Comic Title: DC Comics Rarities Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: December 15, 2004 Direct Market Date December 15, 2004
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Direct Market Date December 1, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #8 (#188)

Cover Price: $75.00
Page Count: 348

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Million Dollar Apple"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Flash (Jay Garrick of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Everett E. Hibbard

Reprinted From:
Big All-American Comic Book #1 (1944)

Feature Character(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #60; next appearance in Flash Comics #61)

Supporting Character(s)

• Joan Williams (last appearance in All-Flash #16; next appearance in Flash Comics #61)
• Winky, Blinky, and Noddy (last appearance in Flash Comics #60; next appearance in Flash Comics #61)

Villain(s)

• Jocko Wolfe and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Robert Cromwell (an explorer; no further appearances)
• An unnamed detective and Tony (a fruit peddler; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jay Garrick prepares to meet his explorer friend Robert Cromwell, who is returning from an expedition where he discovered a million dollar emerald. Cromwell hides the emerald inside an apple to protect it from thieves. When the gang of Jocko Wolfe tries to find the gem, the Flash interrupts them. However, in the scuffle the apple is lost.

While Flash and the police search for the missing apple, the crooks continue to search among Cromwell's possessions. However, the emerald has really fallen into the hands of a fruit peddler. While attending a stage show, the peddler throws the apple at Winky, Blinky, and Noddy, whose stage performance is terrible. The dimwits find the gem, then are nearly swindled out of it by Wolfe. Flash arrives in time to recover the gem and capture Wolfe.