The Flash #214

(April 1972)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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typeset

Job Number:

N-476

Content Information

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; Quicksilver; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Gauntlet of Super-Villains (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Gorilla Grodd; The Top; Captain Boomerang; Heat Wave; Pied Piper; Captain Cold; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Flash [Barry Allen]; J.M. Leach (tailor); Solovar; Pola

Synopsis:

Gorilla Grodd uses his powers to switch bodies with a gorilla in the Central City zoo and from there he uses Flash's greatest foes to battle Flash until he can take control of Barry Allen's mind.

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• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #155 (September 1965)

Indexer Notes

23 pages because there are 3 1/3 page fillers inserted in this story.

["When meteors -- falling toward Earth..."] (Table of Contents)

Flash Facts! / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

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Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Facts about meteors.

["The counterclockwise winds of a tornado revolve..."] (Table of Contents)

Flash Facts! / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

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fact

Synopsis:

Facts about the speeds of the winds in a tornado and the flying speed of ducks.

["Tidal Waves (more accurately called seismic sea waves..."] (Table of Contents)

Flash Facts! / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

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fact

Synopsis:

Information about tidal waves.

[The Wasp] (Table of Contents)

Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Quicksilver [Max]; The Wasp (first appearance; villain; death); Mr. Shaw; Mr. Lane

Synopsis:

When two greedy business owners cut the Wasp out of his rightful share of his invention he decides to kill them.

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• from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #67 (August 1948)

The Face Behind the Mask (Table of Contents)

Kid Flash / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

N-467

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kid Flash [Wally West]; Silver Mask [Eddie Farrell]; Mrs. Carter Wright; Harry (villain)

Synopsis:

Silver Mask, a boy singer, is being blackmailed by Harry who knows that he used to be part of a gang.

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• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #122 (August 1961)

The Modern Paul Bunyan! (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Paul Norris

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

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Letters:

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Job Number:

N-471

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Paul Bunyan (statue)

Synopsis:

Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival. When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them.

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• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #179 (August 1952)

Indexer Notes

Credits from index of original. Reprint lists art by Ralf Mayo which is believed to be incorrect.

A Tale of Three Tokens! (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

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Letters:

?

Job Number:

PL112?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Lane; Joan Williams; The Thinker; Earl Hoffrith

Synopsis:

The Thinker steal a time machine and plans to use it to rob banks but is stopped by the Flash and the inventor of the time machine.

Indexer Notes

Unpublished golden age story.

The Flaming Doom! (Table of Contents)

Metal Men / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

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Letters:

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Job Number:

N-469

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Colonel Henry Caspar; Dr. Will Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin]

Synopsis:

The newly created Metal Men battle a pre-historic monster.

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• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 (March-April 1962)

Indexer Notes

Introduction and origin of the Metal Men.

The Weather Wizard Blows Up A Storm! (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

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Letters:

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Job Number:

N-470

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; Weather Wizard [Mark Marden]; Iris West; Jimmy Harlow; Tommy Davis; Billy Trent

Synopsis:

A student's science fair project can predict the moves of the Weather Wizard and gives Flash an assist in stopping his latest crime spree.

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• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #145 (June 1964)

Famous Flash Covers (Table of Contents)

Flash / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash

Indexer Notes

Displays two famous Flash covers, Showcase #4 and The Flash #155.

Inside back cover.