Flash awakes on a secret prison planet somewhere in the galaxy. Upon learning that Dale Arden is the subject of an assassination plot, he’s forced to break out and make his way across the galaxy to save her. Along the way, he encounters old friends, new threats, and a greater mystery surrounding WHO is pulling the strings of this universe.

The fan-favorite heroes of the Massive-Verse team up in three spectacular, standalone crossover stories, collected here for the first time! A visitor from another dimension arrives-with danger in tow! A quest for the Holy Grail reveals a centuries-old secret rivalry! And a rescue mission to a crumbling timeline puts our heroes in the firing line of a war for the future of the planet!

An all-new Quarterly special featuring a multiverse of stories! “The Fall of King Vultan” expands upon Mad Cave Studios’ Flash Gordon ongoing series with a father-and-son tale that brings deadly mercenaries to Sky City-it’s fight or flight in more ways than one! This issue also features two “Flash Fiction” stories–wholly original takes on the classic character and his companions in new genres and settings. “The Battle of Little Mingo” is a western tale trading stardust for tumbleweeds. Meanwhile, crime runs amuck in “Flash Detective Services!”

THE DEFENDERS ON TRIAL! Mongo is a shattered empire -- and it's at least partly Flash Gordon's fault. The Defenders of the Earth may have saved their home planet, but Mongo paid a hefty price for Ming the Merciless's games. Now the toll's come due -- and it's the Defenders who will pay it. And while the Defenders face their former friends and allies, their offspring face challenges of their own. Determined to find Rick's missing mother, Dale, the Gordon child and his friends K'Shin, Zuffy, LJ, and Jedda investigate a former secret base held by the son of Ming. Kro-Tan may be gone, but the danger is not. A fan-favorite villain goes after the Second Gen Defenders! Writer Dan DiDio and artist Alex Sanchez pick up the beloved characters from the classic animated series and spin a whole new adventure!

The legendary cult classic mini-series is collected for the first time! Sci-fi legend Flash Gordon must team up with the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, and the super-strong Lothar to defend planet Earth against the dark forces of Ming the Merciless. Luckily, they’ll get some help from the next generation of heroes: their children! Collects issues 1-4 of the original 1987 run from Star Comics.

NEW STORY ARC When the Good Guys of the Golden Age come back, all their ghosts follow—now Claire, the new Adventureman, and her maybe-beau Chris, the new Crossdraw Kid, defend peace on earth from a phantom empire of crime! By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) and TERRY RACHEL DODSON (RED ONE, Harley Quinn).

Continued from THE FLASH #12! The Rogues--victorious? If the Flash had trouble with them individually, together they'll kill him! Plus, something worse than The Rogues is just waiting for the right moment to attack...

Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war--but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? In this volume: All Hal Jordan ever wanted to do was fly. When the world goes to war with Atlanteans and Amazons alike, he gets more than he bargained for. Abin Sur is the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814! The Blackest Night has descended across the galaxy! The Green Lantern Corps struggles to battle the resurrected dead as chaos ensues. Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown are in the midst of World War II fighting for the Allied Forces. Green Arrow Industries develops some of the most highly advanced weaponry in the world of FLASHPOINT, but where exactly does Oliver Queen get his tech from…and at what cost to the rest of the world? This Green Lantern volume collects HAL JORDAN #1-3, ABIN SUR #1-3, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN #1-3 and GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES #1.