Flash #150

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Synopsis

Captain Cold's Polar Perils!Police Forensics Scientist, Barry Allen, is personally selected to escort the Maharanee of Jodapur around Central City. This detail doesn't sit well with Allen's girlfriend, Picture News Reporter, Iris West. In love with the Maharanee, the notorious Captain Cold sets out to win her heart. Allen is sent to the Horvath Jewel Salon to collect the Maharanee's royal jewels. Allen finds the salon surrounded by icicles. Allen takes action, as the Flash. Vibrating at super-speed, the Flash storms the salon, melting his way through the ice barrier.Captain Cold uses his cold gun to, inexplicably, liquefy the oxygen in the salon, causing the Flash to drown. Moving at super-speed, the Flash evaporates the water into steam. The Flash fans the steam throughout the salon, melting all the ice, which floors Captain Cold in a torrent of rushing water. As the melting ice begins to fall from the ceiling, it collapses on the Flash, knocking him cold. Gathering the royal jewels, Captain Cold makes good his escape.When the Flash, as Allen, returns to the Maharanee to report the theft of the jewels, he is stunned to find her adorned with them. Captain Cold has sent the jewels to her, with the expectation of receiving a reward. Allen escorts the Maharanee to the Grand Ball, only to see her suddenly vanish into thin air. In truth, the Maharanee has been kidnapped by Captain Cold, posing as Allen. Captain Cold brings the Maharanee to the Central City Sports Arena, where he bids her to take the throne he has created for her.Using his Cold Gun, Captain Cold creates a spectacle for the Maharanee's entertainment. Realizing that Captain Cold created an illusion of the Maharanee, Allen gets after him, as the Flash. The Flash storms the arena. Captain Cold defends himself with a Cold Gun generated Frost Giant, coupled with a Northern Lights-like electrical field. Vibrating faster then the speed of light, the Flash escapes Captain Cold's ersatz Aurora Borealis, as well as...