(February 1981)

DC, 1977 Series
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Volume:
5
Price:
0.75 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
four times a year
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Paul Levitz
Format:
Color; Standard Modern Age US (1-17, 20-22), Digest (18, 19, 23, 24), Tabloid (25-27); Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched (1-17, 20-22, 25-27), Squarebound (18, 19, 23, 24); On-Going

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Flash and His Friends! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ross Andru [as Andru] (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano [as Giordano] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Elongated Man; Dr. Mid-Nite; Dr. Fate

The Flash and his Friends! (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.


The Pied Piper's Double Doom! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Julius Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:
super-hero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Pied Piper; Tower City police officers; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Iris West
Synopsis:
The Pied Piper uses his musical control to force both The Flash and The Elongated Man to commmit robberies and forget they did so, but the heroes meet while trying to solve each others' crimes and realize the Pied Piper is behind the scheme, and defeat him.
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Indexer Notes

Flash is able to temporarily stretch using one drink of Gingold. Original issue credits story script to Gardner Fox.


The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Sid Greene
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Julius Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Justice Society of America [Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Fate; Dr. Mid-Nite]; Abra Kadabra; Iris Allen
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Indexer Notes

John Broome mistakenly listed as writer on splash page; Gardner Fox properly credited in Table of Contents. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


Trail of the False Green Lanterns! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; T. O. Morrow; Iris West (cameo); Carol Ferris (cameo)
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The Call Went Out -- And You Answered!! (Table of Contents)

Dial H for Hero / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Promo for the new "Dial H for Hero" feature.


This is Your Invitation to an Instant Classic! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for Detective Comics #500. Cover is depicted.


More Whirlwind Adventures of the Flash (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for the Flash series. Covers to #294 and #295 are depicted.


3 Powerful Puzzlers! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Barry Allen]
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Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue. Border is comprised of many small drawings of the Flash in flip book-style action.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Flash and his Friends!
  2. 2. The Pied Piper's Double Doom!
    The Flash
  3. 3. The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra!
    The Flash
  4. 4. Trail of the False Green Lanterns!
    The Flash
  5. 5. The Call Went Out -- And You Answered!!
    Dial H for Hero
  6. 6. This is Your Invitation to an Instant Classic!
  7. 7. More Whirlwind Adventures of the Flash
    The Flash
  8. 8. 3 Powerful Puzzlers!
    The Flash
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
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