The Flash #296 [Direct]
(April 1981)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
33
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Crimson Comet Battles the Elongated Man! (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-536
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Man Who Was Cursed to the Bone! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-6971
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]
Reprints

Old Gold (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Rain Rain Go Away... Come to Kill Us Another Day! (Table of Contents: 3)

Firestorm / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-6915
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Typhoon
Reprints

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-710
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Crimson Comet Battles the Elongated Man!
    The Flash
  2. 1. The Man Who Was Cursed to the Bone!
    The Flash
  3. 2. Old Gold
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. Rain Rain Go Away... Come to Kill Us Another Day!
    Firestorm
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Flash-Grams
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