The Flash #216
(June 1972)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
23
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly, (with the exception of Jan., July and Oct.)
On-sale Date
1972-04-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #83.

Curse of the Dragon's Eye! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Job Number
S-1223
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Curse of the Dragon's Eye! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank McLaughlin; Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-1181
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Rita Desmond
Synopsis
The Flash must destroy a ring that turns Al Desmond into the evil Mr. Element.
Reprints
Keywords
observatory; telescope

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks credited only to Giordano in records, but credited to Giordano and McLaughlin on title page.

A Matter of Size! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Giunta
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

2D? (Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Flash / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Job Number
S-1000
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kid Flash [Wally West]; Hildy
Synopsis
Kid Flash and Hildy rescue an entire campus whose professors and students are taken to a two dimensional world and forced to work as slaves.
Reprints
Keywords
hitchhiking; Valley State College

Indexer Notes

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

Anything Can Happen! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Sheldon Mayer (original editor)

Job Number
S-1175
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from index of original.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Flash-Grams / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-1230

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Rich Morrissey. Schwartz shares part of a letter sent to him from John Broome.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Curse of the Dragon's Eye!
    The Flash
  2. 1. The Curse of the Dragon's Eye!
    The Flash
  3. 2. A Matter of Size!
  4. 3. 2D?
    Kid Flash
  5. 4. Anything Can Happen!
    The Flash
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore