Flash #12 [Canadian]
(May 1988)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.00 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-02-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893222205
Editing
Barbara Kesel (editor); Mike Gold (consulting editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #134.

Free 16 Page Bonus Book (number 2).
This issue is a variant of Flash (DC, 1987 series) #12 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Mahlstedt (signed as Larry Mahlstedt)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (signed as Larry Mahlstedt)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kapitalist Kourier... ...When it has to be there in a flash!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kapitalist Kourier [Anatole]; Hijacker on Foot
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed from DC Releases #48. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Velocity 9 (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Mike Baron (credited)
Pencils
Mike Collins (credited)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Roberts; The Flash [Wally West]; Mary West; Tina McGee; Kapitalist Kourier [Anatole]; Hijackers on Foot; Nick Bassaglia; Trudy Powell; Vandal Savage
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1st vs criminals on the speed drug Velocity 9. Red Trinity forms Kapitalist Kouriers.

Light at the End of the Tunnel (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Light / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
George Broderick (credited as George Broderick Jr.)
Pencils
Gordon Purcell (credited) (signed as Gordon Purcell)
Inks
Tim Dzon (credited as Timothy Dzon) (signed as Tim Dzon)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (credited)
Letters
Dan McKinnon (credited)
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (consultant)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Boys: Little Boy Blue [Shawn Rogers] (first appearance, son of the original Little Boy Blue); Slats (first appearance, son of Tubby of the original Blue Boys); Static [Timmy Simms] (first appearance, son of Toughy of the original Blue Boys)
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
Dr. Light [Dr. Arthur Light] (villain); Mayor Tom Rogers (father of Shawn, Mayor of Radiance, PA); Sheriff Herb Simms (father of Timmy, Sheriff of Radiance, PA); Mr. Malverne (of Dick's Radio and TV Repair); Warden Barnes; Janet; Joe

Indexer Notes

This story is labeled as "Bonus Book! No. 2".

The children of Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys defeat Dr. Light.

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

Fleet Sheet / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3098

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Charlie Harris, Carleton K. Brown, Dr. Sanford Leffler, Jerry Smith, Kip Talbott, Charlie Harris, Art Vidro, Jonathan Romano, and Rick Kent.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Kapitalist Kourier... ...When it has to be there in a flash!"]
    The Flash
  2. 1. Velocity 9
    The Flash
  3. 2. Light at the End of the Tunnel
    Doctor Light
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fleet Sheet
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