the baddies' planet.
* StarterVillain: The Iron Mask, a megalomaniac who played CriminalMindGames with the scientists of Atom City under the threat of a hydrogen bomb destroying the city and is knocked out a several-story video at the end of the issue. He's an interesting case, as he's the villain of the second story, but he still qualifies as the first one has NoAntagonist.
* SuperStrength: Muscles, main antagonist of "The Fight of the Century," is a criminal so strong he can lift full safes without issue. He's tasked by the Atom City underworld to beat Captain Flash to death.
* TheUsurper: Di-Ku, main antagonist of "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC," is the medicine man of a small African village who schemes to kill the chief and take his place.
* WholePlotReference: "The Iron Mask" is this to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', as the titular villain's booby traps and robotic goons are all direct parallels to challenges Odysseus faced.
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Keith Spencer is a science teacher in Atom City, where many nuclear tests are conducted. One day, a test goes horribly wrong and Keith has to shield his students from a radioactive blast. Preparing for his seemingly-inevitable demise, Spencer soon discovers that he has no ill effects. In fact, he has gotten superpowers. Spencer decides to use his abilities for good, becoming Captain Flash!
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!!This comic contains examples of:
* TheAdjectivalMan: Recurring antagonist the Mirror Man, a mysterious dimension-hopping monster who eat people.
* AlienAbduction: Captain Flash and Ricky are kidnapped by stereotypical '50's HumanAliens, complete with a FlyingSaucer, in "The Invaders."
* ArchEnemy: The Mirror Man, a monstrous dimensional traveler who serves as our hero's most hated foe, and the only one he desires to kill.
* ArtisticLicenceMedicine: In "The Black Knight," the titular antagonist's megalomaniacal ambitions of world domination are described as a phobia, which is an irrational fear as opposed to an irrational ambition.
* AttackAnimal: The titular antagonists of "Sharkmen" keep several marine animals half-starved to be used as weapons at will.
* BadassNormal: Ricky, Captain Flash's sidekick, manages to keep up with his partner despite lacking atomic abilities.
* BeastMan: The antagonists of "Sharkmen" disguise themselves as shark people.
* CaptainSuperhero
* CriminalMindGames: The titular villain of "The Iron Mask" challenges the scientists of Atom City to solve his riddles and find a hydrogen bomb he planted before it destroys the city.
* CyberCyclops: Captain Flash battles one in "The Iron Mask," though unlike traditional examples of this trope, it was built to resemble the cyclops of myth.
* DisneyVillainDeath:
** [[spoiler:The Iron Mask is seemingly thrown out a multi-story window at the end of his titular story.]]
** [[spoiler:In "The Black Knight," Dr. Konrad Krueger, the titular medieval-themed robber, is thrown off his helicopter down a dam. However, he survives and returns in the final issue.]]
* DragonInChief: While an unnamed crime boss may be the BigBad of "The Fight of the Century," the story explicitly notes that his super-strong henchman Muscles is the only reason his gang has a chance against Captain Flash.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: A group of dinosaurs randomly show up in "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" to attack our heroes. Despite being the title characters, they only show up for a quick action scene before being killed.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The baddies of "Man or Myth?" try to gaslight the whole city into thinking Captain Flash doesn't exist.
* GlamourFailure: The Imagons, antagonists of "The Invaders," are aliens who can shape shift into human form perfectly except for their palms, which are green.
* HenshinHero: Keith Spencer becomes Captain Flash by clapping his hands, which gives him his powers and red-and-blue costume.
* {{Hotline}}: The FBI regularly requests the help of Captain Flash via public radio broadcast.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: Dr. Konrad Krueger, the Black Knight is a megalomaniac who can only bring himself to commit crimes using a medieval theme due to his particular mental illnesses. This leads to his downfall when Captain Flash challenges him to TrialByCombat, which [[HonorBeforeReason his chivalry code makes him unable to refuse]]. He gets better in his second appearance, abandoning his medieval theme for a robot army and an underground city.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The Mirror Man is never punished for all his murdering of scientists.]]
* LatexPerfection: Handsome Harry Sullivan, BigBad of "The Actor," uses a special chemical to reform his face to resemble anybody else's to the smallest detail. [[CutLexLuthorACheck Despite this being a tool with many practical uses, Sullivan uses it to rob banks.]]
* MightyWhitey: "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC" has Captain Flash saving an African tribe from usurpation while battling dinosaurs freed from being frozen and curing a rare disease exclusive to the area.
* MirrorMonster: The Mirror Man, a recurring antagonist, is a creature summoned from a AnotherDimension by a science experiment. He's a tentacled creature who can pass through mirrors and eats silicon, his favourite source being [[ImAHumanitarian genius scientists]].
* NoAntagonist: "The Beginning" has no villain, with the focus being placed on how Keith Spencer discovered his powers.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Mirago, BigBad of "The Invaders," is an alien king who is invading Earth for his people to flee their dying world, but explicitly states that he's mostly doing it for his own power as opposed to his people.
* PredecessorVillain: The BigBad of "The Actor" got his LatexPerfection chemical from a scientist who had used it for crime prior to the story.
* ProtagonistTitle
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In "The Invaders," our heroes work around aliens shapeshifting to look like Captain Flash by communicating in baseball trivia, as the sport doesn't exist on the baddies' planet.
* StarterVillain: The Iron Mask, a megalomaniac who played CriminalMindGames with the scientists of Atom City under the threat of a hydrogen bomb destroying the city and is knocked out a several-story video at the end of the issue. He's an interesting case, as he's the villain of the second story, but he still qualifies as the first one has NoAntagonist.
* SuperStrength: Muscles, main antagonist of "The Fight of the Century," is a criminal so strong he can lift full safes without issue. He's tasked by the Atom City underworld to beat Captain Flash to death.
* TheUsurper: Di-Ku, main antagonist of "The Beasts From 1,000,000 BC," is the medicine man of a small African village who schemes to kill the chief and take his place.
* WholePlotReference: "The Iron Mask" is this to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', as the titular villain's booby traps and robotic goons are all direct parallels to challenges Odysseus faced.
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