Flash #78 [Newsstand]
(July 1993)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709923222007
Editing
Brian Augustyn (editor); Ruben Diaz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Flash (DC, 1987 series) #78 [Direct].

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The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ty Templeton (signed as Templeton)
Inks
Ty Templeton (signed as Templeton)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To save the city, they would have to defeat their most deadly foe...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Wally West]; Max Mercury; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Flash [seemingly Barry Allen, but actually Eobard Thawne]
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Blitzkrieg (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Greg LaRocque (credited)
Inks
Roy Richardson (credited)
Colors
Matt Hollingsworth (credited)
Letters
Tim Harkins (credited)
Job Number
G-8108
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Wally West]; Johnny Quick; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Max Mercury; Professor Zoom [also as Flash [Barry Allen]]; Patterson; Jack Brogan; David Chrichton
Synopsis
The elder speedsters encourage Wally, then take on the renegade "Barry Allen," while Wally prepares for a final confrontation with Professor Zoom at the Flash Museum.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in part from Green Lantern (DC, 1990 series) #40.

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Speed Reading / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Augustyn
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All of a sudden this book got interesting.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Thomas McNulty, Ali Kokmen, Grant Giandonato, Simon DelMonte, Jim Jackson, Stuart Brynian, and Aaron Cullers.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["To save the city, they would have to defeat their most deadly foe..."]
    The Flash
  2. 1. ["The first CD-ROM game in a cartridge!"]
  3. 2. Blitzkrieg
    The Flash
  4. 3. ["All orders postmarked or faxed by 6/1/93 - get a free valuable comic and poster!"]
    American Comics & Entertainment
  5. 4. ["East Coast Comics"]
  6. 5. ["Write Right Now!"]
  7. 6. ["Bloodlines"]
  8. 7. ["Knightfall begins here..."]
  9. 8. ["The Batman is reaching the end at last."]
  10. 9. ["The Reign of the Supermen is upon us"]
  11. 10. ["Something dark and mysterious is coming to your mailbox when you subscribe to DC Comics!"]
  12. 11. Victimizing Lobo
    DC Universe
  13. 12. ["All of a sudden this book got interesting."]
    Speed Reading
  14. 13. ["Why Lynx?"]
  15. 14. ["Crash!!!"]
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