The Flash #212 (of 350)
The Flash In Cartoonland!/"When Money Grows On Trees!"/Snare Of The Headline Huntress!
February 1st, 1972
The Flash In CartoonLand!
Police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, is trapped into babysitting Dustin Barton, a brat. Barton punches Allen in the nose, rides him like a horse, ropes a newspaper to his face, and shoots him, repeatedly, with a pellet gun. Finally, Allen gets Barton to settle down and watch cartoons. Allen is stunned to hear the voice of his nemesis, Abra Kadabra, coming from his television set. Impossibly, Abra Kadabra has taken over the cartoon world. With a wave of his wand, Abra Kadabra compels Allen, as the Flash, to join him. Not wanting to leave Barton alone, the Flash drags the boy into the television with him.
Barton has fun playing with the "Purple Pixies". The Flash is attacked by two of the pixies, wearing capes like Abra Kadabra, and wielding shock wands. The pixies are able to match the Flash's super-speed, all the while delivering shocks to his system, as he tries to flee. Vibrating at super speed, the Flash becomes immaterial, allowing the shocks to pass harmlessly through him. Suddenly, Abra Kadabra appears, and begins hurling control rods into the Flash. Made up of a rare 64th Century element, the control rods take away the Flash's ability to vibrate his molecules, rendering him solid once more.
To buy some time, the Flash plays to Abra Kadabra's monstrous ego by applauding his latest scheme. Abra Kadabra reveals how he used 64th Century technology to create the cartoonworld, which is set to self-destruct, in less than half an hour. Vibrating air molecules in front of him, the Flash drives off the Purple Pixies, to get Barton's attention. The Flash dupes Barton into firing at him with his pellet gun. The laws of physics, however, don't apply in Abra Kadabra's cartoonworld. All of Barton's shots miss the Flash in exceedingly comical fashion.
Luckily, Barton's first pellet, which has been bouncing around on the ground by the Flash's feet, strikes the Scarlet Speedster. The impact jumpstarts his molecular control, allowing him to vibrate loose from Abra Kadabra's control rods. With Barton carried along in his slipstream, the Flash races for Abra Kadabra's escape vehicle. Upon returning to Central City, the Flash reflects Abra Kadabra's weapon back on him, transforming the 64th Century "magician" into a cardboard cutout. Barton is returned to the Allen residence, where he is picked up by his mother.
"When Money Grows On Trees!
Sue Dibny gives a young boy, Timmy Dennison, a dollar for change. Dennison buries the dollar in the ground, takes a pull from a canteen, and chants an incantation. Miraculously, a money tree grows from where Dennison planted the dollar bill. Dibny's husband, Ralph, decides to investigate this impossible act, as the Elongated Man. The Stretchable Sleuth drives Dennison home to his father, billionaire Victor Dennison. After passing through an extensive security check, the Elongated Man is ushered in to meet Dennison's father. The elder Dennison offers to place the money from the tree in the bank. The young Dennison breaks down crying.
The Elongated Man points out to the elder Dennison that his son wants attention, not a back account. Dennison has the Elongated Man escorted off the premises. Analyzing some of the bills from the money tree, the Elongated Man learns that the elder Dennison's life is in jeopardy. With security ordered to keep him out, the Elongated Man must surreptitiously enter Dennison's estate. After gaining entry and weaving his way through a laser grid, the Elongated Man finds himself in combat with Dennison's security forces. Dennison fires on the Elongated Man twice, then collapses. Dennison's corpse is wheeled out of his estate.
To the astonishment of the gathered crowd, Dennison miraculously recovers. One of the onlookers rails at Dennison, giving himself away as Dennison's would-be murderer, just as the Elongated Man planned. After subduing the man, the Elongated Man reveals that the money tree is an old magician's trick. The money on it's branches was coated with a contact poison. Timmy Dennison was given the antidote to the poison, in the canteen from which he drank from, so that he would not be poisoned. After the elder Dennison collapsed, the Elongated Man administered the antidote, and set up the ruse to flush out the killer. The elder Dennsion, at last, realizes the value of his son.
Snare Of The Headline Huntress!
This story was originally published in The Flash #126 (February, 1962). A plot synopsis for this story can be found at the link.