The Flash #291 [Newsstand]
(November 1980)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
32
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-08-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893048511
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor); Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Len's Line-Up in November 1980 issues has on-sale date of August 11.
This issue is a variant of The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #291 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Sabertooth Is a Very Deadly Beast! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed as ANDRU)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
?
Job Number
C-438
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm (inset); The Flash [Barry Allen]; Saber-Tooth
Reprints
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The Saber-Tooth Is a Very Deadly Beast! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Milt Snapinn (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen] (featured); Saber-Tooth
Reprints

Batman vs. the League of Assassins (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Hyena Laughs Last! (Table of Contents: 3)

Firestorm / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited) (breakdowns); Bob Smith (finished art)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Lynne Gelfer (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cliff Carmichael; Doreen Day; Firestorm (featured); The Hyena [Summer Day]; Jefferson Jackson (canonical introduction); Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein
Reprints
Keywords
Manhattan; New York City; Tailor Row

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited as Ted P. Skimmer)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-604
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sabertooth Is a Very Deadly Beast!
    The Flash
  2. 1. The Saber-Tooth Is a Very Deadly Beast!
    The Flash
  3. 2. Batman vs. the League of Assassins
    Batman; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. The Hyena Laughs Last!
    Firestorm
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
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  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore
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