The Alchemist

Once Albert Desmond was able to recognize and accept his darker side, the threat of that personality (and Dr. Alchemy) was eliminated (Flash v.2 #41).

The Philosopher’s Stone itself, however, is another matter. S.T.A.R. Labs obtained it, intending to use a fragment of it in a microscopic medical computer. Dr. Curtis Engstrom, an advisor on the project, stole the computer and the Stone, but didn’t learn how to use it until after he’d been arrested. Once he escaped, he donned a costume similar to Dr. Alchemy’s and went after his former cellmate, who had stolen the microchip from its hiding place. Engstrom was defeated, and has yet to be seen again.

Since that time, Desmond has recovered the stone.

• Primary Sources
• Art Credits
• Appearances
• Further Notes

Primary Sources

• “Nowhere Fast” - Flash (second series) #71 (December 1992), Mark Waid

Art

• Flash #71 (December 1992) - Greg LaRocque and Roy Richardson

Significant Appearances

• Flash #71–72 (December 1992–January 1993): “Nowhere Fast” and “Chemistry,” Mark Waid

Notes

*See the entry on Dr. Alchemy for notes on the nature of the Philosopher’s Stone.

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