“A Kind Of Miracle In Central City.” Featuring nuns who go after crooks that are using a church to store pilfered goods, and Barry and Iris attend a church social. Also, when Kid Flash traces a mysterious explosion to another dimension, he finds that it was caused by the K-10 gang.
A Kind Of Miracle In Central City
A group of teenagers deliver stolen goods to the "Chief", at a church in Central City. A group of nuns enter the church, and demand to take possession of the stolen goods. The Chief ignores the nuns, and departs with the stolen goods. With the nuns guarding the church, the Chief chooses a rooftop for the next drop. Suspicious of one of the teens, due to the boy's connection to one of the nuns, the Chief throws the boy off the roof. Fortunately, for the teen, the Flash happens to be racing by at that exact moment, and saves the boy's life.
Adhering to the "Code Of The Streets", the boy refuses to tell the Flash anything. Realizing he spends most of his time handling the "big threats", the Flash determines that helping this boy is just as, if not more, important. Running faster than the eye can see, the Flash follows the boy back to the church, and learns of the Chief's racket. Searching Central City in ever widening circles, the Flash locates the Cheif's hideaway, and the stolen goods.
Still moving invisibly, the Flash carries the teen, and his girlfriend, in his slipstream, to the Chief's lair. The Chief, and his two henchmen, "Blue" and "Grey", attempt to murder the two teens, but the Flash, still invisible, thwarts them at every turn. The Flash adds his velocity to the teenager's punch, allowing him to knock out all three crooks with a single blow. The teens turn the stolen goods over to the authorities. With a good word from the church, the teen is released into the custody of the nuns.
Malice In Wonderland
Ralph Dibny happens to be passing through the town of Dodgson, during it's 50th anniversary celebration. Dibny is handed a copy of Alice In Wonderland, then finds a shady spot from which to read it. Dibny's solitude is broken by the character of the White Rabbit, loudly proclaiming his tardiness, as he gets into a city cab. His suspicion roused, Dibny pursues the White Rabbit, as the Elongated Man. The Elongated Man has just about caught up with the cab, when he trips over a Mad Hatter.
The Elongated Man learns that the town of Dodgson was founded by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland. In celebration, the town's population is costumed in the garb of the book's characters, as originally illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Learning that a rare first edition copy of Alice In Wonderland is on display at the civic city, the Elongated Man determines that the White Rabbit will strike there. The White Rabbit, along with the Knave of Hearts, gas the Elongated Man, and steal the book.
Acting on a clue garnered from a scrap of paper taken off the White Rabbit, along with a tip from the Mad Hatter, the Elongated Man makes his way to the Wonderland Parade. The Elongated Man spies the White Rabbit on the mushroom float, and snatches the book away from the White Rabbit. A brief struggle ensues. Ultimately, the Elongated Man triumphs over his foes. After turning the thieves over to the authorities, the Elongated Man reveals that it was the White Rabbit's costume, taken from the movie as opposed to the book, which first made him suspicious of him.
The Flash's Sensational Risk!
This story was originally published in The Flash #149 (December, 1964). A plot synopsis for this story can be found at the link.
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