The Flash #272
(April 1979)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
31
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-01-09
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); Ross Andru (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
C-941
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Clown; Mayor Bradley; Governor; Consolidated Power's President
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Girl with the Master Mind... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
John Calnan; Rich Buckler
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Melanie; Patty Spivot; Clown [Lyle Corley]; Clive Yorkin; Dr. Gilbert Nephron; Detective Frank Curtis; Mayor Bradley; Governor; Consolidated Power's President
Synopsis
Flash deals with the Clown's deathtrap, becomes Barry Allen to witness Nephron's experiment on Clive Yorkin, and the Flash meets his biggest fan, the psychic girl named Melanie.
Reprints

The Ionic Storm (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-219

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Volume 79 Issue 1 - Week of January 8, 1979 (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 Girl with the Master Mind...
    The Flash
  3. 2. The Ionic Storm
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Volume 79 Issue 1 - Week of January 8, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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