The Flash #261
(May 1978)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
30
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893048505
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #153.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Jack Abel (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
S-2853
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash; The Ringmaster; Iris Allen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Lure of the Ringmaster! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-2831
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Golden Glider [Lisa Snart]; Iris Allen; Ringmaster [Beau Bear] (supposed super-hero, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Characters submitted by David Marchand via the GCD Error Tracker.

Dilemma (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
#S-2861

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Volume 78 Issue 6 - Week of February 6, 1978 (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 Lure of the Ringmaster!
    The Flash
  3. 2. Dilemma
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  6. 5. Volume 78 Issue 6 - Week of February 6, 1978
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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