(March 1977)
- Volume:
- 28
- Price:
- 0.30 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly with the exception of February, April, July and October
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Format:
- Color; Standard Silver Age & Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #160, 169, 178, 187, 196, 214, 229, 232); Newsprint; Ongoing
Issue Notes
Cover proclaims "Now Monthly" but indicia still lists only 8 times per year. The letters page confirms the new monthly schedule.
[no title indexed]
Flash / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Rich Buckler
- Inks:
- Frank Springer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2511
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Abra Kadabra
- Reprints:
- in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #16 (August 1977)
Indexer Notes
Inking credit from Comic Reader #138, previously credited to Dick Giordano.
The Mad, Mad Earth of Abra Kadabra!
Flash / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Irv Novick
- Inks:
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2467
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Abra Kadabra; police officers of 6376 A.D.; robot prison guards of 6376 A.D.; Joan Garrick
- Synopsis:
- Abra Kadabra has rigged some radiation so that he is sent to the past when Flash [Allen] punches him, creating the illusion of his murder, so the Flash is sent to prison in 6376 A.D. However, the past Abra Kadabra is sent to is on Earth 2, where he does battle with Jay Garrick before Barry Allen escapes prison and helps to defeat him.
- Reprints:
- in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #16 (August 1977)
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
That Dirty Beach
Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Aquaman; Slud-Jak; unnamed bureaucrat
- Synopsis:
- Slud-Jak fouls beaches in revenge for ocean pollution, but agrees to negotiate when tempted by Hostess Twinkies.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Sequence appears between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1.
And Now...We Interrupt This Comic To Bring You A Word From Your New Publisher...
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jenette Kahn
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- editorial
- Characters:
- Jenette Kahn
- Synopsis:
- Jenette Kahn recounts some of the recent officer changes at DC and her background in publishing.
Indexer Notes
Includes a note from Jack Adler, Vice-President of DC. Appears between pages 10 and 11 of sequence 1.
Flash-Grams
Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2518
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Flash [Barry Allen]
Indexer Notes
Letters regarding Flash #243-244 from: Peter Sanderson; Mike White; Keith Sillman; Gary Lockridge, with an illustration.
Daily Planet Volume 76 Issue 31
Direct Currents; Trivia Quiz; Lola Barnett's Comicsworld / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- Bob Rozakis; Anthony Tollin (production)
Content Information
- Characters:
- Richard Dragon; Lola Barnett
- Synopsis:
- Information on upcoming DC comics, along with a trivia quiz.
Indexer Notes
Volume 76, Issue 31, week of November 29, 1976. Trivia Quiz is #31, with answer in next week's Daily Planet. Also contains answer to Trivia Quiz #30.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Mad, Mad Earth of Abra Kadabra!
Flash -
2.
That Dirty Beach
Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies -
3.
And Now...We Interrupt This Comic To Bring You A Word From Your New Publisher...
-
4.
Flash-Grams
Flash-Grams -
5.
Daily Planet Volume 76 Issue 31
Direct Currents; Trivia Quiz; Lola Barnett's Comicsworld
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- Donald Dale Milne
- Jerry Hillegas
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- Donald Dale Milne
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- Ed Boner
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