The Flash #277
(September 1979)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
31
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-06-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893048509
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #169.
This issue has variants:

The Self-Destruct Flash (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
C-141
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Self-Destruct Flash (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils
Alex Saviuk (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-6065
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Detective Frank Curtis; Chief Matthew Paulson; Ralph Dibny [Elongated Man]; Sue Dibny; Carol Ferris; Thomas Allen (Barry's father); Mrs. Allen (Barry's mother); Wally West [Kid Flash]; Dexter Myles; Ira West; Rachel Barnett; Melanie; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Synopsis
After Iris' funeral, Barry considers giving up being the Flash.
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Indexer Notes

Barry's father is named Thomas Allen in this story, he is referred to as Henry Allen in other stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-313

Volume 79 Issue 25 - Week of June 4, 1979 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Self-Destruct Flash
    The Flash
  2. 1. The Self-Destruct Flash
    The Flash
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
  4. 3. Volume 79 Issue 25 - Week of June 4, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Lars Brueder
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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