In this classic Silver Age Superman tale, the Man of Steel becomes not only the Flash -- but also Aquaman, the Atom, Green Arrow and even Batman -- in a spectacular fantasy originally presented in Action Comics #314 (July 1964). DC house ad for the comic pictured left

The story was written by Edmond Hamilton, penciled and inked by Al Plastino, with a cover penciled by Superman artist supreme Curt Swan and inked by Sheldon Moldoff. (This story was also reprinted in Best of DC Digest # 8, under the new title, "The Five Other Identities of Superman.")

Here we go reader... get ready to learn the REAL reason why Jor-El and Lara sent their son Kal-El from the doomed planet Krypton to Earth, and not some other planet in the universe. It's "The Day Superman Became The Flash!"