The Flash #300 [Direct]
(August 1981)

DC, 1959 Series
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Volume
33
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-04-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Flash / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-627
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]; Dr. Alchemy [Albert Desmond]; Abra Kadabra; Rainbow Raider [Roy Bivolo]; Trickster [James Jesse]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Gorilla Grodd
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Indexer Notes

Wrap-around cover.

Letters credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Flash-Grams (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Letters
Fred Hembeck
Job Number
J-7524
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Fred Hembeck
Synopsis
Fred Hembeck spoofs some classic Flash covers.

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers.

1981 -- A Flash Odyssey (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-7257
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Petrou; Dr. Fredrick Wyngarde; The Turtle; Henry Allen; Nora Allen; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Garrick (Cameo); Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Midnite [Charles McNider]; Flash [Jay Garrick]] (Earth 2, Cameo); Shade [Richard Swift] (Earth 2, Cameo); Thinker [Clifford DeVoe] (Earth 2, Cameo); Fiddler [Issac Bowin] (Earth 2, Cameo); Vandal Savage (Earth 2, Cameo); Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; Clyde Mardon (Cameo); Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]; Ira West; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Dexter Myles; New Teen Titans [Kid Flash [Wally West]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]] (Cameo); Gorilla Grodd; Solovar (Cameo); Abra Kadabra; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Golden Glider [Lisa Snart]; The Top [Roscoe Dillon]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sue Dibny (Cameo, picture on book cover); Mr. Element [Al Desmond]; Dr. Alchemy [Al Desmond]; Rita Desmond; Trickster [James Jesse]; Rainbow Raider [Roy Bivolo]; Reverse Flash [Professor Adrian Zoom]; Iris Allen; Wally Summers; Sasha Summers; Jeffrey Summers;
Synopsis
Flash wakes up in a hospital where the reality seems to be that he never inherited super power but instead was horribly wounded when lightning struck the cabinet of chemicals to begin his career.
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Indexer Notes

Origin of the Flash, Kid Flash, Elongated Man and many of Flash's Rouges Gallery. Most of the story is a recounting of the Flash comic.

Colors and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Flash
  2. 1. Flash-Grams
    The Flash
  3. 2. 1981 -- A Flash Odyssey
    The Flash
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Lars Brueder
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin
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