(September 1971)

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Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly with the exception of January, July and October
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
DC [character]
Editing:
Julius Schwartz
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
newsprint
Binding:
saddle-stitched (squarebound #160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232)
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-892

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness]; Trickster [James Jesse]
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]


Beyond the Speed of Life (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Cary Bates
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-843

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; The Sentinel (first appearance); Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness] (villain); Trickster [James Jesse] (villain); Gorilla Grodd (villain); The Devourer (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
Flash is pulled into another plane of existense to help fight the Devourer, leaving his physical body behind. Trickster and Captain Boomerang think they are responsible for Flash's "apparent" death.

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


Coincidence Can Kill! (Table of Contents)

Kid Flash / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Steve Skeates
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-745

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Kid Flash [Wally West]; George Simpson; Mrs. Simpson
Synopsis:
A ring mix-up almost results in a fellow classmate's death.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).


Flash-Grams (Table of Contents)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
S-899

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - John D. Warner, Scott Gibson, Mike W. Barr, Martin Pasko, Matt Emrick, Michael Great and Gary Kuhlmann - and responses from Julius Schwartz.


Flash Facts (Table of Contents)

Flash Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
S-924

Indexer Notes

4 facts about lightning flashes, a radiosonde, a stroboscope and the jet stream.


Elongated Man's Undersea Trap (Table of Contents)

Elongated Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-907

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny (formerly Sue Dearbon); Bredans (villains)
Synopsis:
Elongated Man goes on a honeymoon with his new bride, debutante Sue Dearbon.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flash
  2. 1. Beyond the Speed of Life
    Flash
  3. 2. Coincidence Can Kill!
    Kid Flash
  4. 3. Flash-Grams
    Flash-Grams
  5. 4. Flash Facts
    Flash Facts
  6. 5. Elongated Man's Undersea Trap
    Elongated Man
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • David Southwood
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Ed Boner