Flash #183 [Direct Sales]
(April 2002)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2002-02-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
7619412000244 18311
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Introducing the Trickster (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brian Bolland (credited) (signed as BOLLAND [Large B, Reversed N])
Inks
Brian Bolland (credited) (signed as BOLLAND [Large B, Reversed N])
Colors
Brian Bolland (credited) (signed as BOLLAND [Large B, Reversed N])
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Wally West]; Trickster [Axel Walker]
Reprints

Crossfire Prologue: Tricked! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns (credited)
Pencils
Scott Kolins (credited)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Colors
James Sinclair (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separator)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Atlas (cameo); Black Hand [William Hand] (cameo); Blacksmith [Amunet Black] (villain); The Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (cameo); Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness] (cameo); Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (cameo); Detective Fred Chyre; Cyborg [Victor Stone] (flashback) (cameo); The Flash [Wally West]; Folded Man [Edwin Gauss] (cameo); Jay Garrick; Joan Garrick; Girder [Tony Woodward] (villain); Goldface [Keith Kenyon]; Josh Jackam; Jesse Quick [Jesse Chambers] (flashback) (cameo); Magenta [Frances Kane] (cameo); Max Mercury [Max Crandall] (flashback) (cameo); Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch] (cameo); Murmur [Dr. Michael Amar] (cameo); Linda Park; Peek-a-Boo [Lashawn Baez] (cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo); Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway] (flashback) (cameo); Plunder [Jared Morillo] (villain); Doctor Polaris [Neal Emerson] (cameo); The Rag Doll [Peter Merkel] (cameo); Rainbow Raider [Roy G. Bivolo] (death) (villain); Chester 'Chunk' Runk (flashback) (cameo); Trickster [Axel Walker] (villain) (first appearance); The Turtle (cameo); Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon] (villain); Iris West; Tobias Whale (cameo); Hunter Zolomon
Synopsis
A new Trickster invades Keystone City's police station to pilfer files to sell at The Network, the hub of Keystone City's black market for super-villains. Elsewhere, Morillo reveals his true nature, and Joan Garrick makes an announcement.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Characters added by David Marchand via the GCD Error Tracker.

United We Draw (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Reading / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns (credited); Scott Kolins (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey there, it's Geoff and Scott again!

Indexer Notes

Letters from: JLAMember, Havk, and JSA Jim. Also next issue blurb, cover credits, and DC publisher credits.
On last interior page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Introducing the Trickster
    The Flash
  2. 1. Crossfire Prologue: Tricked!
    The Flash
  3. 2. United We Draw
  4. 3. ["Hey there, it's Geoff and Scott again!"]
    Speed Reading
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jenny R McGinnis
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore