DC Special Series
#11 - Flash Spectacular
([May] 1978)
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1978-02-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893169005
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the 1978 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Same date given in Comic Reader #153, DC Coming Attractions #15, and in house ads in Black Lightning #9 and Unexpected #185.
[no title indexed]
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Inks
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-2855
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Gorilla Grodd; Johnny Quick
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!
The Flash / credits, title page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Gorilla Grodd; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Turtle Man; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick
Indexer Notes
Snapinn letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda. Snapinn and Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier! Prologue
The Flash / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Turtle Man; Grodd; Solovar; Gorilla City; Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); Secret Society of Super-Villains [Copperhead; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Wizard] (Cameo); Trickster [James Jesse] (Cameo)
- Synopsis
- Solovar and the other gorillas execute Grodd for his crimes against Gorilla City.
- Reprints
-
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]] -
in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Snapinn letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda. Snapinn and Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
Part One
Kid Flash / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (credited as José L. G. Lopez)
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mary West (Wally's mother); Leslie; Lightning (Wally's dog); Bob West (Wally's father)
- Synopsis
- Wally and his date Leslie are secretly attacked by a gorilla with a gun that causes Leslie to move at super-speed.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Kid Flash reveals his secret identity to his parents, Bob and Mary West. Snapinn letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda. Snapinn and Oda are credited as letterers on the contents page.
Part Two
The Flash / comic story / 21 pages
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Trydd (Gorilla); Solovar; Gorilla City; Patty; Turtle Man; Iris West
- Synopsis
- Turtle Man tries to rob a bank but is defeated by the Flash, even though he is secretly helped by a strange Gorilla with a super-speed gun.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
[Part Three - The Golden Age Flash]
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick [John Chambers]; Tubby; Joan Garrick
- Synopsis
- A strange gorilla with a super-speed gun causes Johnny Quick to accidentally prevent Jay Garrick from stopping several calamities.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Iris West; Mary West; Bob West; Jroyy; Grodd; Solovar; Gorilla City
- Synopsis
- Grodd's displaced mind combined with actions by the three Flashes caused his body to come back to life. After being defeated, Grodd was sentenced to life in prison in Gorilla City.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
Epilogue
The Flash / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- S-2832
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; Bob West; Mary West; Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Professor Ira West; Edgar Rhodes (Wally's uncle); Mrs. Rhodes (Wally's aunt); Inez Rhodes; Stacy Conwell; Dexter Myles; Harlequin [Duela Dent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad; Mal Duncan; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
- Synopsis
- Kid Flash gratuates from High School.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (janvier 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
Who's Who in the Flash's Rogues Gallery
The Flash / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Irv Novick; Nick Cardy; Carmine Infantino; ?
- Inks
- Joe Giella; Nick Cardy; ?; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Text piece detailing various of Flash's rogues.
Indexer Notes
Text with illustrations of villains taken from earlier Flash comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Flash -
1.
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!
The Flash -
2.
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier! Prologue
The Flash -
3.
Part One
Kid Flash -
4.
Part Two
The Flash -
5.
Dilemma
Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman -
6.
[Part Three - The Golden Age Flash]
The Flash -
7.
Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!
The Flash -
8.
Epilogue
The Flash -
9.
Who's Who in the Flash's Rogues Gallery
The Flash -
10.
[Superman Movie Report: Jackie Cooper & Valerie Perrine]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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