The Flash #177

(March 1968)

The Swell-Headed Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 22.17 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

The Flash

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Trickster [James Jesse]; Mister Mynah; Rollo Jackson (dies)

Synopsis

The Trickster has secretly caused Flash's head to swell to giant-size, hoping that it will explode.

Reprints

• in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #9/1968 ([september] 1968)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #28 (mai 1976) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([December] 2012)
• in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 9.5 and 12.67 pages.

You Too Can Play the "Game" (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jack Harris, Paul E. Nussbaum, Jeff Pierce, Phil Sindlinger, Peter Sanderson, Jr., and George Schwartz.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

A New Star on the DC Horizon (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 267,000
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 241,800
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Peter Sanderson, Jr. and Don Walker.