The Flash #274
(June 1979)

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Volume
31
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-03-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893048506
Editing
Ross Andru (credited) (editor); Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-972
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To save this man's life -- I'm forced to give up the secret of my Barry Allen identity!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Frank Curtis
Synopsis
Barry changes to The Flash out in the open.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Super Gifts & Gimmicks (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Fun Factory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mark of the Beast! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils
Alex Saviuk (credited)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited as F. Chiaramonte)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
J-5930
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Clive Yorkin; Dr. Gilbert Nephron; prison guards; Detective Frank Curtis; Chief Matthew Paulson; common criminals; Iris Allen; Melanie
Synopsis
Clive Yorkin escapes from prison after overusing the Nephron Machine and seriously injuring its inventor, and wanders to Barry Allen's house. Meanwhile, Barry is on a drug raid with Frank Curtis and is compelled to detour while returning home, by a psychic's powers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Origin of Clive Yorkin as a superpowered madman. Continued from The Flash #273; continued in The Flash #275. References The Flash #271-273.

Here They Are! Batman & Robin With Magnetic Hands And Feet (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Mego Corp. toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pick Up Sticks. (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Our Two Wild Westerns...Are Wilder than the West Ever Was! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Fruit Stripe Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[Come with Us to the Startling World of Krypton] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Now it Can Be Told! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Be a Draftsman (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Detective Comics Continues its 40th Anniversary Celebration! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Kryptonite Rocks!! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Fan Club Corporation of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-267
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]

Indexer Notes

Letters regarding Flash #269-270 from Robert A. Buethe, Tad Roy Christiansen, Tony Edwards, and Roger Schoolcraft, with an illustration.

Volume 79, Issue 9 - Week of March 5, 1979 (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Spalding basketballs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["To save this man's life -- I'm forced to give up the secret of my Barry Allen identity!"]
    The Flash
  2. 1. Super Gifts & Gimmicks
    Fun Factory
  3. 2. The Mark of the Beast!
    The Flash
  4. 3. Here They Are! Batman & Robin With Magnetic Hands And Feet
    Mego Corp. toys
  5. 4. Pick Up Sticks.
    Slim Jim
  6. 5. Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke!
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  8. 7. Our Two Wild Westerns...Are Wilder than the West Ever Was!
    DC Comics
  9. 8. ["Hey kids, have as much fun in Fruit Stripe Land as you do chewing Fruit Stripe Gum."]
    Fruit Stripe Gum
  10. 9. ["How would you like to come to New York City..."]
  11. 10. [Come with Us to the Startling World of Krypton]
    DC Comics
  12. 11. Now it Can Be Told!
    DC Comics
  13. 12. Be a Draftsman
    North American School of Drafting
  14. 13. Detective Comics Continues its 40th Anniversary Celebration!
    DC Comics
  15. 14. Write Right Now!
  16. 15. Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
    Sea-Monkeys
  17. 16. Kryptonite Rocks!!
    Fan Club Corporation of America
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  19. 18. Volume 79, Issue 9 - Week of March 5, 1979
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents
  20. 19. 204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  21. 20. Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  22. 21. Street Ball
    Spalding basketballs
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Hector G. Dueñas G.
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore