The Flash #248
(April 1977)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
28
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-01-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893048504
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #139.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Frank Springer (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; the Master Villain; Barney Sands
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Whole World's Upside Down (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Challenge of the Cardboard Criminal! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-2504
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; The Master Villain (villain, first appearance); Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (villain); Daphne Dean; Iris Allen; Barney Sands; Larry Sands
Synopsis
A teenager's drawing of a character called "Master Criminal" comes to life to menace the Flash.
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Keywords
amnesia

Indexer Notes

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

And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance from Our Prolific Publisher!! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
#S-2544

Volume 77 Issue 1 - Week of January 3, 1977 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Flash
  2. 1. The Whole World's Upside Down
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. 2. Challenge of the Cardboard Criminal!
    The Flash
  4. 3. And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance from Our Prolific Publisher!!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  6. 5. Volume 77 Issue 1 - Week of January 3, 1977
    Daily Planet
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  • Lars Brueder
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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