Given how random becoming a speedster can be I wouldn't be surprised if eating one of those sweaty potatoes after microwaving it (because microwaves are science) was someone's speedster origin story.

If The Flash had been turned into a fat gorilla then this comic would've sold 100 billion copies

I like his Fat Flash was even brought up in the Justice League animated series, when they fought Grodd in season 1, and he made Flash lose his mind a bit by showing his greatest fear: Slowing down so much that he becomes incredibly obese.

Potatoes basted in Barry's sweat? I guess that would be Fast Food.

I am 100-percent sure this story awakened something in someone.

3:30 Grodd committing suicide to psychically escape prison is such a metal plan and should come back. I also love the idea of Grodd deciding to retire for a bit before realizing he just can't handle life without challenge.

The weight gain fetish is older than I thought.

DC used to make a limit on how many gorillas you could have on a cover. I guess Grodd was really popular!

It's interesting seeing fetish being consistent throughout time 🤭

So... what happened to the guy grodd replaced? Is he dead - did his consciousness get destroyed or, worse, was he put into the body of a dying gorilla? Seems like some horror aspects were ignored here.

I want to see the time line were Grodd's mind goes into the fish and he builds himself a robot body with a fishbowl for a head. It'd be great if it was used as justification to do a crossover with Aquaman.

It's 1960 of course they used those potatoes contaminated with human sweat. Of course being the Silver Age DC universe someone who ate that probably got super powers.

William Dawson returns for revenge in the early 80s. When Grodd takes his body his mind/essence survives separate from his body, which goes off and gains psychic powers. We learn this when he comes back as Psykon in a 1982 issue of Flash to go after Grodd and in the end gets his body and life back.

Flash sweating on potatoes: Electrolytes, it’s what plants crave.

It seems to me that the severe limitations created by the imposition of the early CCA pushed creators into being more...creative. It changed comics fundamentally. It made camp mainstream. It was a great time to grow up.

Mosquito Grodd would probably be the most dangerous foe the flash has ever faced. I've seen One Punch Man, I know how difficult they can be to hit, even with super speed

Gee, his costume was really versatile. It fit in a ring, it stretched to match his corpulent proportions, and it was airtight.

This story is so stupid but there are some really interesting concepts here. A person's physical and mental identity changes and they know they used to be someone different but forgot who they used to be and someone transfers their mind into a separate body and as their mind fuses with the host, so does their old body. Also, I love the idea of a criminal chimp gang run by a rogue chimp trainer.

Seriously this video comes as I'm stuffing my face with cake? Sign from... Jesus? Zeus? Lol

I like how they did a reverse-Ultra Humanite with Grodd here.

I guess it wasn't until much later that they added to the Flash's mythos that he has to eat a *lot* to replenish the energy he expends using his speed. Also, where was Congo Bill when Grodd figured out how to put his consciousness into a human body?

I died @ "I'm pretty sure they sold them anyway"

No no the multiple batman panel has me intrigued...

Yes, Love silver age covers! I have an issue of Jimmy Olsen I still haven't read because there is no way it lives up to the cover. Jimmy collecting Superman's tears. But seeing how close they come to outrageous covers could be a lot of fun. Please do more.

Feed Grodd the sweaty Flash potatoes. Justice is... "served." (I'll be leaving now.)

I gotta imagine writer Cary Bates must've been inspired by DC's Silver Age considering how bonkers his writing could be in the Bronze Age.

Wait... Is this why in the Gorilla Grodd episode of the Justice League Flash has that trippy dream where he goes from Slim to fat and then turn into a gorilla? Edit: 7:25 it is i reawatched the clip and they have the mirrors too + some references of others wacky concepts of the silver age

Cool part is. There is a Justice League Unlimited episode where there have 'Fat Flash'...a nod back to this comic.

I like how dc invented/popularized the inflation fetish that's so common in NSFW art now lol

I would love to see more 'behind the covers' explorations! This way, not only do I get my curiosity satisfied, I also get details about the creators and whatever else you can dig up!

Those potatoes were how scientist discovered Olestra. The fake fat substitute that sped through your body like the Flash!

3:24 - Wait. Gorilla Grodd makes a pill for him to actually die and reincarnate into something else. With the chance of him coming back as some animal that should be functionally useless forever, but somehow he knows that it'll just be for some years. Its like he knows he'll get out again by making the pill again. That sounds like a plot for an anime or manhua (Chinese manga/comic) by itself!

Holy crimson crisis, The Flash become a cluster of calamitous calories and cantankerous cartilage, what kind is of catastrophic carnage could this cause?

The Flash was awesome in the 1960s. His stories were crazy and fun. The art was exciting and interesting

At 3:00, That’s KING Solivar human, please remember that. 😂👍🦍

Good ‘ol Silver Age DC. Always ready to give a hearty middle finger to physics, logic and reason! The secret sauce to kids entertainment. Also, Grodds consciousness and intellect inside a toddler? That would go a long way towards explaining Stevie Griffin!!!

Chimp whisperer a phrase i never thought i would hear. Someone should have gotten super powers after eating the potatoes, what an origin story.

Happy birthday, Sasha!! 🥳🎂🥳🎂

Was Gorilla Grodd not hyper-racist against humans at this point? You’d think he’d be more upset about becoming one.

9:36 Is Barry eating some of his sweat potatoes?? Also I want to know the story behind the Superman-shaped island

I’m taking notes on clickbait of the sliver age.

happy birthday Sasha, great video! Now that you've covered this silly Silver Age DC comic, how about a video on "The Fattest Girl In Metropolis" story from Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane Vol.1 #5?

D.C.: Does this issue make my Flash look big? Happy Birthday Sasha!

7:08 Was thinking that but with that Peter and Sandman moment.

I love these silver age shenanigans so keep them coming. The increase in size is pure nightmare fuel for me, because wouldn't be all water weight? Wouldn't his body desperately try to process it out? He would just be a sloshing blob of water, like a water balloon. If it was in his system, the catastrophic imbalance in his electrolytes would be horrific in it's effects for a 1000 lbs of water. Also, ripping skin? ahhh...

Happy birthday!

What if grodd turned into the fish that was trying to kill aqua man?

"Hyperintelligent ape" will always be one of my absolute favorite tropes.

Now there's an origin story: "I ate some dehydrated potatoes. Turns out, The Flash had sweat all over them as they were being dehydrated. Now I have... the Fat Force with me!"

When I think about my favorite stories of the late 60's/early 70's, most often it seems they were back-up stories: Like "The Batman Nobody Knows" by Frank Robbins, Dick Giordano, and Julius Schwartz, where Batman goes camping with some kids. The "Manhunter" and "Huntress" (Child of Batman and Catwoman) back-up stories. And a Superman Family (#196) where Clark Kent saves the day in "Super Disco-Fever" by dancing Disco! As always thank you so very much for the video. There's also a story I fondly remember that I haven't been able to track down, (can you?) which starts with some crooks going after a family in crime alley, (I think it was the anniversary of Bruce's parents murder,) where Batman goes after the crooks and throughout the story never says a word. The best part, (and probably why I fondly remember it,) is after Batman has pursued the criminals into the woods outside Gotham his fights one crook who gets above Batman and holds him under the water, then figures and exclaims that he's done it, he's killed Batman... then a Bat gloved hand comes out of the water, pulls the crook down so that he's face to face with a smiling Batman, and the next panel has the crooks head snapping back, a beautiful arc of water, and the Bat-fist that's just hit him. A work of art. Fun Trivia - my Dad was born in a city discovered by "Batman", and once named Batmania. Check it out - Melbourne Australia was (at least according to some Historians) was founded by John Batman, and was known as Batmania. Again thank you.

You've heard of gamer girl bath water, now get ready for The Flash Sweat-Drenched Potatoes™!

Barry Allen is so fast, he left his personality behind years ago. I was thinking how he was like Marvel's Hank Pym when Sasha called Barry a scientist but Pym has always had his personality flaws from the start- even before he was introduced as superhero. Barry's just vanilla.

On Bizarro world, Bizarro Flash is 'The Fattest Man Alive' in stead of 'The Fastest Man Alive'

Favorite SA cover is where Lois MUST whip a life sized Superman doll with a cat-o-nine-tails while its shackled to a wall...but WHY?? Runner up is Witch Doctor Superman presiding over Jimmy Olsons marriage to a gorilla...🤯

If I could subscribe again, I would. Always appreciate when people can hear more glorious stories of the The Flash.

7:50 I'm guessing that, although it's basically just water-weight, there must've been some trace elements of fat coming out in that sweat... rather than selling them, I'm guessing they just wrote off that whole batch, added some herbs and spices, threw a match in there and had a great fried potato feast for all the employees!

So, wait, does anybody care about the poor bastard that Grodd hopped inside of? That's a whole human being wiped out of existence!

Everywhere Flash walked, the sound of a Tuba followed.

Thus making Grodd the Reverse Ultra-Humanite! Genius primate mind into a humand vs genius human mind into a primate ... Grodd skipped the famous actress part, though.

*Lillie takes possession of Giganta body* “Dang it… I wanted to be cheetah…” *She flex her muscles* It’s not a total loss, Plus I’m bigger than anyone here.

The men observing the Potato Dehydration Room, what did they do with the information they learned from the Flash's simple fix? Did they try turning other fat people into superheroes? What happened to the people who ate the tainted potatoes? Did the Flash pick up a check for his day as a sideshow freak? This has :body horror epic" written all over it!

Happy birthday! 🎉🎁

they chopped those salty potatoes into chips and sold them - introducing Tims Cascade chips

"...So he goes to a factory that dehydrates potatoes" She says it so casualy (comics)

Losing weight by just blobbing on a pile of potatoes is the workout routine I didn't know I needed.

They probably sold those potatoes as limited edition collectables.

Flash-flavored Chips. Yummy.

The painting/poster to your left (our right) catches my eye every video! I must know more

Now I wanna see Grodd as a mosquito terrorizing the Flash!

The World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen covers at the beginning of your video brought back a lot of fun memories.

I like the cromulent way they used corpulent. Which means embiggened.

That Perry eating chicken panel is priceless.

That courageous thumbnail alone is enough to warrant a watch. thanks for the laugh!

"... Wonder Women would be right at home at modern day hub searches.😂🤣"

I always love looking at the crazy Silver Age covers and finding out about the stories behind them, both behind the page and behind the scenes. Please do more videos like this.

Im reading some Silver Age DC right now from the library.. Dealing with Superman & Batmans sons. Some of the dialogue is killer. Should check it out, might be a good video,

My favorite cover bait is JLA#5, “When Gravity Went Wild!” It does... for exactly one panel. The rest of the story has nothing to do with gravity at all.

idk why but the out of context panel at 8:18 of Absolute Unit Flash just standing in the doorway made me absolutely lose it it feels ominous for some reason

Behold! The Speedy Spud sweater!

HAPPY B DAY!!! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

Was gonna run right to you're let's play but fat flash got us both didn't it? Lmao

The Silver Age comics were really funny.

There's a timeline somewhere in the multiverse cabinet where Sasha is the head of a Silver Age Writers Room and she is rock'n it

Happy birthday, Sasha! 🎂🎊🎉🎁🎈

I like Silver Age Flash. He may be a boring hero, but he’s MY boring hero. I’m kind of wondering if “Fat Flash” was a design inspiration for Chunk in the Messner-Loebs run.

It would be silly and fun to see comics picking up dangling threads from this wierd stories and expand upon them. Like the potatoes, imagine someone found out The Flash´s sweat was on them and tried to steal his powers or clone him only to turn into a potatoe -speedster, or potatoe clones of Flash. So wierd and stupid I am sure it has happened.

I love this channel. Can't wait for the new Clayface content 😎🤘

Weird transformations were definitely a thing in DC during the Silver Age, and it happed to the Flash especially often. There's one Justice League issue where he gets turned into a snail-man.

Those poor potatoes

I really want you to talk about the cover where Superman is holding the pitcher of water over Jimmy and Aquaman in the desert.

Hey. Your material is so much better than the top 10 stuff from the old channel. Congrats!

Saw the thumb nail and Title thought that has to be a casually comics vid.

This is hilarious as hell.

6:19 Oh my goodness…the face to the right…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL, hope you have a grand day

Cover Bait. Good and accurate terminology there.

They marketed those as Flashed Potatoes and doubled the profits!

If you like 'corpulent', might I offer up 'rotund' as well? They're nice sounding words, when not used to demean. Also, the whole instantly assuming the next problem is related to the previous problem... isn't that antithetical to how comic issues work? From the reader's perspective, the next issue setting up its plot is only a couple of panels away in reading order from the last issue's resolution. It sure would seem pretty disheartening if you were a new villain with an all new shtick you've leaned really hard into with theming, coordinating your vehicles and goons, ready to express your manifesto into the world and in Batman's face, only for him to wonder out loud (in Sasha's fantastic voice for him) whether you, Spatula Man, are a direct result of Egghead just getting scrambled off to jail yesterday.

Why didn't he just pee the excess water out?!? His body metabolizes so fast, he could take a little diarrhetic and WHOOSH! All good!

I have read some Silver Age Flash, and I never thought that Barry Allen was boring in those stories. Some of my favorite DC comics from the 60s-70s are by Bob Haney, who created the Teen Titans, and wrote some of the best Batman Team Ups in Brave and the Bold, as well as short imaginary series about the teenage sons of Superman and Batman on a roadtrip with access to their Fathers' abilities and costumes. He was fired in the late 70s because he thought to be too unrealistic, and the series wound up ending a few years later. Haney was also known for Metamorpho and the original Eclipso.